Example sentences of "[indef pn] 's [noun sg] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Using someone 's name when you give appreciation is often a nice touch . |
| 2 | I know he 's dead and that , but we could do things like , I du n no , like when you put flowers on someone 's grave when they died . |
| 3 | kingpin fairy , she sat on someone 's head and she had this massive gown all over her , and that was really visual . |
| 4 | What are the things which actually are going through someone 's head when they buy a product . |
| 5 | Spot these next to the computer on someone 's desk and you immediately know they have never heard the phrase ‘ Desktop Accessories ’ . |
| 6 | Just after I 'd finished at college , I went along to someone 's party and I remember telling this girl who I was chatting up that I played bass . |
| 7 | He insists that there is no secret to it : ‘ I do n't believe in getting someone 's soul when you take a picture . |
| 8 | This liberal model was articulated by one of the basic education tutors in the following way : ‘ To see the look of joy on someone 's face when they pass , when they 've never passed anything else in their lives , is wonderful … |
| 9 | ‘ I think Billy might just have been desperate enough to smash that chair over somebody 's head so he could make a run for it . ’ |
| 10 | We 'd have cracked somebody 's head if we 'd used them . |
| 11 | Moreover he pointed out that there is no principle in English law which says that anything which is inevitably in somebody 's head when they leave their employment is something which they are free to use . |
| 12 | Fo to make sh little nappies for the baby that was just been born and no clothes ready or fo and I 've I 've seen her you know as poor as we were my mam would sit there was patching sheets and er but I 've seen them whipped off the bed and put on somebody 's bed while they were having a baby or whatever . |
| 13 | And of course if you are nursing you ca n't afford to make mistakes , it may cost somebody 's life if you do . |
| 14 | I think if you 're actually th when you , when you go into somebody 's house and you 're talking once , once you actually sit down you more or less then accept that you 're going into a business situation . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's difficult to work out somebody 's background when you only see them on the ski-slopes or fooling around après-ski . |
| 16 | It 's the key of somebody 's caravan but it 's not ours . |
| 17 | Karen went to a wedding and er somebody 's wedding and she still has a dress . |
| 18 | The reasons behind all those facts are nobody 's concern but ours . ’ |
| 19 | Nobody 's listening but I insist : ‘ This fairness of skin obliges them to shield themselves so that if they do catch the sun they avoid the obvious danger of peeling . |
| 20 | They 've gone , all those people who 've been marching around inside my head : Mum , Dad , teachers , infuriating old Brian — even Cal who 's everyone 's friend when I 'm nobody 's friend but she 's special to me … |
| 21 | ‘ After they had gone ( they left one evening after dark , Constanza having said that there was one thing Michel refused to put on me — he will have to learn to be a bit less scrupulous , poor lamb — so that she would have to do it , and it was not to let on : ‘ Tell our friends I 've gone to Italy to look after my papa ; as for Michel , he 's God knows where , you do n't know , it 's nobody 's business and they 're used to his comings and goings . ’ |
| 22 | If , as is the case in most households , only one room can be spared for her , it will be greatly to everyone 's advantage if it is big enough to take her bed , wardrobe and dressing-table , and other necessary items of furniture plus two comfortable armchairs and a television set and radio , so that she can be on her own when she likes , with her favourite programmes ( which may not always be yours ) and able to entertain a friend in the privacy of her own small domain when she wants to , with familiar things around her which help her to preserve her identity and links with the past . |
| 23 | The flamboyant Littlewoods millionaire was n't everyone 's choice when he took control last year . |
| 24 | They 've gone , all those people who 've been marching around inside my head : Mum , Dad , teachers , infuriating old Brian — even Cal who 's everyone 's friend when I 'm nobody 's friend but she 's special to me … |
| 25 | She keeps out of everyone 's way if she possibly can . ’ |
| 26 | They said that it was in everyone 's interest that he got caught . |
| 27 | I certainly had a good time and judging by the sweat on everyone 's brow as they worked to perfect their routines I think it was generally thought to be enjoyable and worthwhile . |
| 28 | Having opened the doors an hour late , the stewards proceed to examine in detail every bag and every pocket of Pop Will Eat Itself 's thousand-strong audience , wasting a further 45 minutes of everyone 's time while they play at being customs officers . |
| 29 | Having opened the doors an hour late , the stewards proceed to examine in detail every bag and every pocket of Pop Will Eat Itself 's thousand-strong audience , wasting a further 45 minutes of everyone 's time while they play at being customs officers . |
| 30 | It is a waste of everyone 's time because it is just a case of sour grapes as we were losing . |