Example sentences of "[art] [adj] days ['s] " in BNC.

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1 An East German parliamentary committee yesterday dismissed a draft travel law , saying that the 30 days ' travel to be granted a year in no way met people 's expectations .
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 From the oast house we wandered back to the brewhouse where the copper boil was progressing satisfactorily and the previous days ' brews were frothing cheerfully away in their tall , cylindrical fermenters .
4 So how much money will you get for the three days ' work you 've done ?
5 He points out first that those who are aware of the finer points of history will know that in former days ( or " the earliest days ' : the meticulous ulema were authorized to give fetvas individually according to the requirement of a particular time .
6 Feedback and evaluation of the two days ' work was made before the participants dispersed .
7 The thirty days ' standard he applies to his suppliers is the thirty days standard he expects from his customers .
8 There are charges on transactions , with a minimum of £30 for each six months , offset by a small allowance that varies with the seven days ' notice currency deposit rate .
9 That it is n't that you 've got up on the wrong side or eaten something which did n't agree with you or just need a few days ' rest .
10 Our plan was to meet there in a few days ' time , once our researches in New York were concluded .
11 ‘ I think everyone is probably making far too much fuss , and Angela has just taken off for a few days ' holiday . ’
12 And surely , nobody in his right mind would take a few days ' vacation and miss out on the opportunity of selling his own plans and proposals to the President of the Corporation ?
13 After a few days ' dialling he knew it by heart .
14 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 .
15 Only a few of the Christian residents appeared to notice that the Syrians had come prepared for more than just a few days ' stay .
16 Robyn is rather less generous with the next supplicant , a young man who broke his ankle falling off his motorbike on New Year 's Eve , but even the least deserving candidate gets a few days ' respite , for Robyn tends to identify with the students against the system that assesses them , even though she is herself part of the system .
17 In a few days ' time the President of the Society for the Protection of the Selva Sur , David Ricalde , would tell me , ‘ Some of these naturalists , it 's not their fault but they do n't know their stuff .
18 In a few days ' time , perhaps sooner , he would die quietly of pneumonia , peacefully suffocating as the bloodstream slowed and the deprived lungs surrendered their function .
19 L Detachment was thus judged ready for operations , and to wind down were given a few days ' leave to be spent in Cairo .
20 James , Earl of Douglas , raided Northumberland , laying siege to Newcastle , and after a few days ' inconclusive skirmishing , the Scots army retreated into the Cheviot Hills .
21 Even with a few days ' rehearsal it was an unnerving experience .
22 After his second retirement eight years later , he was again ‘ let down lightly ’ , by doing a few days ' work a month on market research .
23 She will probably welcome your offer of help with such matters as the registration of the death , notifying distant friends , putting an announcement of death in local or national newspapers if she wants this , and dealing with kindly enquiries from neighbours in a tactful way , so that they understand that she may not be feeling like having too many callers at first but will greatly appreciate their help and sympathy in a few days ' ( or weeks , ) time ; and making arrangements for the funeral and any family gathering that is to take place afterwards .
24 I was only given a few days ' notice .
25 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 .
26 The news was relayed to the restive citizens that they had a few days ' respite .
27 Inside sources claim that Cobain is devastated by the revelations , and the possibility that Nirvana may cancel their appearance at Reading Festival is very real , given that the band were prepared to scrap their jubilant homecoming show at just a few days ' notice .
28 Backpackers must make adjustments — quite easy to do with a few days ' walking under your belt , not so simple when your planning trips in your living room .
29 The girls arrived at the Gare du Nord , as we will do , and then , as we will in a few days ' time , they made for the Gare de L'Est and the journey into central Europe .
30 This would on past experience coax the crocuses out in Hyde Park , only to be spiked by frost in a few days ' time .
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