Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] ' [noun sg] [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That meant she had a good eight hours ' start before anyone need even think about her absence . |
| 2 | There followed a few minutes ' discussion where it seemed Cicely Hepwood had been all set to cancel an arrangement she and her husband had to visit a sick friend in hospital that afternoon . |
| 3 | Nobody will mind if he just grabs a few minutes ' rest before he moves on — although rest , for Pavel , has become little more than a bothersome physical requirement with no spiritual element in it . |
| 4 | DROMORE High lifted their third successive High Schools ' Cup when they defeated perennial opponents Limavady High in yesterday 's final shoot-out at Ravenhill . |
| 5 | In Indonesia , in October 1990 , post-graduate researcher Bonar Tigor Naipospos was sentenced to eight and a half years ' imprisonment because he ‘ attempted to undermine Indonesian state ideology ’ through participation in a university study group and distributing banned literature . |
| 6 | It was usual for the Girls to stay at the English Girls ' Club when they first arrived . |
| 7 | They LIED last Tuesday in their weekly works ' newsletter when they said : ‘ Reprocessing has been temporarily halted because of maintenance work . ’ |
| 8 | Try to arrange things in such a way that a player has a few bars ' rest before his solo passage begins . |
| 9 | I can put up with missing pizzicato detailing at bar 383 of the first movement — one of Beethoven 's happiest small orchestral fancies , beautifully brought out by Böhm and the VPO on DG — but the second violins ' inaudibility as they pick up the shepherd 's song of thanksgiving leaves a gruesome hole in the texture . |
| 10 | Work out how many woodlice you will have in 10 years ' time if they continue to multiply at this rate . |
| 11 | The boys had gone out to play on the forestry tracks with their new bikes on what had proved a bright but cold day ; Mary had got three hours ' sleep before they came back , noisily demanding to be fed . |
| 12 | If it picks an insider or a retiree , then we will all be back to writing the company 's obituary in three months ' time so it has to be an outsider , and one name canvassed that should be crossed off the list at once is that of ‘ Neutron ’ Jack Welch , boss of General Electric Co — not because he does n't have the capability but because he does not have a background in the computer industry . |
| 13 | Chief Supt Bill Hills , head of the force 's uniform operations department , will have completed more than 35 years ' service when he leaves the job . |
| 14 | ‘ This may rise to about 20 in three years ' time if we do well . |
| 15 | In this respect , it is useful to pay attention to what we might now term the human rights ' issue as one examines the handling of public — private morality in the Irish constitution . |
| 16 | That might help undo memories of living in or around Lucca in a displaced persons ' camp when they left Trieste ; a little cosseted security makes up for the times when there were seventeen families in one room . |
| 17 | Management organized a Black workers ' meeting because they needed our response to a report on ethnic minorities . |
| 18 | HOUNSLOW will be defending an unbeaten record in the European Cup-Winners ' Cup when they set off for Holland today to compete in this season 's final stages . |
| 19 | But in December 1985 United States ’ officials indicated that they could accept a United Nations ' agreement if it led to a ‘ comprehensive and just settlement ’ , involving a short time frame for Soviet withdrawal and self-determination . |
| 20 | Elation returned after 27 months ' drought when he won his first ranking tournament at the Mercantile Credit in Bournemouth last January . |
| 21 | Tourism is also becoming an important component of developing nations ' economy because it is a source of foreign income . |
| 22 | And in those days you had to have fifteen years ' training before anyone would really look at you . |
| 23 | It would be surprising if benchmarking attracts as much media attention in five years ' time as it does now . |
| 24 | The regional office will also be pleased to put you in touch with your nearest members ' group if you would like to attend the meetings or become more involved in helping the RSPB . |
| 25 | I hope that he and his fellow enthusiasts of today will derive as much pleasure from looking back in 50 or 60 years ' time as I do from my battered old album . |
| 26 | They might make an incidental contribution to crop production by agreeing to graze their herds over settled farmers ' land once it had been harvested . |
| 27 | Yesterday Johanna 's ex-boyfriend Ryan Firman , 17 , visited the isolated lovers ' lane where her body was found on Boxing Day . |
| 28 | We all the lads that left at the same time , said , we 've got four weeks ' holiday before we look for work . |
| 29 | Recorder John Hugill , QC , placed him on two years ' probation after he heard he was now an ‘ emotional wreck ’ . |
| 30 | Six months before her overdose Liz terminated the relationship with her boyfriend of two years ' standing after she discovered he had been going out with another girl . |