Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] ' [noun sg] [coord] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 A few minutes ' drive and we were taken into a building .
2 Bridget Ewing has had very few enquiries about Residential Homes ' Membership and she would be pleased to hear from more teachers involved in these type of classes .
3 ‘ Clive Griffiths , the Welsh coach , may persuade me to play against France in a few weeks ' time but I have made up my mind to call it a day , ’ he said last night .
4 ‘ They do n't consult us on the agenda of the foreign ministers ' meeting and they do n't treat us as equal partners , ’ says a Czech diplomat .
5 The landlord gave six months ' notice and it was held that the notice was good .
6 My husband who earns good money , gets a pension in 10 years ' time and he says we 'll return then .
7 Another five minutes ' walk and I find a slow piece of water that looks extremely chubby .
8 He was wearing an Ultimate Climbers ' Helmet and you will be glad to know that although the helmet sustained considerable damage , Stuart had no head injuries .
9 Membership of a " terrorist group " was punishable by five years ' imprisonment and it also became a crime to possess " directly or indirectly " written or recorded materials condoning " terrorist " activity .
10 So he said erm but we ha being refurbished in four weeks ' time and we 've got to sell everything in the shop
11 Just three or four days ' turkey and I 'm alright .
12 We all took off on the last hundred yards ' dash and I was mildly surprised to find that the first man past the post was myself — and I was n't really out of breath .
13 This was the long haired girls ' compromise but it became very common early 70s style for girls & for boys .
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