Example sentences of "few [noun pl] ' [noun] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | A few minutes ' drive and we were taken into a building . |
2 | There followed a few minutes ' discussion where it seemed Cicely Hepwood had been all set to cancel an arrangement she and her husband had to visit a sick friend in hospital that afternoon . |
3 | Nobody will mind if he just grabs a few minutes ' rest before he moves on — although rest , for Pavel , has become little more than a bothersome physical requirement with no spiritual element in it . |
4 | ‘ Clive Griffiths , the Welsh coach , may persuade me to play against France in a few weeks ' time but I have made up my mind to call it a day , ’ he said last night . |
5 | Try to arrange things in such a way that a player has a few bars ' rest before his solo passage begins . |