Example sentences of "[verb] three [noun] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He never slept much before combat ; that was why he had caught three hours ' rest during the afternoon . |
| 2 | That meant that as well as the cheque she had just written for her first month 's rent on her new accommodation , she would have to find three months ' mortgage from somewhere . |
| 3 | Jim is now the lucky owner of his third gold spray valve and now has three years ' supply of vegetarian burger bites . |
| 4 | ‘ He seems to hold David Howell , who 's still owed three weeks ' money , particularly responsible and wants him out of the club . |
| 5 | She is also to serve three years ' probation and do community service at Hale House in Harlem . |
| 6 | Marilyn L. Harrell , one of the key figures in the HUD scandal , was sentenced on June 22 to three years and 10 months in prison , and ordered to serve three years ' probation and to pay $600,000 in restitution . |
| 7 | 4.2 The Company will give three months ' notice to the Supplier of any alterations to the above forecast should it wish to revise the same during any twelve month period . |
| 8 | I was in prison on remand for three weeks , then I went to court and got three years ' probation . |
| 9 | When I went to the Royal Courts of Justice , the judge knew what he was going to give me , and I got three years ' probation , on condition that I stay at the hostel for a year and that I attend a day centre . |
| 10 | So , if you buy a yearling fish it will have consumed three years ' pellet rations and , hopefully , survived three merry-go-rounds of hazards . |
| 11 | On 30 June 1988 Mr. Page was given three months ' notice terminating his appointment on the grounds of redundancy . |
| 12 | It follows that , except in a case where either the common law or statute allows instant dismissal ( e.g. , for gross misconduct ) , a lecturer can only be dismissed for good cause after being given three months ' notice ( though the lecturer can terminate the agreement on three months ' notice without any reason being assigned ) . |
| 13 | The plaintiff must issue a summons for directions after he has given three months ' notice under Ord 37 , r10 that he intends to apply for further damages . |
| 14 | Cowen , of Holloway , north London , was given three years ' probation . |
| 15 | She was given three years ' supervision and a five-year driving ban . |
| 16 | Ann-Marie was given three years ' supervision and and banned from driving for five years . |
| 17 | Thus , if the total award is large enough ( say , reflecting three years ' employment and loss of salary and contract benefits for that length of time ) , an ex gratia payment will not reduce your former employer 's legal liability towards you at all . |
| 18 | By July 1989 it was estimated that the country possessed foreign exchange sufficient only to cover three weeks ' worth of imports . |
| 19 | The boys had gone out to play on the forestry tracks with their new bikes on what had proved a bright but cold day ; Mary had got three hours ' sleep before they came back , noisily demanding to be fed . |
| 20 | No he 's got three days ' holiday . |
| 21 | Look , she said , he 's left , bolted , owing three months ' back rent . |
| 22 | At Georgetown , Toyota keeps three days ' worth of stocks of imported parts , compared with 1.5 days ' worth of American parts — or four hours ' worth at its Japanese plants . |
| 23 | He served three years ' apprenticeship at Blackadder , Berwickshire , before entering the Edinburgh Botanic Garden , where he was soon placed in charge of the glasshouses . |
| 24 | If any reporters were to be poached from other papers , they would mostly need to give three months ' notice . |
| 25 | One classic example was of a girl getting a pound fine and losing three days ' remission for giving another girl a cigarette paper . |
| 26 | In 1966 the applicant was appointed as a lecturer to the university by a letter stating , inter alia , that his appointment might be terminated by either party giving three months ' notice in writing . |
| 27 | ‘ The appointment may be terminated by either party on giving three months ' notice in writing expiring at the end of a term or of the long vacation . |
| 28 | ‘ The appointment may be terminated by either party on giving three months ' notice in writing expiring at the end of a term or of the long vacation . |
| 29 | By that time , the band will have three albums ' worth of material they 'll have never played live . |
| 30 | The dummy took three weeks ' work by a team of volunteers , mostly part-time and helping when they could . |