Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] days ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stopping for lunch near Messkirch , en route for Ulm , I discovered that my three days ' neglect of the groceries in the car boot , together with the intense heat , had reduced some of them to a suppurating , soggy mess . |
| 2 | I was just feeling the early morning sun as it warmed the beads of sweat that dripped down my two days ' stubble . |
| 3 | It was a great relief when she arrived at Lomond View to discover that the only person there was Inge , looking rosy-cheeked and happy after her few days ' holiday . |
| 4 | A committee member may be removed by resolution of the creditors at a meeting of which fourteen days ' notice has been given ( r 6.159 ) . |
| 5 | Evidently the garden had been badly neglected during her ten days ' absence . |
| 6 | In contrast to Montgomerie , Gilford , who won in Agadir with a nine-under-par 279 to retain the title , and runner-up Spence , who finished on 280 with Stephen Ames of Trinidad and Tobago , flew home well satisfied with their four days ' work . |
| 7 | In December it was arranged , without his knowledge , that Mr M would lose two of his four days ' teaching in the outer isles at the end of the academic year . |
| 8 | You can choose to drive out on the Friday and back on the Sunday , so giving yourself eight days ' skiing rather than six if you fly . |
| 9 | This saving of time , together with our two days ' leave , gave us a full forty-eight hours at home . |