Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] ' time [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | Work out how many woodlice you will have in 10 years ' time if they continue to multiply at this rate . |
| 3 | My husband who earns good money , gets a pension in 10 years ' time and he says we 'll return then . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ This may rise to about 20 in three years ' time if we do well . |
| 6 | It would be surprising if benchmarking attracts as much media attention in five years ' time as it does now . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | So he said erm but we ha being refurbished in four weeks ' time and we 've got to sell everything in the shop |
| 9 | Take a single dose of Sulphur 30 but expect the thrush to get worse in three or four days ' time before it will get better . |