Example sentences of "[vb pp] three [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | He never slept much before combat ; that was why he had caught three hours ' rest during the afternoon . |
| 2 | ‘ He seems to hold David Howell , who 's still owed three weeks ' money , particularly responsible and wants him out of the club . |
| 3 | So , if you buy a yearling fish it will have consumed three years ' pellet rations and , hopefully , survived three merry-go-rounds of hazards . |
| 4 | On 30 June 1988 Mr. Page was given three months ' notice terminating his appointment on the grounds of redundancy . |
| 5 | It follows that , except in a case where either the common law or statute allows instant dismissal ( e.g. , for gross misconduct ) , a lecturer can only be dismissed for good cause after being given three months ' notice ( though the lecturer can terminate the agreement on three months ' notice without any reason being assigned ) . |
| 6 | The plaintiff must issue a summons for directions after he has given three months ' notice under Ord 37 , r10 that he intends to apply for further damages . |
| 7 | Cowen , of Holloway , north London , was given three years ' probation . |
| 8 | She was given three years ' supervision and a five-year driving ban . |
| 9 | Ann-Marie was given three years ' supervision and and banned from driving for five years . |
| 10 | The boys had gone out to play on the forestry tracks with their new bikes on what had proved a bright but cold day ; Mary had got three hours ' sleep before they came back , noisily demanding to be fed . |
| 11 | No he 's got three days ' holiday . |
| 12 | The vicar added that unless the new church was allowed three years ' hard work would have been wasted . |
| 13 | A new PICKUP Scotland EUROPE unit has now been guaranteed three years ' funding from Scottish Enterprise . |