Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [det] [noun] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The Rugby Clubs of Wales hit the bookstalls in good time for the All Blacks ' tour . |
2 | Some time during the few days ' leave , when talking about my life — not work , of course — at Bletchley , I must rashly have let slip the fact that occasionally I was tired . |
3 | Some of them will be further reunited when the Barbarians round off the All Blacks ' tour at Twickenham on 25 November . |
4 | After a few hours ' walking along the ridge we could clearly see Koitobos , one of the peaks surrounding the crater rim — a long , flat-topped buttress with a steep cone at one end , composed of large , dark brown , vertical columns . |
5 | After a few hours ' rest I had something to eat . |
6 | I asked him to write down what he liked about the skinhead style and , after a few moments ' thought , he dashed off the above . |
7 | Fabia saw no point in butting in to comment that she had in fact come very close to doing that very thing , and after a few moments ' pause Ven went on , ‘ I knew I 'd bruised your pride , but that had been necessary when my desire for you had threatened to blot out reason . |
8 | After a few minutes ' thought , he announced , ‘ I must reveal the truth , I suppose . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | After a few minutes ' walk it seemed she had truly left the hamlet of Pook 's Common behind . |
11 | New York became conditioned to skyscrapers which were torn down after a few years ' life to be replaced by newer skyscrapers . |
12 | After a few years ' disgrace they were back living quietly but comfortably in Moscow . |
13 | This perennial plant 's big , bold , green clumps , measuring 90cm/3ft high and the same in diameter , grow even bigger and more productive before they deteriorate after a few years ' growth , and are then best replaced . |
14 | After a few days ' dialling he knew it by heart . |
15 | Sometimes , of course , it can work the other way round ; I recall a woman , going through a difficult time with her husband , returning after a few days ' holiday to find that he had swept and cleaned the house from top to bottom . |
16 | Only after a few days ' exposure to New York sunlight did they readjust to local time . |
17 | His compatriot , Alexandra Ledermann 's Punition , who beat Navet in the Paris World Cup round but who had a difficult flight to Del Mar , looked much more at ease at the official horse inspection here , after a few days ' rest . |
18 | After a few days ' rain the course was just right for the spectators anyway , plenty of mud . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | The initial orientation can not be predicted , but reversal after a few seconds ' observation always takes place in the same way . |
21 | Initially , in 1947 , Sir Stafford Cripps moved from the Board of Trade to a newly created Ministry of Economic Planning but , after a few months ' existence , this was absorbed into the Treasury when Cripps became Chancellor of the Exchequer . |
22 | Already , after a few months ' acquaintance , he complained to Harry of ‘ this hideous analysis which so masters me ’ and he tried to express Helen 's profound effect upon him : ‘ I always wonder when I look at her or think of her . |
23 | I do n't know how they will respond to my abuse in the chip pan after a few months ' use , but I think they will fare better than other brushes I 've used in the past . |
24 | The Ethiopian army , the biggest in sub-Saharan Africa , consists largely of press-ganged young peasants or unemployed urban teenagers who have been drafted to the front after a few weeks ' training . |
25 | Lowe was in Auckland promoting a video of his life and times — inevitably referring to him as a ‘ master coach ’ which is now becoming one of the more boring sporting clichés — and was asked what he thought of the All Blacks ' failure to bring home the Cup . |
26 | Under the stress of the All Blacks ' tackling Dewi Morris ' passing let the Lions down at the base of the scrum and his problems were transmitted to the other midfield backs . |
27 | Through the portal by Giovanni Gargiolli of Florence , 1598 , we pass into the choir of the All Saints ' Chapel , formerly the seat of an independent Chapter . |
28 | Spending on Flint includes massive environmental improvements , clearance of the former Courtaulds ' Deeside Mill , re-siting the town 's football club and car parking . |
29 | The barman brought over their hot toddies and Roy was glad of the few seconds ' reprieve . |
30 | The time demanded in maintaining roses is not great , it does not mean a number of hours or days a week , but it does mean a regular tour around , if only of a few minutes ' duration , perhaps in the evenings , with secateurs in hand to snip or prune away faded flowers , and a puff or spray here and there as and when you find aphids or other pests . |