Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] ['s] [noun] [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 Doi ruthlessly exploited the difficulties which the 1989 Recruit scandal caused for the LDP and as the personification of the nascent Japanese women 's movement she was successful in attracting female voters who had become disillusioned with the political process and estranged from the ruling party .
5 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
6 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 .
7 After five days ' walking they were obviously all fit and experienced .
8 In the event , the document proved so unacceptable that after two days ' debate it was sent back for thorough revision .
9 After four years ' courtship they were married in 1874 — he was 34 , she 33 .
10 In both characters ' lives it was mainly men who had oppressed them , for Phyllisia it was her father who preferred her sister , Ruby .
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