Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [num] year ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They looked about ten , with long hair , both so brown and handsome I could have hugged them ; if I were a woman I would have made a date with them for ten years ' time . |
| 2 | Sir , I thought it appropriate as someone with 11 years ' tree planting and habitat management experience to pass on some hedge-cutting tips . |
| 3 | I keep sending memos urging them to make a decision now regarding the next one in four year 's time and asking that BBC2 be set aside on the appointed dates for Ryder Cup coverage . |
| 4 | The military prosecutor had applied for nine death sentences , but when the sentences were announced on Aug. 30 five men were acquitted , 11 received sentences ranging from one to 20 years ' imprisonment , and the group 's leader Habib Lessoued received life imprisonment . |
| 5 | She should look after herself , as well , and he would see her in five years ' time . |
| 6 | The farm was her prison until her inheritance from her father 's estate freed her in three years ' time . |
| 7 | Sex offender Karl Gambrill escaped a prison term for attempted intercourse on the little girl when Judge Ian Starforth Hill , QC , sentenced him to two years ' probation at Winchester Crown Court for attempted unlawful intercourse . |
| 8 | In March 1988 the Jerusalem District Court sentenced him to 18 years ' imprisonment , upheld in May 1989 by the Supreme Court . |
| 9 | Early in 1971 Waddell was found guilty of committing perjury at Meehan 's trial and in sentencing him to three years ' imprisonment Lord Cameron suggested that had he told the truth there , the Meehan jury might well have arrived at a different verdict . |
| 10 | Recorder John Hugill , QC , placed him on two years ' probation after he heard he was now an ‘ emotional wreck ’ . |
| 11 | Placing him on three years ' probation , Mr Justice Hodgson said : ‘ This is a tragic case . |
| 12 | The look of a winner , but will he still have it in four years ' time ? |
| 13 | WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN FIVE YEARS ' TIME ? |
| 14 | WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN FIVE YEARS ' TIME ? : |
| 15 | This is why they ask you things like , on interviews , and they ask you , where do you see yourself in five years ' time , and I used to say , I do n't even see meself where I 'm going to be in five days ' time , never mind five , just give us the bloody job . |
| 16 | How would you like to see yourself in ten years ' time ? |