Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] ' [noun] [pers pn] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After eight months ' work it has acquired a life of its own . |
| 2 | but if you if you if that 's all you do then in eve even a week 's time but definitely in a few months ' time it 's just gone . |
| 3 | In its fifty years ' existence it has poured out a stream of bishops , priests , doctors , engineers , businessmen , civil servants and politicians . |
| 4 | As the sells his beers to the free trade and to national brewers ' pubs he has noticed both the swingeing price increases imposed by the brewing giants and the reaction among their tenants . |
| 5 | IBM has invested so much in the development of , and so much more in the marketing of , OS/2 2.0 that it has to plough on with it even if in 18 months ' time it becomes clear that it is becoming at best a respectable also-ran in the desktop stakes . |
| 6 | The thirty days ' standard he applies to his suppliers is the thirty days standard he expects from his customers . |
| 7 | In two years ' time it 's planned it 'll be completely car-free . |
| 8 | I arrived slightly early ; she was n't yet home from the local girls ' school she goes to , so Elaine and I drank tea and talked while we waited . |