Example sentences of "[vb past] three [noun pl] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was in prison on remand for three weeks , then I went to court and got three years ' probation . |
| 2 | When I went to the Royal Courts of Justice , the judge knew what he was going to give me , and I got three years ' probation , on condition that I stay at the hostel for a year and that I attend a day centre . |
| 3 | He served three years ' apprenticeship at Blackadder , Berwickshire , before entering the Edinburgh Botanic Garden , where he was soon placed in charge of the glasshouses . |
| 4 | The dummy took three weeks ' work by a team of volunteers , mostly part-time and helping when they could . |
| 5 | On 11 January 1991 Norwich gave three months ' notice of the termination of their agency agreement of 13 March 1990 , by virtue of which Winchester had become an appointed representative , and hence an exempted person . |
| 6 | On 11 January 1991 Norwich Union gave three months ' notice of the termination of their agency agreement of 13 March 1990 with Winchester . |
| 7 | The strange conversation came back to him while he scraped three days ' stubble from his face . |
| 8 | However , I stayed a bit longer and when all the girls , all of us had three months ' notice to leave , it was dreadful , you see , because we were fully trained by that time you see . |
| 9 | Yes , and the girls had three months ' notice to leave and on the last day at three months I heard that a young lady had left the Post Office . |
| 10 | The war had interrupted and postponed many a career , J's amongst them , and he had three years ' university ahead of him before he would be in any position to marry . |