Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] ' [noun sg] [conj] he " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 My husband who earns good money , gets a pension in 10 years ' time and he says we 'll return then .
4 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 .
5 Well , perhaps this is a few too many , but he knows after many years ' experience that he can ask for this and that it is necessary .
6 Elation returned after 27 months ' drought when he won his first ranking tournament at the Mercantile Credit in Bournemouth last January .
7 Recorder John Hugill , QC , placed him on two years ' probation after he heard he was now an ‘ emotional wreck ’ .
8 He described how it was only after four years ' teaching that he had begun to question what he was doing on the grounds of both commonsense and increasing knowledge .
9 Raymond Allison , 17 , of Amberley Green , Pallister Park , Middlesbrough , was sentenced to nine months in a young offenders ' institute when he appeared before Teesside Crown Court yesterday .
10 Burglar sentenced : Jamie Raper , 20 , of Wharfe Way , Darlington , was yesterday sentenced at Teesside Crown Court to 12 months in a young offenders ' institution after he admitted burgling a house in Carmel Road North , Darlington .
11 His memoir of those days on page 138 , sheds light on the star of Good Morning Vietnam and Dead Poets ' Society before he was claimed by fame and fortune .
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