Example sentences of "[to-vb] in [num] [noun pl] ' time " in BNC.
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1 | Erm , the storage binder , we , we , er , anticipate that you of course , will wind up with shelves full of storage binders housing various diaries , and you 'll want to know in ten years ' time , which storage binder has your nineteen ninety-four diary , erm , that 's what that label is for . |
2 | He was now preparing his speech to the Academy , due to meet in eight hours ' time at the behest of the military . |
3 | We have started a bereavement group in our area — two afternoons a month and one evening session — which we are going to evaluate in six months ' time . |
4 | Nervous because she was due to play in two chukkas ' time , Perdita refused even to acknowledge Daisy 's presence . |
5 | Beside him sat a man of such immense proportions that Eddie Stratton wondered how he could ever fit into the seat that had been booked for him on the flight to Heathrow , scheduled to leave in forty minutes ' time . |
6 | He had been Head of Modern Languages since 1920 , and was due to retire in five months ' time . |
7 | She had been intending to go in five minutes ' time , when she had drunk her cup of weak tea . |
8 | His Francesca was a rising star in the Department of Trade and Industry , and they planned to celebrate her thirtieth birthday with a skiing holiday , due to start in two weeks ' time . |
9 | CAMMELL Laird 's traditional link with the Royal Navy is set to end in six weeks ' time , when the last Laird-built vessel will leave the Birkenhead yard . |
10 | It was also agreed to review in three years ' time the entire stock of debt to the Paris Club governments , estimated at the end of 1990 to comprise $5,700 million of the total external debt of $10,500 million . |
11 | long time to remember what 's going to happen in three months ' time , but if it 's something related to an event like Christmas or Easter or something like that , a lot of , a lot of press people are always thinking ‘ What the hell am I going to do that 's different for Christmas or Easter or so forth , ’ so if you do a signal , lay on a special event related to a , a time , in other words a sort of custom , a calendar custom-type event , they 're going to appreciate that notice because they may do some forward planning which would actually help them in that respect . |
12 | He was going to return in three days ' time , and had invited a large number of ladies and gentlemen to stay for several days . |
13 | It is not yet clear whether this will take into account the index-linked charge of $5 million per annum which the State is currently paying to house the paintings in Madrid , an agreement due to expire in nine years ' time . |