Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun pl] ' [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had been fiery Sally-Anne still , and then fiery McAllister , and a few moments ' loving from a man she loved had undone her , had brought her not joy , but a trauma of the remembered pain and anguish which Havvie had inflicted on her . |
| 2 | Gurder gave this a few moments ' careful and terrified thought . |
| 3 | There was both their backgrounds — a boy taken from a bleak past into a glorious future by a dedicated schoolteacher — and furthermore this acting business got him off duty , paid him as much cash as a miner 's weekly wage for a few hours ' easy work and had a satisfying tint of glamour … |
| 4 | If the sociologist regards the interview schedule ( and , as we shall discuss later , the questionnaire ) in this way then he will not rush blithely into the field with a schedule which is the product of just a few hours ' odd jottings on rough paper . |
| 5 | A last cup of coffee and I left ; back to H and T's in time for a few hours ' fitful sleep ; then up and away , run to the station by Aunt Antonia . |
| 6 | After a few hours ' driving , we stop by a small lake brimming with clear water which has tumbled down from the escarpment through dense forest . |
| 7 | A few minutes ' facial sauna , however , is fine because it warms the skin just enough to facilitate absorption . |
| 8 | And yet , ever since they had returned to New York , Laura had barely had more than a few minutes ' private conversation with her husband . |
| 9 | This would force some leading figures , like Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown , to fight for a few minutes ' speaking time from the floor — or keep quiet . |
| 10 | After a few minutes ' silent reflection , however , I saw that the difficulty arose because we had read the phrase in quite different ways . |
| 11 | James , Earl of Douglas , raided Northumberland , laying siege to Newcastle , and after a few days ' inconclusive skirmishing , the Scots army retreated into the Cheviot Hills . |
| 12 | A genuinely corinthian sailor who spurns sponsorship , she shoe-horns her racing and preparation into a few weeks ' annual holiday taken from London-based solicitors Farrers and Co . |
| 13 | There was a moment while everybody thought about that , probably for no good reason except that they did n't like to see twenty years go by without offering up a few seconds ' respect-ful silence , then Sir Bruce asked : ‘ So she did n't go back to the GDR ? ’ |
| 14 | For example , in 1980 the Home Secretary , William Whitelaw , introduced the ‘ short , sharp , shock ’ punishments for young offenders , involving a few months ' strict discipline and almost para-military training in detention centres . |
| 15 | AFTER TWO and a half years ' studious application , Tilbury Container Services Personnel Officer , Paula Lowe , is now a graduate of the Institute of Personnel Management . |
| 16 | In that case the judge passed a six months ' suspended prison sentence , allowing the defendant to walk free from the court . |
| 17 | The successors to the landlords served a six months ' written notice to quit under section 25 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 although they did not require the premises for their undertaking . |
| 18 | Anthony Hutt 's Goa ( Scorpion , £9.95 ) is a useful travellers ' historical and architectural guide . |
| 19 | SADDAM Hussein last night threatened revenge after American pilots shot down an Iraqi jet inside a United Nations ' no-fly zone . |
| 20 | The Iraqi jet was shot down inside a United Nations ' no-fly zone after it turned to challenge an American F-16 pilot . |
| 21 | On November 16 , 1990 , at a stormy shareholders ' general meeting at the National Motorcycle Museum in Solihull , Le Roux 's house of cards came tumbling down . |
| 22 | My parole finishes in nine days and then I start a nine months ' suspended sentence . |
| 23 | Jagger 's record is produced by Rick Rubin , who did the honours on a Red Devils ' live album , released on Rubin 's own Def American label . |
| 24 | But what must astonish us , I think , more than the details of violence is that the only charges brought as a result of this death were against three men who were charged with assault and punished with a 20 shillings ' fine , with the additional requirement that they should pay the doctor 's bill on the dead man . |