Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] ten [noun] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Zimbala 's main prison , La Tambier , was less than ten minutes ' drive from the centre of Habane . |
| 2 | This was not done for players with less than ten years ' service and a longer period was usually required . |
| 3 | The commissioner who conducts the inquiry is appointed by the Lord Chancellor ( in England ) and he must be a barrister of not less than ten years ' standing . |
| 4 | There 's all sorts of accidents not only having the computer switched off , you might accidentally mess the file up or erase it or whatever , er , you 've still got the original copy on the disk so if you keep saving it every ten minutes or so , then you always lose more than ten minutes ' work . |
| 5 | No more than ten minutes ' walk from Celtic Crescent , in a wide drab street that was unserved by any tram route , its tall aspect , railed forecourt and large Star of David hewn out of the brickwork over the doors drew attention to its foreignness . |