Example sentences of "[vb infin] in [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I might remember not to treat people as if they could only act in one way . |
| 2 | Erm , try it , and let me know in six months . |
| 3 | Just like the New York lottery , punters can win in two ways — scratch cards with instant smaller prizes and a huge weekly draw . |
| 4 | Adrian , who came 15th despite hopes for a medal , vowed : ‘ I certainly hope to go and win in four years ’ time . ’ |
| 5 | This means that if humans were able to absorb solar energy directly , with 100 per cent efficiency , then we could cram in one adult per square metre . |
| 6 | This pint of Guinness will self-destruct in five seconds . |
| 7 | This taxi will self-destruct in ten seconds . |
| 8 | Will we object in 75 years if our ancestor 's medical records become publicly accessible ? |
| 9 | A wide variety of operations may be undertaken , or the ward may specialise in one aspect of surgical care , such as abdominal or chest surgery . |
| 10 | And — shall we say — anything else you can steal in ten minutes from my kitchen and carry home ? |
| 11 | ‘ But how much , realistically , can you achieve in two hours ? ’ |
| 12 | Optical astronomy can benefit in two ways from space . |
| 13 | Well turn it off now if you wan na watch in fifteen minutes . |
| 14 | These lists arrange terms under each of the words in a term ; thus Industrial management would appear in two places in the alphabetical sequence : under industrial and under management . |
| 15 | We will land in fifteen minutes . |
| 16 | These claim to be able to clean and disinfect in one process known as sanitisation ( BS 5283 : 1976 ) . |
| 17 | Reports that the economy might improve in six months ' time . |
| 18 | What remains is a possible non-rational resolution of the question , which may consist in one side to a dispute stimulating a change of attitude in the other by a moving use of emotive language , or one aspect of one s personality achieving dominance over another . |
| 19 | Old feuds of race were diminishing , rivalries and prejudices were by degrees fading out.Such frequent and such intimate relations had thus been established between nations , that it seemed as if they must soon unite in one family , in one single federal state . |
| 20 | I 'm looking very hard for a new amp as a 30th anniversary present to myself and would really like to own a quality ( loud ! ) amp which I can carry in one hand . |
| 21 | The amount of data you can collect in one hour will provide you with several hours of work at your desk . |
| 22 | ‘ The holiday we were featuring was a Sovereign Cities ‘ Away-Day ’ to Amsterdam and , as we had a lot to see and do in one day , we had to set out early . |
| 23 | Such an assumption requires the invocation of additional processes to explain precisely how what a child does or does not do in one setting might be related to the child 's performance in a different setting . |
| 24 | No book can do in two hours what any club 's teaching professional can do in two minutes , and that , perhaps surprisingly , goes for the video too . |
| 25 | No book can do in two hours what any club 's teaching professional can do in two minutes , and that , perhaps surprisingly , goes for the video too . |
| 26 | This will be ok the exam or paper will consist of six questions which you will do in two hours , er not all six of course . |
| 27 | Denis Smith says hopefully to get three points and play good football … there 's not much they can do in two days but his team talk will be tell the players to go out enjoy it and pass the ball … by a strange twist of fate Smith 's first match at the Manor is against the team that gave him the sack last season Bristol City |
| 28 | ‘ Yeah , and besides , there 's a lot more of South America to see and a lot of work you can still do in two months . ’ |
| 29 | it 's beautiful this is what I 'm gon na do in ten years time |
| 30 | But then the hubbub starts again , and other voices ask me what I 'll do in 20 years ' time . |