Example sentences of "years ' time [pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In three years ' time we might have still been in very good shape but we must take steps to protect the UK as a manufacturing base . ’ |
| 2 | In 40 years ' time they 'll say ‘ It was the first one out after the 400th Birthday Issue ’ . |
| 3 | In twenty years ' time they will remember their history teacher : his mannerisms , his irony and self-deprecating asides , his friendly interest in each of them . |
| 4 | Everyone I met kept apologising for the shabby state of the buildings and I had the feeling that if I went back in ten years ' time it would look like the set for some grand-scale horror film , all broken banging shutters and cobwebbed windows . |
| 5 | In ten years ' time you 'll know why you were right to send off this coupon . |
| 6 | But' — and he laughed — ‘ do n't forget that in five years ' time you will have changed again . ’ |
| 7 | In ten years ' time you can choose to do the following : |