Example sentences of "[noun] ['s] time [conj] [pers pn] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , but would n't that make it possible to take that out , and then it would n't make sense , 'cos it would say , as I missed the train which went in an hour 's time if you put another comma , 'cos if you , if you put two commas you could n't take it out . |
| 2 | ‘ Clive Griffiths , the Welsh coach , may persuade me to play against France in a few weeks ' time but I have made up my mind to call it a day , ’ he said last night . |
| 3 | So he said erm but we ha being refurbished in four weeks ' time and we 've got to sell everything in the shop |
| 4 | I hope that he and his fellow enthusiasts of today will derive as much pleasure from looking back in 50 or 60 years ' time as I do from my battered old album . |
| 5 | Work out how many woodlice you will have in 10 years ' time if they continue to multiply at this rate . |
| 6 | ‘ This may rise to about 20 in three years ' time if we do well . |
| 7 | Erm and come back to you , perhaps in a week 's time and you talk me through those recommendations . |
| 8 | What I 'll do for you deliberately er if the situation changes between now and a fortnight 's time after you 've sp spoken to your accountant , I 'll probably look at twenty , thirty and forty just to give you an illustration of what the expectations er are by , by putting a sum in there . |
| 9 | He told me on the phone that Dawn will be leaving in a fortnight 's time and they have n't found a veterinary nurse to take her place . |