Example sentences of "[vb past] two [noun pl] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Indian team observed two minutes ' silence before the Perth Test . |
| 2 | His move into stockbroking at the age of 21 followed two years ' training to be a chartered accountant which by his own admission he did n't enjoy . |
| 3 | Two young Harvard dealers who were sacked still owed two months ' rent . |
| 4 | Both the French and Scottish groups undertook two weeks ' work experience and a week of language and social activity abroad . |
| 5 | There was a certain irony in the fact that one of the first things Baldwin told the King , on taking over from the decrepit MacDonald , was that he himself needed two months ' rest . |
| 6 | I hid the inch of yellow knitting , which represented two hours ' work , under my chair , tipped the lampshade to a more discreet angle , and called , " Come in . " |
| 7 | They then took two weeks ' holiday and , on their return , gave one week 's notice and left when this notice period expired . |
| 8 | The two-month period between finishing his Special-to-Theatre EOD course at the School of Ammunition and arriving in the Province suddenly became two days ' notice , due to a shortfall in EOD Operators . |
| 9 | The first time I got charged with chequebooks and cards I got two years ' probation . |
| 10 | No reed was to be mown for thatch before it had two years ' growth . |
| 11 | He had two days ' respite before Bella delivered her deathblows . |
| 12 | Similarly , the payment of 1007 gained two years ' respite , but then the enemy returned , apparently in greater numbers . |