Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun pl] ' [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only a few minutes ' walk to her office in Aldersgate Street ; but she normally did not arrive there till nine . |
| 2 | L Detachment was thus judged ready for operations , and to wind down were given a few days ' leave to be spent in Cairo . |
| 3 | Only after a few days ' exposure to New York sunlight did they readjust to local time . |
| 4 | When they stopped , sometimes at the junctions between seasons , Tallis could feel the flow of time , the great spiral storm that curled around some focus a few days ' riding to the north . |
| 5 | New York became conditioned to skyscrapers which were torn down after a few years ' life to be replaced by newer skyscrapers . |
| 6 | In 1815 he visited Paris , in 1820 he made a six months ' visit to Italy , and in 1825 he was in Paris again , having been sent to supervise repairs at the British embassy . |
| 7 | He affixed a small jewellers ' eyeglass to his eye , and peered in at the device 's workings more closely . |
| 8 | When I wanted publicity for a young persons ' trip to London , arranged to allow them to talk to MPs of all parties , your paper did not publish the Press release . |
| 9 | A key ingredient in his rise from a minor counties ' also-ran to England strike bowler was a brief coaching session with the Dennis Lillee . |