Example sentences of "[prep] [num] [noun] ['s] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 For eight hours ' sleep , I 'd knock off God and hang the frame on Jesus .
2 For shifting material with a horse and cart James Bell was paid £1 : 12s. : 0d. for eight days ' work .
3 Land nearby had been bought up for 300 workers ' houses .
4 He has devised a vitamin and mineral supplement called Ultra-Detoxi for the Nature 's Best brand : £16.50 for 30 days ' supply .
5 After three-and-a-half hours ' deliberation , the jury awarded Mrs Swami , aged 49 , of Kingsbury , north-west London , £240,000 for the assaults , and £60,000 for false imprisonment .
6 In those days , we had n't got chromium buttons — I had gone home soaked to the skin , after eight hours ' rain , dried the stuff and was coming out next morning .
7 After eight months ' work it has acquired a life of its own .
8 THE Kellogg 's Tour of Britain will start for the first time in Portsmouth and finish in Liverpool after 550 miles ' racing in five days in August .
9 THE PEOPLE of Montenegro yesterday welcomed home the remains of Nicholas I , their first and last king , after 70 years ' exile in Italy , in belated fulfilment of his last will and testament .
10 Thirteen patients were studied before and after 2–12 weeks ' treatment with metronidazole 800 mg/day , while maintaining an unchanged NSAID intake .
11 Pathe , epitomised by its crowing cockerel and mildly patronising commentaries , stopped producing newsreels in 1970 after 75 years ' coverage of world events because of the decline of the film industry and a change in cinema audience tastes .
12 CAMPOP 's researches have shown that during the 100 years after 1540 England 's population rose from about 2.75 millions to roughly 5 millions .
13 The only group of workers to achieve shorter hours by legislation were the miners , who were granted an eight-hour day in 1908 after forty years ' campaigning .
14 Promotion prospects are good and after 2 years ' training your salary should rise to £19,680 or more .
15 After 2 days ' paddling and considerable suspense at last we reached the three corner point with Czechoslovakia/Hungary .
16 2 After 2 days ' absence , supervisor should again try to make contact by telephoning or going to the person 's house .
17 He agreed to be admitted to a psychiatric unit where , after 2 months ' treatment with psychotherapy and antidepressants , he appeared to improve considerably .
18 In 12 of the 16 cases , fresh tissue specimens were snap frozen in liquid nitrogen after 30 minutes ' incubation in gum sucrose for immunohistological studies .
19 Mr Barritt had been planning to retire from the executive of Bryson House , formerly known as Belfast Voluntary Welfare Society , next week after 30 years ' service .
20 Radio Monte Carlo reported on Aug. 29 that Syria had released Nureddin al-Atasi , President from February 1966 until his overthrow by the 1970 bloodless coup which brought Assad to power , after 22 years ' imprisonment .
21 The six Antiquaires à Paris dealers , returning to the Biennale after six year 's absence , brought some great eighteenth-century French furniture with them .
22 The game has been adjourned after six hours ' play with Short sealing the 61st move in an envelope .
23 If there is no release , then after six hours ' detention , in steps the ‘ review officer ’ , at least of inspector rank , again unconnected with the investigation , who now determines whether there is sufficient evidence to charge .
24 It was as if a genius creator , after six days ' labour , had become uninterested in his achievement and had delegated responsibility for the rule and administration of his work to a band of bureaucrats — a tireless bunch of imbeciles , lacking compassion , who justified their role in the scheme of things by ceaselessly inventing trials for man , to keep him on his toes .
25 The third floor was a no-smoking floor or I think I might have started smoking again after six years ' abstinence .
26 The 1931 treaty is automatically prolonged from year to year and each party has the right to terminate it after six months ' notification .
27 After six months ' trial the commissioners appointed Mitchell general inspector and superintendent of the Highland roads and bridges , a post he held for almost forty years .
28 After six months ' training , I repeatedly found blood in my urine , which a consultant thought indicated a kidney disorder .
29 He worked for Coast Lines and retired as a collector in 1967 after 47 years ' service .
30 When the client 's employers stop paying salary after thirteen weeks ' absence through ill-health .
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