Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [num] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each enemy plane shot down brought the victor three days ' leave , and a palm-leaf to add to his ribbons . |
| 2 | The landlord must be given an order for possession after the expiry of the term , provided he has given the requisite two months ' notice requiring possession , ideally from the landlord 's point of view expiring when the tenancy terminates . |
| 3 | I feel let down after giving the club 10 years ' loyal service . |
| 4 | In those days few ministers thought it necessary to attend their own counts , and Baldwin had his vigil in the No. 10 secretaries ' room enlivened by the presence of Churchill : ‘ The P.M. [ sat ] with narrow slips of paper on which he inscribed the three lists as they arrived . |
| 5 | The camp guards had allowed the baby six months ' life and then , when Elisabeth was selected for the officers ' brothel and her breasts required for purposes other than those of nourishing a Jewish infant , a non-commissioned officer , having polished his boots , drawn up the mess accounts , written an affectionate note to his wife and son and relieved his bladder , took Elisabeth Danziger 's baby from her arms and dashed out its brains against the stone wall outside his office . |
| 6 | ( It should be noted that the Phase 3 heads ' comments came from a group whose schools had only recently been brought into PNP and that expressions of dissatisfaction were also voiced at equivalent points in Phases 1 and 2 . |
| 7 | His parents , Bert and Nancy Kean retired from the company two years ' ago . |
| 8 | The connection between them and Douglas Reyburn lies in the fact that Gavin Hanna , Assistant Technical Manager who joined the company three years ' ago , is now an acknowledged expert with a scientific paper published last January by the Company of Biologists . |
| 9 | Making the engine that powered Williams to the Formula 1 constructors ' championship ca n't be bad for business , either . |
| 10 | Luhti bought the team this year from the Swiss slot-machine magnate Walter Brun , who had bought it from Bernie Ecclestone , the head of the Formula One Constructors ' Association ( Foca ) . |