Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] ' [noun sg] [pers pn] have " in BNC.

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1 After eight months ' work it has acquired a life of its own .
2 In its fifty years ' existence it has poured out a stream of bishops , priests , doctors , engineers , businessmen , civil servants and politicians .
3 ‘ The lasagne 's fine , ’ she murmured as she played for time and thought of the three months ' mortgage she had to find and how impossible she would find it to pay one months ' mortgage , let alone three , if she did n't have a job .
4 About three weeks ' pay he had taken from Rab .
5 So how much money will you get for the three days ' work you 've done ?
6 After fifteen minutes ' work he had found nothing of interest .
7 I mean I know in about four months ' time I 've got a meeting in my diary with Alan .
8 I 've just had a Christmas card from my old healthy friend ; so that 's two years ' service they 've lost for starters .
9 In two years ' time it 's planned it 'll be completely car-free .
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