Example sentences of "[coord] [adv prt] [prep] [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | two people to go to John , erm because erm , apart from anything else it was agreed John 's arm was twisted yesterday to take two people and g and the work but the issue is is that the K does n't , the issue is is that there is no budget anywhere for it either here or down in John 's area . |
| 2 | I talked too much to the other girls over coffee , I went on and on about Eliot 's Chinese jar moving perpetually in its stillness , how ironic , and you could hear them wishing I 'd stop and somehow I could n't . |
| 3 | ‘ Thompson at your service , ’ said the landlord coming to meet him with a welcoming smile which disappeared quickly as he saw Midnight — his glance sliding from the metal collar to the handcuffs and on to Jess 's flushed face . |
| 4 | Leaving the phone-booth , Quinn walked back into Blandford Street and down to Blackwood 's Hotel . |
| 5 | Gavin 's hand rubbed up and down on Janice 's lap . |
| 6 | Tommy 's over him , leaning forward with his palms against the wall , jumping up and down on Christopher 's chest , breaking every rib in his body . |
| 7 | When you have experienced past disappointments , hardship and disillusionment , you know you have been up and down on life 's waves . |
| 8 | ‘ He hath unpacked his carriage and made it run a mile or two up and down in River 's great room , making it carry the fire shovel , tongs and poker . |
| 9 | He arrived back at the appointed spot some ten minutes early , and spent an irritable half-hour tramping up and down before Lefevre 's return . |
| 10 | Her frustrated jumping , which sent her thick , straight , dark hair — Anna 's hair — flying up and down like dog 's ears , was no more than a maddened expression of how she felt when reminded of school , of a world where she was doomed to remain odd . |
| 11 | And in between Terry 's forays into various shops did indeed view the bizarre remains in St Peter 's Church . |
| 12 | Vaisey J. referred to The Kestrel ( 1866 ) L.R. 1 A. & E. 78 and In re Queen 's Hotel Co . ( Cardiff ) Ltd. [ 1900 ] 1 Ch. 792 , in which it had been held that an order for a mortgagee to receive its costs ‘ properly incurred ’ required that the costs be taxed on a party and party basis , and held that both the costs of the proceedings and the mortgagee 's other costs , charges and expenses should be taxed on a party and party basis . |
| 13 | Below her , in the orchard , apple and pear and plum frothed pink and white with blossom , and over in Tingle 's Wood a sea of bluebells rose out of the morning mist . |
| 14 | I was at that time calling on and off at Faber 's , sometimes seeing Eliot and sometimes missing him . |
| 15 | I worked on and off on Tremayne 's book for the rest of the morning but found it hard to concentrate . |
| 16 | The house in Henley Street was strangely quiet , and I went round the back and up to Will 's room — his writing room , we called it . |
| 17 | He rushed offstage and up to Lesley-Jane 's dressing room . |
| 18 | He led me back into the house and up to Southgate 's chamber . |
| 19 | To find them awake and up to Harris 's trick , much worse . |
| 20 | Young victims from all over the Ukraine and far beyond came in and out of Makarenko 's institution . |
| 21 | It is usually held flat against the underside of the body , but if disturbed , the springtail flicks it backwards , projecting the animal into the air and out of harm 's way . |
| 22 | ‘ Poor Annie , ’ Ellwood continued , ‘ gone , now , and out of harm 's way , but so curious , Hilary , and so indiscreet . |
| 23 | Sunlight beat down on them , now the tall mahogany and fig trees were thinned around ; the ferns shrivelled in the shafts ; animals which had wandered in and out of Sycorax 's compound now watered in the creek further upstream , and avoided the company of men . |
| 24 | Again , on ‘ Late Night , Maudlin Street ’ , you say : ‘ I never stole a happy hour around here ’ — but the whole effect of the song , the way your murmured reveries drift in and out of Vini 's entranced playing , just makes the whole time and place seem magical , otherworldly , and incredibly precious … |
| 25 | He paced in and out of Gabriel 's view , rolling back the sleeve of his dust-grimy shirt and baring his hairy left arm . |
| 26 | The next morning Carolyn stayed in her room and read , dipping in and out of Clare 's books and staring out of the window , feeling surprisingly content . |
| 27 | She flits in and out of people 's lives and never stays long enough to allow anyone to get to know her . |
| 28 | She was looking forward to getting home again , back to her flat and out of Luke 's orbit after office hours . |
| 29 | They went in and out of Billykins 's house , and did something everyone described as ‘ sitting with her ’ . |
| 30 | Palmer had spent most of his life in and out of children 's homes and was in care himself when he became stepfather to the baby . |