Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [num] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a hectic three months ' work load , by a small but willing group of members , the BCRS Museum is up and running |
| 2 | The most popular announcement — from the boys ' point of view at least — was that of an extra two days ' holiday to mark the Anniversary . |
| 3 | On the other hand , I sat in my New York hotel room for a good five hours ' Bloomingdale-spending time watching Sex Lies and Videotape , The Fabulous Baker Boys and Sea of Love without so much as moving to the fridge to flex a buttock muscle of my own . |
| 4 | For an extra two hours ' shift , well I suppose we can just afford it , can we ? |
| 5 | For example , in Birmingham in 1973 a young mugger was sentenced to a draconian 20 years ' detention amid enormous publicity , and yet this sentence made no difference to the incidence of mugging offences in Birmingham or in other areas ( Baxter and Nuttall , 1975 ; Beyleveld , 1990 : 157 ) . |
| 6 | The men 's eyes automatically swivelled left to the women 's section at a tasteful thirty yards ' distance . |
| 7 | But the troops were already fatigued by an unremitting nine days ' marching on inadequate rations , and the communications and organization were so poor that no supplies could be brought up to them . |