Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [adj] [noun] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then you 'll owe me for six months ' work . ’ |
| 2 | They looked about ten , with long hair , both so brown and handsome I could have hugged them ; if I were a woman I would have made a date with them for ten years ' time . |
| 3 | Sheep would not safely graze nor would spring lambs nor calves ; the average farmer could hardly be expected to stock them for old times ' sake . |
| 4 | Mother wrote me and told me about poor Simon 's death , but what about Yanto and Nigger . |
| 5 | If Wishart began talking about painting , he attended for five minutes , then deflected the conversation with ‘ Do tell me about last night 's sailor . ’ |
| 6 | Clearly that 's what worries me about this Government 's implementation of the Children Act . |
| 7 | By now you 'll be out and about all the time on your scooter but , just in case the second Thursday of the month should dawn wet and windy again , I have chosen yours as this month 's Star Letter . |
| 8 | Sir , I thought it appropriate as someone with 11 years ' tree planting and habitat management experience to pass on some hedge-cutting tips . |
| 9 | The gesture revealed nothing of that woman 's essence , one could say rather that the woman revealed to me the charm of a gesture . |
| 10 | His new-found friend and ally had looked at him strangely , questioningly , but had asked nothing of young Shamlou 's mission . |
| 11 | My muscles are reminding me of this morning 's ride and the unaccustomed exercise … ’ |
| 12 | But will the scheme also cover business interruption loss , which in last year 's explosion amounted to £100m ? |
| 13 | In arguing this he not only collapses the specificity of consumption but also misrepresents the relationship between the ‘ individual ’ and the ‘ social ’ in Marx 's argument , for it is not for the individual consumer to recognize himself in another individual 's product anyway , but to recognize the socially-imprinted character and meaning of the product … and so to find in it the satisfaction of ‘ need ’ ( ibid : 30 ) . |
| 14 | In these occasional pieces , he is revealed as a psychological critic whose apparent ability to immerse himself in another poet 's personality comes close to an act of clairvoyance . |
| 15 | erm Somebody on this morning 's course said that they quite like answering machines , they use them like note pads , and they ring up people they know have got an answering machine so they can just leave a message , they say it 's quicker than writing a letter , and it 's easier than talking to them for hours , you can just ring them up and leave a message on their answering machine like a sort of note pad , which I had n't thought of , but I suppose it 's rather good , is n't it ! |
| 16 | Those canny souls that know how often these things fall at the last hurdle can stop holding their breath and relax over Tadpole Technology Plc 's deal to do a Power RISC-based notebook for IBM Corp : IBM has paid £325,000 for 500,000 new Tadpole shares at what is now the bargain issue price of 65p , which at last week 's price of 224 pence gives it an instant paper profit of £795,000 ; it also gets warrants for 2.22m more shares at the same price to take it to 12.9% . |
| 17 | At the core of the treaty was a detailed procedure for " challenge inspections " , under which at 108 hours ' notice international inspectors could investigate sites suspected of being used for making or storing chemical weapons . |
| 18 | I have quite a few exciting things to tell you about this year 's season . |
| 19 | " I hear that Miss Potts asked to see you about next year 's work , " said Miss Haines . |
| 20 | The performances in Oxford itself of this summer 's season of theâtre de chambre will take place in the Debating Chamber of the Oxford Union , often used as a theatre , well-known to television viewers and famous as a training-ground for many of this country 's members of Parliament , including a number of Prime Ministers , as well as for the addresses there by statesmen from all over the world . |
| 21 | Well I 'm coming back to see you in two weeks ' time so could I maybe get the information off you then ? |
| 22 | Ag again with the , the recommendations I think you , you , you went on to say can I , can I go forward in , in getting the recommendations erm without actually explaining what you were doing , you just came back and said so I 'll go ahead and get the recommendations and come back and see you in two weeks ' time and like what recommendation ? |
| 23 | I read with amazement Sir Alexander Leith 's letter to you in this morning 's press . |
| 24 | Hoddle says I shook hands at the end and I 'll see you on New Year 's Day . |
| 25 | I WOULD like to say a big thank you to last year 's lord mayor , dear Rosemary Cooper . |
| 26 | It was a great pleasure to talk to you at dear Crabb 's breakfast party . |
| 27 | Despite this , at lunchtime Kathleen presented me with four hours ' pay and pressed me for a few more details to help her with her enquiries . |
| 28 | or he 'd reacquaint me with this morning 's breakfast . |
| 29 | There was something about old Eddy 's appearance which had been worrying Dyson subconsciously for some minutes , and he suddenly realized what it was . |
| 30 | The listings are ‘ descriptive rather than judgemental ’ and aim to convey something of each shop 's character as well as facts on opening hours , range of services provided and so on . |