Example sentences of "a couple [prep] [noun pl] ' time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a couple of hours ' time , the kids would be out of school and dogs would be out for their last daylight walks . |
| 2 | A couple of clients had called me , and I would have time to talk to them in the morning ; and I had an invitation to a golf society day in a couple of weeks ' time . |
| 3 | With the tournament due to start in a couple of weeks ' time they would soon be past the point of no return . |
| 4 | Well he it wo n't it wo n't get done for a couple of weeks ' time then you 'll say |
| 5 | And like , I 'm doing the Changeling in a couple of weeks ' time |
| 6 | According to Magnet Applications , the Berkhamsted-based Cookson subsidiary , the number of magnets used in cars has risen from a handful 20 years ago to about 80 now , rising to perhaps 200 in a couple of years ' time as automatic windows and sunroofs etc become more widespread . |
| 7 | What do you hope to be doing in a couple of years ' time ? |
| 8 | In a couple of years ' time , if things have n't improved , doctors plan more test , including a bone marrow analysis and a liver and bowel biopsy . |
| 9 | If we 'd been forced like myself I believe in a couple of years ' time , I will not be able to enjoy the pension fund that I 'm in at the moment we will have a problem , and we need to deal with that problem , and we need to raise the issue now and have a strategy , and I think it 's the G M B's to take a leading role in looking at this . |
| 10 | I imagine in a couple of years ' time , Bud 's gon na have a lot of trouble with him . |
| 11 | My blue period officially ends when we have a big leaving party for Kathleen and Katrina in a couple of days ' time but in fact it probably ends just about now . |
| 12 | She knew that in a couple of days ' time Boyd 's promotion would be announced by his company in the newspaper , underneath a studio portrait of him , and she held her head high as she swayed gracefully into the living-room . |