Example sentences of "five [noun] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harry Lamb worked on his father 's farm , managed on five hours ' sleep a night and studied to prepare himself for the Church of Ireland ministry . |
| 2 | I confirm that Councillor Young came to the Department in July with five hours ' worth of videos showing how Derbyshire had been running down its schools . |
| 3 | Both interventions involved minimal , project oriented teacher training and were circumscribed , involving three to five hours ' delivery time overall . |
| 4 | It would be five minutes ' work to beat this ignoramus . |
| 5 | We 'll take you to the lively and colourful resort of Waikiki and the Outrigger Village Hotel , just five minutes ' stroll from miles of golden sand . |
| 6 | for twenty five minutes ' journey to Waterloo . |
| 7 | Our responses to Five Minutes ' Peace are more at odds . |
| 8 | I asked Leo if I could have five minutes ' peace . |
| 9 | Some screws were more lenient than others and you learned when you saw who came round to wake you up how much you had to hurry — whether it was one who 'd put you on report if you were one minute late or if they would give you five minutes ' grace . |
| 10 | Another five minutes ' walk and I find a slow piece of water that looks extremely chubby . |
| 11 | A lack-lustre school five minutes ' walk from home with no major roads to be crossed may be preferred to a showpiece two miles away . |
| 12 | Bradford City Centre interchange is five minutes ' walk from the Museum with rail , bus and taxi service under one roof . |
| 13 | Mark : I ca n't say that to the same extent , but where I live at the moment I know a lot of people within five minutes ' walk and there are ten or fifteen gay people I know who live locally ; there are people I can visit without any great effort whatsoever , whom I 'm likely to meet in the shops . |
| 14 | The coach which picked up the Cedars ' children stopped about five minutes ' walk away from their home . |
| 15 | It has two bedrooms , a kitchen , a bath and inside lavatory , and one living room , and is within five minutes ' walk of the shops . |
| 16 | The Lower Tier is five minutes ' walk away . |
| 17 | Then she made her way to the little corner grocery shop , five minutes ' walk from Jubilee Street . |
| 18 | As they were waiting at the bus stop in the main square of Fiesole , about five minutes ' walk from the house , she said carefully : |
| 19 | Transport into central London from here is relatively straightforward : you can either take the East London Tube line from Surrey Docks station ( five minutes ' walk away ) or take the river bus from the pier right outside the marina when the route reopens later this season . |
| 20 | The National Library of Scotland is within five minutes ' walk , and the Main Library of the University not much further . |
| 21 | Hotel Trevi was some five minutes ' walk away in a quiet backwater . |
| 22 | ‘ This is all very fascinating , ’ said Wilcox , looking at his watch , ‘ but I 've got a meeting in here in about five minutes ' time , with my technical manager and his staff . ’ |
| 23 | She had been intending to go in five minutes ' time , when she had drunk her cup of weak tea . |
| 24 | The mixture between cajun , bluegrass and boogie styles was almost seamless and all gained from the five musicians ' vigour and enthusiasm for the songs they were playing . |
| 25 | Reserves in 1986/87 were £2.8m , or five months ' operating expenditure . |
| 26 | The product of five months ' work by a specially elected Constituent Assembly [ see pp. 37450 ; 37914 ; 38283 ] , it was hailed on all sides as marking the opening of a new democratic chapter in the country 's history , previously marred by decades of political and drug-related violence and the domination of power by a small political elite . |
| 27 | Kenneth Baker , once more , who refused to resign after two armed IRA prisoners escaped from Brixton prison , even though the police had given the prison authorities five months ' warning . |
| 28 | The political consequence of the decision is that the EC Industry Commissioner and the EC Transport Commissioner have suggested to the Commission President that , in future , the Competition Directorate should obtain the approval of the relevant industrial policy department of the Commission before submitting a merger to the full five months ' scrutiny allowed under the Regulation . |
| 29 | But top London store John Lewis finally lost patience after the company doctor said he needed another five months ' rest . |
| 30 | He had been Head of Modern Languages since 1920 , and was due to retire in five months ' time . |