Example sentences of "[vb past] with a [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | So too had parents who disagreed with a judge 's decision on any matter , however minor , concerning a child 's education or welfare . |
| 2 | Would members and firms who disagreed with a DG 's pronouncements be content to remain silent ? |
| 3 | I remember I looked at the pile of Billy 's goods and chattels which were supposed to fit inside a twelve-by-six-foot room and saying : ‘ I came with a Sainsbury 's carrier — and I had trouble filling that . ’ |
| 4 | The meeting began with a minute 's silence for those who had died in Northern Ireland in the past 23 years . |
| 5 | The outset of Doctor Who multiplied those worries fourfold , in that each of the regular cast was ( a ) unused to science fiction ; ( b ) unused to each other ; and ( c ) stuck with a year 's contract to do the part , like it or not . |
| 6 | Taffy spent five days cleaning , polishing , painting he copied the motives which were missing from and old nineteen hundred and eight B U machinery catalogue which he examined with a watchmaker 's glass . |
| 7 | My chest ached with a child 's fear while I cringed in the deeply recessed doorway of North Three . |
| 8 | Esther had not seen either of them since her days at Cambridge , and listened with a connoisseur 's ear to Delia 's laments about time passing , times changing , the difficulties of keeping in touch . |
| 9 | The doors opened and a man appeared with a bull 's eye lantern . |
| 10 | Slept with a friend 's girlfriend ( they 're not friends any more ) . |