Example sentences of "[prep] three [noun pl] ' [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 After three years ' work he submitted a draft only to have it irrevocably vetoed without any intelligible reasons given or any consideration of amendment .
2 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 .
3 is going to happen , it 's a question of whether we g go for three hours ' training we I think we 're agreeing that some sort of preliminary training is going to come forward but not necessary three hours .
4 In three years ' time we might have still been in very good shape but we must take steps to protect the UK as a manufacturing base . ’
5 In three years ' time it is likely that everything in the country , including rugby ticket prices , will have escalated by 45 per cent .
6 In three years ' time I would be doing
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