Example sentences of "[noun pl] ' [noun sg] [pron] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | After eight months ' work it has acquired a life of its own . |
| 2 | ‘ The lasagne 's fine , ’ she murmured as she played for time and thought of the three months ' mortgage she had to find and how impossible she would find it to pay one months ' mortgage , let alone three , if she did n't have a job . |
| 3 | I mean I know in about four months ' time I 've got a meeting in my diary with Alan . |
| 4 | but if you if you if that 's all you do then in eve even a week 's time but definitely in a few months ' time it 's just gone . |
| 5 | There was the largest hornets ' nest he had ever seen , hanging right in his path . |
| 6 | This had not been appreciated by the defendants ' chairman who had considered the advertisement for some 5 to 10 minutes before approving it , but who had not sufficiently thought through the implications of it . |
| 7 | The status and function of these courts came into question during one of the most critical of these enquiries , that presided over by Lord Wilberforce in 1972 into the dispute about miners ' pay which had led to a widespread stoppage of work . |
| 8 | Send me up to 100 words bout a book , paper , or individuals ' work which has influenced you ( you may have another 50 word if you go to say what it inspired you to do ) . |
| 9 | About three weeks ' pay he had taken from Rab . |
| 10 | On his return he made common cause with Ben Tillett and others to establish a National Transport Workers ' Federation which had its first conference on 1 June 1911 . |
| 11 | Billy Kelly , the power workers ' leader who had then been instrumental in halting industry , promised that the electricity workers would again bring the province to a halt . |
| 12 | The gleaming black exterior with the polished silver lamp-brackets and the forbidding curtains within that could be drawn to hide its occupants from prying stares told him it was a mourners ' carriage he had spent the night in . |
| 13 | So how much money will you get for the three days ' work you 've done ? |
| 14 | Within minutes of the disaster , Blairman 's offered me a desk and telephone , Mallett 's provided porters and storage for the 60 years ' accumulation which had to be out of Mount Street in two days . |
| 15 | Rita is a machine knitter of 20 years ' standing who has taught many techniques of the craft . |
| 16 | In its fifty years ' existence it has poured out a stream of bishops , priests , doctors , engineers , businessmen , civil servants and politicians . |
| 17 | I 've just had a Christmas card from my old healthy friend ; so that 's two years ' service they 've lost for starters . |
| 18 | In two years ' time it 's planned it 'll be completely car-free . |
| 19 | 17 patients with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus of more than five years ' duration who had reported altered hypoglycaemia awareness within three months of transferring to human insulin . |
| 20 | One the way , however , I cam across a builders ' merchant which had a sign up , saying ‘ Reclaimed materials sold ’ . |
| 21 | DETERRED by a quotation of £3,000 for the work , Four Marks Parish Council have decided not to get the mound of earth and builders ' rubble which has accumulated at the village centre levelled . |
| 22 | After fifteen minutes ' work he had found nothing of interest . |
| 23 | THE local artists ' exhibition which has been occupying Oriel Court , an empty office block on Omega Park , Alton , since March 16th , is to run for an extra week — until April 3rd — due to popular demand . |
| 24 | After a few hours ' rest I had something to eat . |
| 25 | Either he was dead straight , or else he was the sharpest operator-bar none , including the guy she 'd met on a singles ' holiday who 'd almost managed to convince her that he was on his final fling with only ninety days left to live — that she had ever encountered . |
| 26 | Changi Jail was still there , though , together with the old sergeants ' mess he 'd known 40 years earlier . |
| 27 | The exhibits are drawn from private collections with some previously unseen items , and public holdings including the Goldsmiths ' Company who have lent ten pieces . |
| 28 | It was n't like that at my hubby 's last Kirk , telling you the Young Mothers ' Meeting we had there was Really Radical . |
| 29 | ‘ It was a brilliant performance , ’ enthused Toby Mullins , the ladies ' coach who has led them to the championship in his first season in charge . |
| 30 | It will argue that because of the nature of primary school teachers ' role they have quite specific training requirements and that the current climate of change may well be catalytic . |