Example sentences of "[num] [noun] ' [noun sg] he " in BNC.

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1 About three weeks ' pay he had taken from Rab .
2 After three years ' work he submitted a draft only to have it irrevocably vetoed without any intelligible reasons given or any consideration of amendment .
3 Nicholson , while rejecting Corman as his ‘ mentor ’ gladly acknowledges the start and subsequent ten years ' work he gave him .
4 After fifteen minutes ' work he had found nothing of interest .
5 After Franco 's death and after 38 years ' absence he returned to Spain in 1977 , at the invitation of Suárez , and was in 1978 appointed president of the Catalonian regional government .
6 The thirty days ' standard he applies to his suppliers is the thirty days standard he expects from his customers .
7 In the course of two years ' research he 's discovered a great deal but admits there are gaps that he would like to fill . ‘
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