Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun] 's time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | That is why in a fortnight 's time we will have at Westminster and at Broadcasting House the first fully digital editing equipment for radio in Europe . |
2 | In a fortnight 's time she hopes to have 40 different organic producers and suppliers under one roof . |
3 | In a year 's time we may have to work out fresh deals for them but , whatever happens , they wo n't be leaving . |
4 | ‘ I just hope Mrs Adams and her family will remember that in a year 's time they might be able to enjoy their own Christmas too . ’ |
5 | Also , innovative ideas do tend to work their way down to the more affordable guitars and equipment , so it might not be for you now , but maybe in a year 's time it will be . |
6 | He had wanted to know if I knew a good cardiologist , because he had a granddaughter with a rare heart condition who needed an operation , or else in a year 's time she would have died . |
7 | ‘ What I 'll be saying in a year 's time I do n't know . ’ |
8 | And in a year 's time I hope you will know all the multiplication tables up to twelve . |
9 | When asked to forecast the level of unemployment in a year 's time he becomes uncharacteristically coy . |
10 | In a month 's time we 'll have a quiet wedding in the local church , and after a few days in London we 'll travel through all the countries of Europe . ’ |
11 | But pro-devolutionists warned that in a week 's time they would return in larger numbers , each bearing a fiery cross , the Jacobite symbol of warfare between the clans . |
12 | In a week 's time it would be the longest day of the year when , in these latitudes , a gunner could accurately sight a twelve-pounder at half-past nine of an evening . |
13 | In a week 's time you will find how easy it is to be perfectly objective with your child and at the same time kindly . |