Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] ' [noun sg] [pers pn] [was/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 | After a few years ' disgrace they were back living quietly but comfortably in Moscow . |
| 3 | Even with a few days ' rehearsal it was an unnerving experience . |
| 4 | than that dear it 's down the other end , the other side of Old Harlow , but he used to have a surgery there which he , you know , made it better after the erm , to ease up Dr surgery cos that was so packed and the shops were absolutely and you used to have to queue and queue for , to get your shopping , you could n't , I used to cycle into Harlow and leave my cycle somewhere and then go along do my shopping , but it used to be two or three hours ' job it was , you did n't get done till dinner time and then I used to call it a , a lady used to say call there that used to have the fried fish and chip shop on the corner of erm Harlow and I used to go there and have a cup of tea before I came home because I used to be so long shopping you could n't get served you see , it 's too many people , there was nowhere else for them to go , it was only Bishop 's Stortford you had to go |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | After five days ' walking they were obviously all fit and experienced . |
| 7 | In the event , the document proved so unacceptable that after two days ' debate it was sent back for thorough revision . |
| 8 | After four years ' courtship they were married in 1874 — he was 34 , she 33 . |
| 9 | In true Burrows ' fashion she was looking forward to it and convinced that this was what God wanted her to do . |