Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] a [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | In homes across the States millions of Americans were switching on for an evening 's viewing . |
| 2 | When the earl died without male issue in 1373 , he was taken on as a king 's knight by Edward III who , in addition to confirming the earl 's grant , awarded him an annuity for life of £50 . |
| 3 | The Inspirals settle down for a night 's kip on the 800 mile drive up to the moonlit coast to Seattle for tomorrow 's gig . |
| 4 | In the old days before the distracting influences of radio and television , the fixed routine of the adult inhabitants after the day 's work was done was to settle down for an evening 's knitting , a craft both men and women practised assiduously , on the outside galleries in summer and by candlelight in front of a peat fire in winter . |
| 5 | PUPILS at a Middlesbrough school welcomed the Bishop of Whitby into their classrooms when he called in for a day 's visit . |
| 6 | Outside Israel , passengers can check in for a rival 's flight later and without so much hassle . |
| 7 | If there 's any oil or gas , they 'll hit it in about a fortnight 's time at 4,000ft — 5,000ft : |
| 8 | ‘ In about a month 's time . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ And I do n't see , ’ continued Betty , ‘ why you had to say Elizabeth was going up and down like a whore 's drawers when she was only moving things off the table . ’ |
| 10 | In the middle of the window was a shiny red car you could sit in with a driver 's wheel you could turn and a horn you could peep . |
| 11 | I 've got a chance to go in with a women 's group up Manchester way . |
| 12 | We 'll be serving Corbieres full-bodied red and dry white wine from Languedoc in France , and we have a Krups Espresso/Cappuccino machine to give away , along with a month 's free supply of Lavazza coffee . |
| 13 | Often a priority given to some activity in this police hierarchy of meaning has been laid down from a constable 's first days as a probationer and now lies beneath the immediate consciousness , so that any calls for a change in direction of police response may well be defeated by an unspoken semantic value which the institution gives to that activity . |
| 14 | Nominated for two BAFTA Awards , WIDOWS was a critical and popular success turning assumptions about professional crime upside down from a woman 's point of view ( the widows ) . |
| 15 | On Saturday 4 June , I came in from a morning 's canvassing in Sutton Coldfield to find an urgent message to call Conservative Central Office . |
| 16 | A much easier alternative is to come here on a summer bank holiday weekend , join the queue and be winched down in a bosun 's chair courtesy of various caving clubs . |
| 17 | No doubt the secretary would dismiss the call as the work of some crank hoping to bluff her way in without a doctor 's recommendation . |
| 18 | A college lecturer in Redcar was reduced to a nervous wreck and had to call the police to get rid of salesmen while in Northallerton a salesman suggested he bedded down on a couple 's sofa while they slept on £5,000 offer . |
| 19 | One threatened to bed down on a couple 's settee while they slept on a purchase , while an angry consumer from Redcar had to call police to get rid of another salesman . |
| 20 | During my son 's teenage years he spent his life like a hobo , sleeping-bag packed into his satchel in case he wanted to doss down on a schoolfriend 's floor somewhere . |
| 21 | Oliver , being left to himself in the undertaker 's shop , set the lamp down on a workman 's bench , and gazed timidly about him with a feeling of awe and dread , which many people a good deal older than he will be at no loss to understand . |
| 22 | Two Jewish daughters left alone with babysitters after a lifetime of copious kisses is psychic pain enough — but when mother has the gall to start a sex life then it 's time to lie down on an analyst 's couch . |
| 23 | Questions similar to this one seem to occupy an inordinate amount of the energies of scientists all over the world , not to mention grouses about the shortsightedness/injustice/lack of imagination of a straight thumbs down to a researcher 's pet proposal . |
| 24 | In the end , it is down to a person 's individual choice whether to be bad and to commit crime . |
| 25 | Back in the classroom it is not always easy to translate the high tech knowledge down to a child 's level . |
| 26 | My just married son decided to build a wall in his back garden and went along to a bricklayer 's yard to buy a quantity of bricks . |
| 27 | Parents who give in to a toddler 's temper will increase the likelihood of tantrums recurring and find themselves becoming more angry . |
| 28 | Now we 'll see if we can turn the egg in to a Pidgeon 's egg . |
| 29 | That 's a very different response from the man whose anxiety or guilt are aroused by his partner 's tears and shouts , walks away or who gives in to a woman 's demand without trying to understand what 's ‘ going on ’ . |
| 30 | You ca n't expect her to get them in on a student 's grant . ’ |