Example sentences of "[conj] a [det] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were unexplained hold-ups , enemy strongpoints catching the leaders in heavy fire perhaps , or a few moments ' loss of direction as they probed forward . |
| 2 | And yet , ever since they had returned to New York , Laura had barely had more than a few minutes ' private conversation with her husband . |
| 3 | Yet the two earliest recordings of the movement , by the celebrated disciples Willem Mengelberg ( 1926 ) and Bruno Walter ( 1938 ) , average seven and a half minutes ' duration . |
| 4 | Perhaps we 'd say " Three and a half minutes ' . |
| 5 | At about 7.30 p.m. , after two and a half hours ' sleep curled up on the floor of the trench , I made my way out of the orchard and on to the road . |
| 6 | This fire officer , however , refused to allow the use of a sizeable proportion of the props , around which the entire show was structured ; and , although the Prince and Princess of Wales were arriving in one and a half hours ' time along with five Cabinet ministers , and the cast would have no time to rehearse without the props they relied upon , he was not to be budged . |
| 7 | The task of David Pomeranz in writing , and Adrian Reynolds in presentation , was to get this story into a two and a half hours ' stage show and to make it entertaining . |
| 8 | At the beginning of August he left for a two and a half months ' rest at sequestered Welsh and English houses . |
| 9 | This would render fruitless two and a half years ' negotiations between LAG and BP Coal leaving LAG to start from scratch with a new company . |
| 10 | In Indonesia , in October 1990 , post-graduate researcher Bonar Tigor Naipospos was sentenced to eight and a half years ' imprisonment because he ‘ attempted to undermine Indonesian state ideology ’ through participation in a university study group and distributing banned literature . |
| 11 | AFTER TWO and a half years ' studious application , Tilbury Container Services Personnel Officer , Paula Lowe , is now a graduate of the Institute of Personnel Management . |
| 12 | Kenneth Tindall , 20 , of Woodvale Road , Grove Hill , was sentenced to two and a half years ' custody . |
| 13 | She had been fiery Sally-Anne still , and then fiery McAllister , and a few moments ' loving from a man she loved had undone her , had brought her not joy , but a trauma of the remembered pain and anguish which Havvie had inflicted on her . |
| 14 | After a few moments ' deciphering he rang Gerald Venables ' number . |
| 15 | After a few moments ' silence Kopyion shrugged his shoulders and walked off , down the stairs . |
| 16 | Wealthy ladies , doing a little charitable slumming , as well as a few shopkeepers ' wives , bought the pretty baby clothes , and the doll she had dressed went for a fabulous price , to be given to some little girl more fortunate than those for whom the money was being raised . |
| 17 | They borrow from the banks for as little as a few hours ' notice of recall by the banks ( money at call ) , and lend to the government , local authorities and firms for typically three months ( bills of exchange ) . |