Example sentences of "[det] [noun] ' [noun] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | A printing firm has gone into liquidation , giving staff just a few hours ' notice they were losing their jobs . |
| 2 | Little did they guess that in a few years ' time they would be telling their friends and relatives about the superstar who used to live next door in the suburbs . |
| 3 | After a few years ' disgrace they were back living quietly but comfortably in Moscow . |
| 4 | What did it matter if there would be no long-term future for them together — that in a few days ' time they would be separated by the cold grey expanse of the North Sea ? |
| 5 | He ate a gargantuan meal , starting with some plovers ' eggs they had overlooked earlier , working on through a few roast geese with a brace or so of ducklings on the side , and ending with one half of a cheese and a couple of bowls of fruit . |
| 6 | Encouraged by their interpretations of each others ' dreams they set off against Humbaba to cut down his cedar forests . |