Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] ' [noun sg] [conj] we " in BNC.

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1 A few minutes ' drive and we were taken into a building .
2 ‘ This may rise to about 20 in three years ' time if we do well .
3 We all the lads that left at the same time , said , we 've got four weeks ' holiday before we look for work .
4 So he said erm but we ha being refurbished in four weeks ' time and we 've got to sell everything in the shop
5 Two answers may be given : first , just as they illuminate many other areas of social life , the methods and findings of our rivals may help us understand the work of the professions ( to illustrate this , some of my examples will be drawn from medical novels ; no doubt legal novels will be equally instructive ) ; second , it is not clear how far we can go in understanding other occupations ' behaviour unless we grasp that of our own .
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