Example sentences of "with three [noun pl] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | By the time Charlie and Tommy climbed through the ropes , Tommy had made it clear to his friend that he hoped to get away with three minutes ' shadow-boxing . |
2 | Puritans also viewed breaches of traditional , Christian sexual morality in a serious light ; in 1650 , the Rump Parliament passed an Adultery Act , which sought to punish those convicted of fornication with three months ' imprisonment , and those found guilty of adultery with death . |
3 | By contrast , a person who organises a procession or a meeting and knowingly fails to comply with the conditions imposed commits an offence punishable with three months ' imprisonment or a level three fine . |
4 | Regent Travel Services ( 081–960 9066 ) offers return flight with three nights ' twin accommodation from £239 . |
5 | One of the best examples of a reasonably-priced winter weekend is a two-night stay at the three-star Le Bristol Hotel in Le Touquet , near Boulogne , with three days ' golf at the celebrated courses of Le Touquet , Hardelot and Wimereux , plus return cross-Channel Seacat travel with your own car , all for an incredible £145 a person . |
6 | Its paper was to be presented to a Market Research Society seminar last March when , with three days ' notice , the health department instructed the authors to withdraw it . |
7 | I looked up into a bloated quivering face with three days ' growth of beard . |
8 | In fact , London qualified ambulance workers are being offered £12,100 , while to get anywhere near £25,000 a Metropolitan police constable would have to be putting in a huge amount of overtime — the annual pay of a PC with three years ' experience is £12,756 . |
9 | It was outlined in the Housing Act ( 1980 ) , which gave council tenants with three years ' residence the right to buy their properties at a substantial discount . |
10 | Arraigned on the same charge , Ren Wanding , the veteran human rights activist , who had previously been imprisoned for four years for his activities in the 1978-79 Democracy Movement , was given a more severe seven-year sentence with three years ' deprivation of political rights , having refused to show repentance for his " grave " crimes . |