Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] ['s] [noun] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | A printing firm has gone into liquidation , giving staff just a few hours ' notice they were losing their jobs . |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | After a few years ' disgrace they were back living quietly but comfortably in Moscow . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But many adult learners also hold down a full-time job , and in the middle of a hard week 's work they are likely to be tired . |
| 6 | They are , however , subsidized to some extent , and although the Remploy workers do a full day 's work they do not have quite such demands made on them as they would encounter in open employment . |