Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun pl] ['s] work [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only a vote in the Commons at 11 p.m. that brought the evening to an end and then she returned to Downing Street for a few hours ' work on her boxes before turning in . |
| 2 | If they take their work home with them , maybe they 'll do a few hours ' work off the mains . |
| 3 | A few years ' work in the brothels of Bangkok can earn girls more money than their families ever dreamt of . |
| 4 | James , 19 , working in the hall under a community service order , has had a few months ' work for the council since leaving school . |
| 5 | I once calculated that I did about a thousand hours ' work in the three years I was there , an average of an hour a day . |