Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] ' [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few moments ' deciphering he rang Gerald Venables ' number . |
| 2 | After a few hours ' rest I had something to eat . |
| 3 | A printing firm has gone into liquidation , giving staff just a few hours ' notice they were losing their jobs . |
| 4 | After a few minutes ' walk I arrived at the edge of the wooded area ; in front of me was about two hundred yards of grass , rising to the high ground covered by thick gorse and ferns . |
| 5 | After a few minutes ' walk it seemed she had truly left the hamlet of Pook 's Common behind . |
| 6 | After a few days ' dialling he knew it by heart . |
| 7 | Even with a few days ' rehearsal it was an unnerving experience . |
| 8 | What did it matter if there would be no long-term future for them together — that in a few days ' time they would be separated by the cold grey expanse of the North Sea ? |
| 9 | I 'm lucky , she told her reflection , and in a few days ' time I 'll be far away from this place , and without Piers around I 'll be able to put things back into perspective . |
| 10 | Pete suggested that in a few days ' time he could take her out to the nearest big town on the coast , and there she could look for clothes in the department stores and check out the library for the addresses of any useful organisations or people to contact . |
| 11 | After a few years ' disgrace they were back living quietly but comfortably in Moscow . |
| 12 | Little did they guess that in a few years ' time they would be telling their friends and relatives about the superstar who used to live next door in the suburbs . |
| 13 | Then in a few weeks ' time it will have been outstripped by the very events which it is shaping . |
| 14 | After a few seconds ' thought I realised that she meant their President , that is the former General who was dictator with the continuing consent of their other commanders . |
| 15 | Lying in bed at night , she would remind herself that in only a few months ' time she would be his , and would have assumed his name and taken on the position of head of his household . |
| 16 | In a few months ' time she might hardly remember his name . |
| 17 | In a few months ' time I will take my G.C.S.E. ( General Certificate of Secondary Education ) . |
| 18 | but if you if you if that 's all you do then in eve even a week 's time but definitely in a few months ' time it 's just gone . |