Example sentences of "[vb past] a [adj] [noun] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then along came a new managers ' tool for community care planning called The X Factor . |
| 2 | THE dramatic rises planned on domestic fuel bills is a ‘ fatal blow ’ for the elderly , claimed a leading pensioners ' campaigner . |
| 3 | Management organized a Black workers ' meeting because they needed our response to a report on ethnic minorities . |
| 4 | And the very day we were with her she opened a new Citizens ' Advice Bureau in Beccles with considerable aplomb — no easy task after SHE fashion team had stunned the locals by setting up an ironing board in the middle of the town car park and giving Christine 's purple suit a quick press on the spot . |
| 5 | The magnificent fight which the Spanish workers have waged against the Fascist … has been the wonder of the world … . the Council organized a Mass Meeting in Bradford to place the true facts before the public , and also opened a Spanish workers ' Relief Fund in conjunction with the TUC Solidarity Fund … . |
| 6 | In 1815 he visited Paris , in 1820 he made a six months ' visit to Italy , and in 1825 he was in Paris again , having been sent to supervise repairs at the British embassy . |
| 7 | And now — ’ she made a typical high-jumpers ' gesture , that which marks them out from all other athletes , raising her arms and stretching her torso , as if taking off to challenge that dappled crossbar . |
| 8 | By the time we reached the Ava Bridge it had stopped raining and having got across , we just lay on the ground and got a few hours ' sleep . |
| 9 | She wrote that she would prefer not to come home , but Tony and Maureen got a few days ' leave and travelled to Kent to see her . |
| 10 | There followed a few minutes ' discussion where it seemed Cicely Hepwood had been all set to cancel an arrangement she and her husband had to visit a sick friend in hospital that afternoon . |
| 11 | In the El Niño event of 1982–83 , 200 000 square km of Argentina was flooded and Peru lost a million dollars ' worth of potatoes , while Indonesia , Australia , and southern Africa experienced devastating drought . |
| 12 | Years later , when a leading local councillor , she regularly attended a national Museums ' conference . |
| 13 | He affixed a small jewellers ' eyeglass to his eye , and peered in at the device 's workings more closely . |
| 14 | Viola Machin left a few moments ' pause . |
| 15 | He must have been a very brotherly father , since he was only three years older — though it 's true that he was a Hungarian and a Jew , and by the age of 20 had a thousand years ' experience . |
| 16 | The fact that Mangon fully deserved his title of Wizard of Lighting was of minor importance to the Girls who , due to his perfectionism , often only had a few hours ' sleep in their dressing-rooms , and occasionally none at all . |
| 17 | So we saw almost nothing of Hong Kong , except the inside of the luxurious Hong Kong Hotel , where we had a few hours ' sleep before going to the railway station in the morning . |
| 18 | The news was relayed to the restive citizens that they had a few days ' respite . |
| 19 | Sarah had a few days ' leave while Joe was home and Maureen suggested , while Anne and her father were present , that Joe took Sarah out sometimes . |
| 20 | In 1923 she set a British ladies ' record for Thames swimming ( 10 hrs. 45 min . ) . |
| 21 | In an attempt to break the deadlock over the Accord 's ratification , Mulroney held a two-day Premiers ' conference on Nov. 10-11 . |