Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] ' [noun sg] on [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have to say I prefer the four hour cos I can get eight hours ' taping on mine . |
| 2 | It was only a vote in the Commons at 11 p.m. that brought the evening to an end and then she returned to Downing Street for a few hours ' work on her boxes before turning in . |
| 3 | The workers feel the package is derisory , particularly as they have accepted minimum wage rises over the past few years and Yarrow has at least three years ' work on its books . |
| 4 | Both places had latches and as long as I got ten yards ' start on him , I could slam the door shut and slip my half clothes-peg under the latch — I always carried a half clothes-peg for the purpose — and no matter how much he blasphemed and kicked at the door he could n't get in . |
| 5 | Military commanders were reluctant to lose the momentum of their campaign against the rebels , who they judged to have been weakened by the Indian authorities ' clamp-down on their organization in Tamil Nadu state [ see also p. 37964 ] . |
| 6 | THE Government 's watering down of Monopolies and Mergers Commission proposals to weaken big brewers ' grip on their pubs has persuaded Whitbread to drop ideas of selling its breweries . |
| 7 | She normally did this quietly in bed before getting up and almost invariably began with an early breakfast followed by three or four hours ' work on her current novel . |
| 8 | Hampshire gave Smith two weeks ' holiday on his return from the World Cup , to allow him to get to know his 17-month-old son Harrison and his new house near Salisbury . |
| 9 | And I know this presents the county council with some problems I do n't know currently what the the local authorities ' view on it is . |