Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [pron] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Artistically they felt out of their depth here , but when it came to spending the town 's money they knew a lot more than Herr Busacher did . |
| 2 | D. A. A friend of mine was posted to a beat in Allerton and one summer 's afternoon he saw a young lad — about fifteen years of age — getting into a car . |
| 3 | In Earth 's case it developed a secondary atmosphere through organic evolution , say supporters of the Gaian hypothesis . |
| 4 | For NME 's part we offer a celebratory discography , though the many US and Euro Sonic offerings have been omitted in order to keep the listing within the bounds of reason . |
| 5 | After Caldwell Lord Roskill in Seymour spoke of a very high risk of death , but he said that in the context of manslaughter caused by a car ( " motor manslaughter " ) in order to distinguish that offence from causing death by reckless driving , or at least such is the construction put on his words in Kong Cheuk Kwan v R , and Lord Roskill did uphold the trial judge 's direction which included a reference to an obvious and serious risk of physical injury . |
| 6 | But it was Pearce 's assessment which carried a more convincing argument in favour of Ron Atkinson 's team . |
| 7 | If the people of Ulster disagree with any party 's views they have a simple remedy — vote against them . |
| 8 | When he heard of his army 's defeat he proclaimed a huge mushroom feast and ordered his shamans to brew up a fresh batch of Mad Cap fungus liquor for the Fanatics . |
| 9 | This would replace the present Lord Chancellor 's Department which administers a very substantial budget , but which is not directly accountable to the House of Commons . |
| 10 | Then there was the ship 's agent who made a run for it in his car , guessing we would search his house after picking him up with some uncustomed goods . |
| 11 | In the woman 's eyes he saw a like recognition and knew his senses did not deceive him . |
| 12 | Where it differs from the Mirza Nama is in the richness of the fawning which curdles every sentence : reading Inayat Khan 's chronicle you experience a sensation like drowning under a sea of the sweetest , stickiest honey . |
| 13 | On the BBC 's side they retained a further option to wind up any contract after eight weeks if they elected to replace an artist , or if the show was cancelled . |
| 14 | Because of the translucent water and the high , rocky , almost petrified appearance of the cave 's formation it added a mysterious uniqueness to the beautiful strains of the music . |
| 15 | Well I have to say that as a result of last night 's session I have a much healthier view of Hydro Electric and I do so would I have got that from the programme ? |
| 16 | As he stooped to kiss Murad 's feet he drew a poisoned dagger and stabbed the Turkish leader , causing ‘ the illustrious sultan to drink the sherbet of martyrdom ’ . |
| 17 | This is particularly true in this area where we have to compete with the Townswomen 's Guild which has a lower subscription and also with numerous Council-run activities , many of which are free or at a low cost for pensioners . |
| 18 | Your husband 's wealth he made a will ? ’ |
| 19 | Just to show I 'm nobody 's fool I contacted a veterinary surgeon and asked him to examine the dog ( who was a year old ) to make sure it was n't sickly , had a leg on each corner , would n't keep toppling over , and had a head fixed on the right end . |
| 20 | To a man of Joyce 's stamp it added a degree of humiliation and defeat , in that the wound was not sustained in the course of open battle but as a captive of what he soon called his ‘ sub-human ’ enemy . |
| 21 | Many local authorities withdrew or reduced their contributions and for a while Unwin financed the continuation of the Committee 's work himself to publish a Second and final report in March 1933 , which made a more detailed proposal for a narrow green girdle around London . |
| 22 | Melchiori in one place actually describes ‘ the I ’ as being ‘ the poet who voices his own feelings ’ , and says that the absence of the I form in some sonnets ‘ is an impediment to the dialogue , to the theatrical quality ’ , which he describes in disappointingly literal terms : ‘ Normally in Shakespeare 's Sonnets we find a truly dramatic dialogue between two characters : the persona of the poet himself ( the speaking I , not the man William Shakespeare ) ’ — a welcome disclaimer ! — ‘ and a ‘ you ’ , the actor playing the role of a lovely boy , a worthy or unworthy mistress , possibly a rival poet' . |
| 23 | as if one superlative were not enough for a single day , just across the way from Bill 's place I found a stall serving some unusual flavours of ice-cream . |
| 24 | Thanks to Cook 's intervention he got a job on Liberty magazine , and Wilcock began working on its ‘ Screwball ’ column . |
| 25 | Thus the disciplinary surveillance of the prison created a new kind of ‘ knowledge ’ of the convict 's body which created a new kind of power . |
| 26 | Catherine or St Catherine 's Hill itself constituted a Pandora 's box of small-town trades and occupations at the time : everything from a gingerbread maker to a hairdresser , a staymaker , a breechesmaker , Charles Tucker the coalminer , John Golledge the blind schoolmaster , Mrs Allen at the Castle public house , and even John Ward , who seemed to be able to support himself by practising the noble art of a ‘ horse jockey ’ . |
| 27 | During the years of Baldwin 's premierships she appeared a slightly ridiculous figure to the sophisticated young . |
| 28 | You did n't have to have the soul of a poet to conjure up what could have been ; in my mind 's eye I had a vision of Templars in their faceless conical helmets , red and white crosses on their black cloaks , moving across the island at the dead of night , the barges being soundlessly poled whilst , at prow and stern , huge cresset torches spluttered and flared in the darkness . |
| 29 | In his mind 's eye he saw a faceless man marching over the child 's body . |
| 30 | In his mind 's eye he sees a girl who has brains ( although he knows that some very dim actresses can read with all the appearance of intelligence , and the converse ) who has a slight resistance to the Hollywoodification of Claudia 's life . |