Example sentences of "[num] years ['s] [noun sg] [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Work out how many woodlice you will have in 10 years ' time if they continue to multiply at this rate . |
2 | Chief Supt Bill Hills , head of the force 's uniform operations department , will have completed more than 35 years ' service when he leaves the job . |
3 | ‘ This may rise to about 20 in three years ' time if we do well . |
4 | It would be surprising if benchmarking attracts as much media attention in five years ' time as it does now . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | Recorder John Hugill , QC , placed him on two years ' probation after he heard he was now an ‘ emotional wreck ’ . |
7 | Six months before her overdose Liz terminated the relationship with her boyfriend of two years ' standing after she discovered he had been going out with another girl . |