Example sentences of "[prep] [num] [noun pl] ' [noun sg] " 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 | He has devised a vitamin and mineral supplement called Ultra-Detoxi for the Nature 's Best brand : £16.50 for 30 days ' supply . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | After eight months ' work it has acquired a life of its own . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Thirteen patients were studied before and after 2–12 weeks ' treatment with metronidazole 800 mg/day , while maintaining an unchanged NSAID intake . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Promotion prospects are good and after 2 years ' training your salary should rise to £19,680 or more . |
| 13 | After 2 days ' paddling and considerable suspense at last we reached the three corner point with Czechoslovakia/Hungary . |
| 14 | 2 After 2 days ' absence , supervisor should again try to make contact by telephoning or going to the person 's house . |
| 15 | He agreed to be admitted to a psychiatric unit where , after 2 months ' treatment with psychotherapy and antidepressants , he appeared to improve considerably . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The game has been adjourned after six hours ' play with Short sealing the 61st move in an envelope . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The third floor was a no-smoking floor or I think I might have started smoking again after six years ' abstinence . |
| 23 | The 1931 treaty is automatically prolonged from year to year and each party has the right to terminate it after six months ' notification . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | After six months ' training , I repeatedly found blood in my urine , which a consultant thought indicated a kidney disorder . |
| 26 | He worked for Coast Lines and retired as a collector in 1967 after 47 years ' service . |
| 27 | When the client 's employers stop paying salary after thirteen weeks ' absence through ill-health . |
| 28 | Wright , who knows better than many what it is like to feel persecuted , watched the 6–0 win on television after his groin injury ruled him out and let Barnes back after 10 months ' absence . |
| 29 | But the family sizes of women married in 1945 and in 1954 after 10 years ' marriage were 1.79 and 1.96 children respectively — a difference of only 10 per cent . |
| 30 | Cubby blows for time after 35 years ' service |