Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] a few [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every ceremony includes a few minutes ' silence in which believers can pray . |
| 2 | She wrote that she would prefer not to come home , but Tony and Maureen got a few days ' leave and travelled to Kent to see her . |
| 3 | Robyn is rather less generous with the next supplicant , a young man who broke his ankle falling off his motorbike on New Year 's Eve , but even the least deserving candidate gets a few days ' respite , for Robyn tends to identify with the students against the system that assesses them , even though she is herself part of the system . |
| 4 | Sarah had a few days ' leave while Joe was home and Maureen suggested , while Anne and her father were present , that Joe took Sarah out sometimes . |
| 5 | Viola Machin left a few moments ' pause . |
| 6 | Try to arrange things in such a way that a player has a few bars ' rest before his solo passage begins . |