Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] ' [noun sg] [pers pn] be " 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 Where Janice is concerned , Stevely said he had watched , almost spellbound , as she turned , in the space of 12 months , from " a seemingly ordinary nine handicapper " into the Scottish Girls ' Champion she is today .
5 ‘ In about six months ' time I 'm going to be a father . ’
6 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
7 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 .
8 In three years ' time it is likely that everything in the country , including rugby ticket prices , will have escalated by 45 per cent .
9 I , I would , I would be very surprised if the communists understood how deterministic idea of erm some sort of progression , I think you ca n't really say in about ten years ' time we 're gon na be here
10 After five days ' walking they were obviously all fit and experienced .
11 In the course of two years ' research he 's discovered a great deal but admits there are gaps that he would like to fill . ‘
12 Historically , the minimum subscription Association 's affiliated organizations and clubs has been set that twice the personal member 's subscription and after a period of two years ' grace it 's the Council 's wish that this balance is re-established so that the relativity returns to that which existed prior to the increase in subscriptions that was proposed at the A G M in nineteen ninety one .
13 In the event , the document proved so unacceptable that after two days ' debate it was sent back for thorough revision .
14 After four years ' courtship they were married in 1874 — he was 34 , she 33 .
15 In true Burrows ' fashion she was looking forward to it and convinced that this was what God wanted her to do .
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