Example sentences of "few [noun pl] ' [noun] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 After a few minutes ' walk it seemed she had truly left the hamlet of Pook 's Common behind .
2 After a few minutes ' walk I arrived at the edge of the wooded area ; in front of me was about two hundred yards of grass , rising to the high ground covered by thick gorse and ferns .
3 After a few hours ' rest I had something to eat .
4 A printing firm has gone into liquidation , giving staff just a few hours ' notice they were losing their jobs .
5 but if you if you if that 's all you do then in eve even a week 's time but definitely in a few months ' time it 's just gone .
6 Lying in bed at night , she would remind herself that in only a few months ' time she would be his , and would have assumed his name and taken on the position of head of his household .
7 In a few months ' time she might hardly remember his name .
8 In a few months ' time I will take my G.C.S.E. ( General Certificate of Secondary Education ) .
9 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 .
10 After a few years ' disgrace they were back living quietly but comfortably in Moscow .
11 Even with a few days ' rehearsal it was an unnerving experience .
12 After a few days ' dialling he knew it by heart .
13 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 ?
14 Pete suggested that in a few days ' time he could take her out to the nearest big town on the coast , and there she could look for clothes in the department stores and check out the library for the addresses of any useful organisations or people to contact .
15 I 'm lucky , she told her reflection , and in a few days ' time I 'll be far away from this place , and without Piers around I 'll be able to put things back into perspective .
16 Then in a few weeks ' time it will have been outstripped by the very events which it is shaping .
17 To risk his job — and Sir Daniel had made it very clear that he did risk it — was a courageous thing to do when you considered how few editors ' chairs there were on the Street .
18 After a few seconds ' thought I realised that she meant their President , that is the former General who was dictator with the continuing consent of their other commanders .
19 After a few moments ' deciphering he rang Gerald Venables ' number .
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