Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] [num] days ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Chantilly , news of the first two days ' fighting had not particularly upset General Joffre . |
| 2 | The most popular announcement — from the boys ' point of view at least — was that of an extra two days ' holiday to mark the Anniversary . |
| 3 | Opposing change were the city 's communists , Gorbachev , the USSR Supreme Soviet , and many older citizens who associate the current name with the heroic 900 days ' wartime siege of Leningrad . |
| 4 | I concluded my own column of that week as follows : ‘ After sneering at Lord Mogg , I suppose I should commit myself to a conclusion of my own from the last ten days ' dramas . |
| 5 | But the troops were already fatigued by an unremitting nine days ' marching on inadequate rations , and the communications and organization were so poor that no supplies could be brought up to them . |