Example sentences of "[noun] ['s] time [conj] [pers pn] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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1 | If it picks an insider or a retiree , then we will all be back to writing the company 's obituary in three months ' time so it has to be an outsider , and one name canvassed that should be crossed off the list at once is that of ‘ Neutron ’ Jack Welch , boss of General Electric Co — not because he does n't have the capability but because he does not have a background in the computer industry . |
2 | My husband who earns good money , gets a pension in 10 years ' time and he says we 'll return then . |
3 | It would be surprising if benchmarking attracts as much media attention in five years ' time as it does now . |
4 | Nowadays , it 's the Pet Care Helpline which takes up most of Christine 's time and she has no plans of stopping . |
5 | The story was certainly a common tradition by Peck 's time and he says , |
6 | Yep , now nowadays erm they 've got the best , I mean the equipment is excellent , er it came in my time erm my predecessor 's time and it 's been carried on now and new developments have come in , erm and with , of course techniques in , not only dealing with the chemicals in , in making safe afterwards which is twice as complicated I think , you know the decontamination side , the clearing up , the protecting of the environment from toxic chemicals er which we 've all heard about in newspapers , and read reports and seen it on television , these , these accidents up and down the world . |