Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] ' [noun sg] [pron] 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 21 days ' culture there were 8.29 ( 0.74 ) ×10 6 cells in control cultures ( mean ( SEM ) ) . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | In three years ' time it is likely that everything in the country , including rugby ticket prices , will have escalated by 45 per cent . |
| 10 | Social workers who want to give serious attention to an elderly couples ' relationship which is causing unhappiness might find it helpful to find a colleague with whom to talk through their feelings about doing marital work , including the discussion of sexuality with an elderly couple . |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | Thorold Mackie , a small companies ' analyst who is highly thought of in the city 's financial circles , has been charged with obtaining and misusing price-sensitive information relating to a profits warning by Glasgow-based Shanks & McEwan . |
| 13 | After five days ' walking they were obviously all fit and experienced . |
| 14 | Our one day visit soon stretched to two , and when we left at the end of three superb days ' climbing there were still routes we wanted to do . |
| 15 | In the course of two years ' research he 's discovered a great deal but admits there are gaps that he would like to fill . ‘ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | In the event , the document proved so unacceptable that after two days ' debate it was sent back for thorough revision . |
| 18 | After four years ' courtship they were married in 1874 — he was 34 , she 33 . |