Example sentences of "for a [noun sg] of [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | And having committed the boy to a day on the rubbish , he could hardly turn me down when I suggested we settle for a couple of hours ' conversation over a few beers , after he 'd sorted out the mess . |
| 2 | Well he it wo n't it wo n't get done for a couple of weeks ' time then you 'll say |
| 3 | He attempted to use the union structures to guide developments , calling on Dec. 9 for a Congress of Peoples ' Deputies to be convened to discuss the Minsk agreement . |
| 4 | They called for a reform of judges ' status and of the conseil supérieur de la magistrature to make it " truly independent from political power " . |
| 5 | For a study of clients ' perspectives with fairly limited time and money , group interviews can be very productive , as in the National Children 's Bureau 's ‘ Who Cares ? ’ study ( Page and Clark , 1977 ) in which young people in care spoke at length about their experiences . |
| 6 | Now that virtue could be acknowledged in the toddler as he freely followed his own natural pursuits and interests — not excluding the exploration of his own body-the ground was finally prepared for an acceptance of babies ' desires as needs in themselves : ‘ Babies want attention ; they probably need plenty of it ’ ( Children 's Bureau , 1945 ) . |