Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] ['s] [noun] [pers pn] were " in BNC.

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1 A printing firm has gone into liquidation , giving staff just a few hours ' notice they were losing their jobs .
2 A couple of scientists had been working on Edgeøya for most of the summer , and this young bear had appeared near the old trapper 's hut they were staying in ( which was near the beach where we had landed ) .
3 After a few years ' disgrace they were back living quietly but comfortably in Moscow .
4 After three days ' imprisonment they were convicted of attending an illegal gathering under the terms of Bophuthatswana 's Internal Security Act , fined , and released from custody .
5 After five days ' walking they were obviously all fit and experienced .
6 After four years ' courtship they were married in 1874 — he was 34 , she 33 .
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