Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Try to arrange things in such a way that a player has a few bars ' rest before his solo passage begins . |
| 2 | this time in promoting a Private Members ' Bill , which came to the statute book as the Civic Amenities Act , 1967 . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , the Scottish Ladies ' Golfing Association has named a 12-strong girls ' squad for Sunday 's training match against Helensburgh boys . |
| 4 | When they stopped , sometimes at the junctions between seasons , Tallis could feel the flow of time , the great spiral storm that curled around some focus a few days ' riding to the north . |
| 5 | If they take their work home with them , maybe they 'll do a few hours ' work off the mains . |
| 6 | I would like to stress that I wish to hear from all who may be enthusiastic , not just pilots ; I have no wish to create a posing pilots ' paradise . |
| 7 | And the fact that having a baby and adjusting to motherhood are only permitted to cause a few days ' disruption must be a bad thing — when what mothers really need is adequate time to rest ( between feeds ) , plenty of boosts to their ego , lots of love and confidence building . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Then along came a new managers ' tool for community care planning called The X Factor . |
| 10 | She walked rapidly back to the hotel and collected her car from the parking area , then drove back and parked a few cars ' lengths from the boatyard . |
| 11 | The Agency has produced a new leaders ' guide for people organising outings of up to five miles with family or friends . |
| 12 | The media would still be able to cover current stories but within a longer-term , in-depth perspective so that Ethiopia or the Lebanon , Westland or nuclear disarmament do not simply occupy a few weeks ' worth of front page/main bulletin coverage per year . |
| 13 | THE dramatic rises planned on domestic fuel bills is a ‘ fatal blow ’ for the elderly , claimed a leading pensioners ' campaigner . |
| 14 | Every ceremony includes a few minutes ' silence in which believers can pray . |
| 15 | The first floor accommodates the bedrooms for the guests — each bedroom being paired with an en suite bathroom — together with sleeping accommodation for the proprietor and his family , while the ground floor includes a large guests ' lounge , TV room and breakfast room to the east of the main entrance/staircase hall . |
| 16 | James , 19 , working in the hall under a community service order , has had a few months ' work for the council since leaving school . |
| 17 | But from then onwards , they were always asking me to join , but by then I had already opened a young wives ' belonging to the church . |
| 18 | Management organized a Black workers ' meeting because they needed our response to a report on ethnic minorities . |
| 19 | And the very day we were with her she opened a new Citizens ' Advice Bureau in Beccles with considerable aplomb — no easy task after SHE fashion team had stunned the locals by setting up an ironing board in the middle of the town car park and giving Christine 's purple suit a quick press on the spot . |
| 20 | The magnificent fight which the Spanish workers have waged against the Fascist … has been the wonder of the world … . the Council organized a Mass Meeting in Bradford to place the true facts before the public , and also opened a Spanish workers ' Relief Fund in conjunction with the TUC Solidarity Fund … . |
| 21 | Aubrey , watching the three excitedly making plans , was sensitive enough not to mention the news he had received a few days ' earlier from his mother — that Madeleine and Dunbar were coming home with the regiment . |
| 22 | Though it involves a few minutes ' paperwork , a worthwhile exercise is to jot down your own personal list of pros and cons , under the headings : ‘ spending now ’ and ‘ spending later ’ . |
| 23 | In that case the judge passed a six months ' suspended prison sentence , allowing the defendant to walk free from the court . |
| 24 | In 1815 he visited Paris , in 1820 he made a six months ' visit to Italy , and in 1825 he was in Paris again , having been sent to supervise repairs at the British embassy . |
| 25 | And now — ’ she made a typical high-jumpers ' gesture , that which marks them out from all other athletes , raising her arms and stretching her torso , as if taking off to challenge that dappled crossbar . |
| 26 | L Detachment was thus judged ready for operations , and to wind down were given a few days ' leave to be spent in Cairo . |
| 27 | I was only given a few days ' notice . |
| 28 | That is why we have developed a special Professionals ' Mortgage Service , with many features tailored to your requirements . |
| 29 | This afternoon we went to see a new workers ' housing estate and visited some homes . |
| 30 | By the time we reached the Ava Bridge it had stopped raining and having got across , we just lay on the ground and got a few hours ' sleep . |