Example sentences of "[indef pn] ['s] [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the things I could see were some sheep droppings , a stone or two , my rucksack and an aluminium ring pull from someone 's can of juice . |
| 2 | People root for pianists as though they were football teams , hoping that one will really make the most of the commissioned piece , trying to nobble the judges at parties to announce that someone 's interpretation of Brahms has changed their hearts and souls . |
| 3 | ( Everyone is someone 's cousin in Bala , and a great help it has been on several occasions . ) |
| 4 | A proper understanding of someone 's way of life and their special needs may take time . |
| 5 | Moving to a residential home or nursing home can have many advantages — such as more company and a feeling of security — but it also means a major change in someone 's way of life . |
| 6 | And almost every time a group of men sat round together — inside by someone 's fire at night , or when it snowed : outside in the sun , when the sky was clear — they talked about going hunting . |
| 7 | Someone 's fishing in Arthur Evans 's pond . |
| 8 | It is , for example , sometimes justifiable to accept someone 's authority in order not to hurt his feelings . |
| 9 | And suddenly we 'd all be in Amsterdam or Paris or something like somebody 's idea of America for the evening , or else it would still be our own dear city , but from very definitely another era , all striped Regency wallpaper and framed Angus McBean photographs of Vivien Leigh ; or another time there 'd be nothing but opera on the sound system for a whole week , there 'd be complaints of course but Madame would say , I 'm just trying to give you boys an education , and Gary at least would be very happy . |
| 10 | Millions and millions of peounds for a few evoc-ative shots of somebody 's home-and-carstle through vaseline and old Jeremy Irons doing his voice-over bit and looking suitably moronic ! |
| 11 | in somebody 's Amours at chanson seven . |
| 12 | Erm and then it says that somebody called Natalie erm wrote in nineteen seventy five , that the greater somebody 's need for approval , the greater their tendency will be to converge with a style . |
| 13 | Despite the vast edifice that they built up on extremely shaky premises the phrenologists were socially-committed men , with an interest in holistic medicine and a shrewdness that served them well when they ran their fingers over somebody 's skull in pursuit of character . |
| 14 | ‘ You got nobody 's interests at heart but Jackie Tiptoe 's . |
| 15 | easy rider If London 's cabbies were all so full of ‘ The Knowledge ’ they profess to have , then more would realise that being stuck in a traffic jam in the back of a black box being assaulted with banalities is nobody 's idea of fun . |
| 16 | It is in nobody 's interest for consumers to supply false information when seeking credit , or to try to take on more credit than they can manage . ’ |
| 17 | that fill the movie with music and everyone 's heart of joy , with the contagious hit tunes Whistle While you Work , Hi Ho and Some Day My Prince Will Come , you 'll be tapping your toes and singing along in no time , let the story telling magic of Walt Disney capture your heart |
| 18 | Rob Andrew , Craig Chalmers and Ralph Keyes may not be everyone 's cups of tea and it 's quite possible that someone like Colin Stephens may turn out to be a far greater player , but for England , Scotland and Ireland each one has shown that he is virtually indispensable . |
| 19 | for everyone 's peace of mind , |
| 20 | It is everyone 's companion from birth to the final change death . |
| 21 | In being normative it avows that it does not necessarily conform to everyone 's notion of authority in all detail . |
| 22 | ‘ They check up on everyone 's movements for elimination purposes . ’ |
| 23 | Once he had settled into the right-back position he was impossible to move from the Palace first team ( unless illness or injury intervened , and the career chart shows that there was only one season when that happened to any serious degree ) , and he appeared there regularly until the 1st World War brought an end to competitive football and threw everyone 's affairs into confusion . |
| 24 | And though for St Bernard incarceration at Cîteaux was the equivalent of perpetual crucifixion , the criminal 's reception into the monastic order may not have satisfied everyone 's sense of justice . |
| 25 | David said : ‘ We have been trying to promote a professional image and get away from everyone 's idea of school dinners or canteen catering . |
| 26 | BEER tipped on a member of the audience is not everyone 's idea of art , let alone a joke . |
| 27 | All in all , not everyone 's idea of authenticity ; nonetheless , the record might make a jolly Christmas present for children . |
| 28 | Christmas in an hotel room is n't everyone 's idea of bliss , but Kenneth 's presence makes it home , and we spend the morning sitting in bed listening to a carol service on the radio , watching Walt Disney and nibbling on an assortment of Marks and Spencer goodies before the heat of the room rendered them inedible . |
| 29 | Waiting hand , foot and finger on a large and active Siberian Husky with a secret appetite is n't everyone 's idea of fun … as Monica O'Hara discovered |
| 30 | Bouncing around on the end of an elastic rope may not be everyone 's idea of fun , but for the 24-year-old from Staindrop , County Durham , it 's a fascination that has turned into a living . |