Example sentences of "[vb -s] a few [noun pl] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Try to arrange things in such a way that a player has a few bars ' rest before his solo passage begins . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Every ceremony includes a few minutes ' silence in which believers can pray . |
| 4 | Though it involves a few minutes ' paperwork , a worthwhile exercise is to jot down your own personal list of pros and cons , under the headings : ‘ spending now ’ and ‘ spending later ’ . |
| 5 | Robyn is rather less generous with the next supplicant , a young man who broke his ankle falling off his motorbike on New Year 's Eve , but even the least deserving candidate gets a few days ' respite , for Robyn tends to identify with the students against the system that assesses them , even though she is herself part of the system . |