Example sentences of "[adj] days ' [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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1 | And surely , nobody in his right mind would take a few days ' vacation and miss out on the opportunity of selling his own plans and proposals to the President of the Corporation ? |
2 | Henry Tyler had had an unexpected few days ' leave and had descended on his married sister and her husband in the small market town of Berebury in Calleshire without a great deal of warning . |
3 | She wrote that she would prefer not to come home , but Tony and Maureen got a few days ' leave and travelled to Kent to see her . |
4 | After 2 days ' paddling and considerable suspense at last we reached the three corner point with Czechoslovakia/Hungary . |
5 | A Kazakh government commission was sent to Leninsk , and gave all conscripts 10 days ' leave and extra food and cigarettes . |
6 | Previous days ' food and grime always made a meal look unappetizing , though it never affected the taste . |
7 | All these two days ' holiday and this , you 've had Christmas . |
8 | We will also establish a work programme , combining three days a week work for the unemployed — paid at the proper rate — with two days ' training and job seeking . |
9 | Clydesdale stores , with electrical shops in the Midlands , the North and Scotland , are currently offering four days ' bed and breakfast at any hotel in the Stakis chain for the price of one . |
10 | The offer means a couple can get four days ' bed and breakfast at the Stakis Newbury hotel for £108 . |
11 | Just three or four days ' turkey and I 'm alright . |
12 | Prices ( including flights ) based on the Taj Holiday Village where I stayed my first week start at £566 per person for seven days ' bed and breakfast ( £738 for fourteen days ) . |
13 | Similar rules apply to loans and advances to credit institutions , with the additional categories of amounts payable on demand or at seven days ' notice and those payable within three months , although here where amounts are repayable by instalments each instalment is to be treated as a separate amount . |