Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] [adj] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | She flew up to Nashville for two weeks ' work and called Dennis from her hotel room exactly eight days after their wedding . |
| 2 | Taurus , a computer project that was to have delivered paperless share settlement , was scrapped in March after five years ' work and a £400m ( $150m ) outlay by the City . |
| 3 | At the other end of the world , Shackleton had reached South Georgia Island after two years ' isolation in Antarctica : |
| 4 | THE European Commission gave the green light yesterday in Brussels for British Airways ' takeover of Dan-Air , dismissing objections by rival carriers and the Belgian government . |
| 5 | The leaders are important also because they are an essential factor in making effective political forces in this way out of more general group interests , referred to by Schumpeter as group-wise volitions ' . |
| 6 | Certain Western journalists claimed on the basis of Soviet sources that ‘ Moscow would much prefer a negotiated settlement which would involve the ‘ Finlandisation ’ of Afghanistan along neutral lines ' to a large increase in Soviet troops deployed in Afghanistan . |
| 7 | On 17 October , both appellants pleaded guilty to the counts charging handling stolen goods and they were sentenced , Christou to two years ' imprisonment and Wright to three years ' imprisonment on each count concurrent . |
| 8 | It was in 1945 that I came back to England after five years ' absence in Greece and Egypt . |
| 9 | A computer survey of 80 insurance companies revealed that a 24-year-old male living in St Albans with three years ' no claims bonus would pay £676 to insure a Furio , compared to £1,344 for a Golf and £1,560 for a 105bhp Escort XR3i . |
| 10 | I confirm that Councillor Young came to the Department in July with five hours ' worth of videos showing how Derbyshire had been running down its schools . |
| 11 | DEBBIE ADAMS had to let her East End terrace house in London in a hurry when her husband was re-located to Ireland with two months ' notice . |
| 12 | She 'd be dreadful when they came to Der Zarewitsch in three weeks ' time ; like playing Arsena again . |
| 13 | On 17 October , both appellants pleaded guilty to the counts charging handling stolen goods and they were sentenced , Christou to two years ' imprisonment and Wright to three years ' imprisonment on each count concurrent . |
| 14 | The former President , Lt.-Gen. ( retd ) Hussain Mohammad Ershad , was sentenced in Dhaka to 10 years ' " rigorous imprisonment " on June 12 after being found guilty by a special tribunal of illegally possessing firearms . |
| 15 | Two Lebanese-born financiers , Jean Magharian and Barkev Magharian , were each sentenced on Sept. 13 by a court in Bellinzona to four years ' imprisonment and a fine of SFr50,000 ( approximately US$39,000 ) for laundering SFr1,200 million ( US$933 million ) for drug operations in Turkey and Lebanon through Swiss banks . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Some others , though , among them the winner in Paris in two Sundays ' time , will be mysteriously gathering rather than losing strength . |
| 18 | During the course of their conversation , to which Julia listened with only half her attention as she sipped her brandy , she learned that Jackson French was likely to be posted to London to play a part in the winding up of UNRRA later in the year and that Comfort herself was due to leave Venice in two days ' time ‘ now that Julia is getting well again' . |
| 19 | The High Court on Dec. 14 sentenced opposition campaigner Chakufwa Chihana to two years ' imprisonment with hard labour for sedition . |
| 20 | Who will be in charge of Germany in ten years ' time ? |
| 21 | Her best chance would come when they reached Ibiza in two days ' time . |
| 22 | Elena described her feelings on returning to the little town of her birth , San Jose de las Flores , in Chalatenango after three years ' absence . |
| 23 | Pancras in those stations ' heyday was considerably more than the number who use the combined stations today . |
| 24 | A US court in Miami , Florida , sentenced former Panamanian leader Manuel Antonio Noriega to 40 years ' imprisonment on July 10 on drugs and racketeering charges . |
| 25 | As a mark of her popularity , Betty Law had a tremendous farewell when she retired from Douglas Reyburn on 12th September after 45 years ' of unbroken service . |
| 26 | Henderson returned to have both Rennie and Peall caught at long leg , leaving Durham with 19 overs ' batting to the close . |
| 27 | The defeat of Redgrave and Pinsent is unlikely to prevent their selection for the Olympic coxless pairs and it could prove to have been a useful warning to the world champions to raise their performance for Cologne in two weeks ' time , when all the potential Olympic crews will have their first try-out . |
| 28 | National Transcommunications Ltd , the buyout of the Independent Broadcasting Authority 's engineering and transmitters arm , is to build a cable link between London and Birmingham capable of carrying television and telephone services and has signed a 10-year contract in which the UK 's largest cable television operator , Birmingham Cable Ltd , is to take up the initial capacity ; the line from Birmingham to United Artists ' London South in Croydon will link the two cable-franchise areas , according to the Daily Telegraph . |
| 29 | Just three days before the workshop , he spoke to a virtual stranger about his firm intention to be in Hawaii in three days ' time , saying he had no idea how it would be made possible . |
| 30 | Mr Hewitt is a member of Bishop Auckland Rotary Club and is north regional president of the YMCA , which is planning to open a residential centre in Darlington in two years ' time . |