Example sentences of "['s] leave [conj] " in BNC.

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1 He 's going to see the Colonel tonight to tell him to take a month 's leave after he 's been discharged from hospital . ’
2 I had been given a week 's leave and so I hurried to Hastings as I felt sure that would be my last leave for some time .
3 He took three month 's leave and went to our world assembly at Caux .
4 Sarah had a few days ' leave while Joe was home and Maureen suggested , while Anne and her father were present , that Joe took Sarah out sometimes .
5 Henry Tyler had had an unexpected few days ' leave and had descended on his married sister and her husband in the small market town of Berebury in Calleshire without a great deal of warning .
6 She wrote that she would prefer not to come home , but Tony and Maureen got a few days ' leave and travelled to Kent to see her .
7 My father was due four months ' leave and this they spent at Beachley , his attractive house near Chepstow at the mouth of the Severn .
8 A Kazakh government commission was sent to Leninsk , and gave all conscripts 10 days ' leave and extra food and cigarettes .
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