Example sentences of "be [adv] [prep] [num] years ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | First degree courses are usually of three years ' duration but are , in many instances , extended to include periods of professional training ( in industry , commerce or the public service ) or time spent abroad . |
| 2 | That , if you spend the span of your life making sure that you 'll still be here in twenty-five years ' time , you 're wasting your life away . |
| 3 | I would put pretty well everything into making sure that er that Virgin Atlantic is here in twenty years ' time . |
| 4 | As I said at the beginning I love a challenge and I would put pretty well everything into making sure that Virgin Atlantic is here in twenty years ' time . |
| 5 | The longest serving clerical workers , whose responsibilities include juggling patient admissions with spare beds , can only expect £6,235 , that 's even after 25 years ' experience . |
| 6 | He described how it was only after four years ' teaching that he had begun to question what he was doing on the grounds of both commonsense and increasing knowledge . |