Example sentences of "[prep] three [noun] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After three weeks ' detention in military barracks Daniel Omara Atubu and the 17 others — including three other DP members who hold government posts — were accused of treason . |
| 2 | After three weeks ' use , our 10 testers all felt there was an improvement — eyes less puffy , or slightly less wrinkled . |
| 3 | After three weeks ' honeymoon in Mentone , they returned to London where Eliot succumbed to bronchitis . |
| 4 | After three years ' work he submitted a draft only to have it irrevocably vetoed without any intelligible reasons given or any consideration of amendment . |
| 5 | After three years ' work the last consignment of nuclear fuel rods has been removed . |
| 6 | Geest launched its new product , which is peeled , cored , trimmed and packed in a special container , on the Scottish market yesterday after three years ' work on the process . |
| 7 | Then the god spoke to a woman whose baby was ill , and afterwards to a couple who were childless after three years ' marriage . |
| 8 | Elizabeth Taylor ( Mrs Longmate ) in June gained a London External B. D. ( upper second ) after three years ' residence in Oxford . |
| 9 | After three years ' practice , you could make a comparatively painless change to the solicitors ' branch , being exempted from articles , and also ( at discretion ) from some papers in the Final . |
| 10 | AFTER three years ' study , analyst programmer Ray Marsh from the Barlaston computer department has achieved a Higher National Diploma qualification in computer studies . |
| 11 | Mr Thomson , 44 , of Cherrytree Road , Great Cornard , resigned in February last year after three years ' employment . |
| 12 | In the field of professional qualifications , a directive is now in force that obliges professional bodies to recognise diplomas awarded in other member states after three years ' training , when granting membership to a particular profession . |
| 13 | What will happen to nurses who have trained at the taxpayers ' expense in the national health service but who , increasingly , find themselves unable to get a job after three years ' training ? |
| 14 | The head waiter , enchanted to see Ricky after three years ' absence , kissed him on both cheeks , enquired after his elbow , and found him a quiet corner . |
| 15 | Elena described her feelings on returning to the little town of her birth , San Jose de las Flores , in Chalatenango after three years ' absence . |
| 16 | After three days ' disappearance following the sheep-eating incident , the eagle was seen again for certain on a telegraph pole outside the village of Lutterworth near Leicester by a passing motorist , Mrs Gillian Cook . |
| 17 | After three days ' imprisonment they were convicted of attending an illegal gathering under the terms of Bophuthatswana 's Internal Security Act , fined , and released from custody . |
| 18 | Elsewhere , after three centuries ' growth only one big geographical region was still untouched by it : the mass of Central Africa . |
| 19 | After three months ' travelling in Australia , hitch-hiking has become an addiction ; the stimulation of a new acquaintance , a frank exchange of views , and then back on to the roadside — a self-contained experience without any repercussions . |
| 20 | He attended Coleman 's lectures , and obtained his diploma on 21 January 1818 after three months ' study . |
| 21 | They also had money worries — engineer Don found work only three weeks ago after three months ' unemployment . |
| 22 | Anna checked her stocklist for the shelf allocation for the poppadoms ( plain , spiced , garlic and chilli , ready-cooked ) with all the slick professionalism of three hours ' experience . |
| 23 | In undefended divorce cases a higher initial time limit of three hours ' work applies . |
| 24 | Erm as part of the agreement on the demolition of the four remaining blocks of Three Hills erm Moat er became our partners for the rest of our development of Three Hills . |
| 25 | A unique joint venture between Cellnet and the Lawn Tennis Association has resulted in the formation of three men 's tennis squads , guaranteeing financial support to fourteen of the UK 's most promising players . |
| 26 | Just as for a play , Nichols had the luxury of three weeks ' rehearsal on The Graduate before shooting began on location in Los Angeles , Berkeley and San Francisco . |
| 27 | They were the citoyens who paid at least the equivalent of three days ' work in direct tax . |
| 28 | In Paul Guillaume 's gallery a book on African sculpture was selling for fifty francs in 1917 ; it was a book Modigliani would have prized , but at the cost of three days ' subsistence plus one meal , it was out of the question . |
| 29 | As that course had not been taken , the sentence of three years ' detention took effect , by reason of Criminal Justice Act 1982 , 5.1B(S) as a sentence of 12 months ' detention , and the excess of the sentence over 12 months ' was remitted . |
| 30 | Although the sentencer had exceeded his powers by passing a sentence of three years ' detention in a young offender institution , the error was automatically corrected by this provision and a lawful sentence resulted . |