Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] ['s] [noun] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few minutes ' drive and we were taken into a building . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | In Indonesia , in October 1990 , post-graduate researcher Bonar Tigor Naipospos was sentenced to eight and a half years ' imprisonment because he ‘ attempted to undermine Indonesian state ideology ’ through participation in a university study group and distributing banned literature . |
| 5 | ‘ Clive Griffiths , the Welsh coach , may persuade me to play against France in a few weeks ' time but I have made up my mind to call it a day , ’ he said last night . |
| 6 | It was , of course , by far a situation too good to last and in time , gazing down the glen , a solitary figure was spied struggling up the brae — without a kit-bag — the WAAFs identified their squadron officer ( known as Belladonna ) apparently about to make her first call on her troops in the wild , I was never able at first hand to witness this airmen 's paradise but it is a story that passed the rounds at Kinloss . |
| 7 | Erm but some of these childrens ' addresses that we 've had at St Paul 's they are very interesting and you get something out of them . |
| 8 | That 's easy to believe when you see the joy on these children 's faces as they meet Disney characters for the first time . |
| 9 | Well , perhaps this is a few too many , but he knows after many years ' experience that he can ask for this and that it is necessary . |
| 10 | The hon. Gentleman would know if he had addressed as many farmers ' organisations as I have that the first question farmers ask is how we can deal with the uncertainty of the MacSharry proposals , which now confront us . |
| 11 | BT has set up a new free service to deal with all customers ' enquiries if they are moving house . |
| 12 | The concepts therefore were for that age quite sophisticated , indeed quite sophisticated by many adults ' standards as we have seen . |
| 13 | ‘ Chubby ’ Eliot and self had a bit of a dogfight for a while trying to get on each others ' tails as we were not certain the other was not a 109 until we saw the roundels . ’ |
| 14 | Discuss what changes would need to be made if Susan and Bob decided to form a company to take over the business to protect both partners ' interests as they stand under the current partnership agreement . |