Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun] 's time " in BNC.
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| 1 | His shoes were stout brown brogues , suitable for the tramping from place to place which takes up most of a detective 's time . |
| 2 | Witness could not say how much of a man 's time this might occupy per day . |
| 3 | Letter-writing and diary-keeping filled an important amount of a lady 's time , and a well laid-out desk was a useful piece of bedroom furniture . |
| 4 | They observe and participate in every moment of a patient 's time in hospital . |
| 5 | A key issues review should take approximately 1-3 days of a manager 's time and 1 day of a partner 's time depending on the size of the transaction . |
| 6 | Planning and plans occupy much of a manager 's time at any level in the company , with important consequences . |
| 7 | Marrakech is worth not two days of a tourist 's time but at least seven . |
| 8 | Duthie ( 1970 ) , in studying the teacher 's day , estimated that about one-third of a teacher 's time was taken up with duties of a non-professional nature which ‘ auxiliaries ’ could undertake . |
| 9 | A key issues review should take approximately 1-3 days of a manager 's time and 1 day of a partner 's time depending on the size of the transaction . |
| 10 | If there 's any oil or gas , they 'll hit it in about a fortnight 's time at 4,000ft — 5,000ft : |
| 11 | ‘ About a month 's time . |
| 12 | ‘ In about a month 's time . ’ |
| 13 | I 'm going down in about a month 's time . |
| 14 | This alone can make it worth a reporter 's time to come along . |
| 15 | In just under a month 's time , Saturday June the fourteenth to be precise , the university will be holding its Silver Jubilee Open Day . |
| 16 | With the present pace of things these survivors may in a generation 's time become a picturesque memory like the yeoman 's smock . |
| 17 | We care about the old age pensioners the poor the single parents and all those people who in a winter 's time are going to struggle and some are tragically going to fail to pay seventeen and a half percent V A T on fuel and heating bills . |
| 18 | In a fortnight 's time , when the company replies to a call for a substantial increase in pay and a reduction in the working week , John Hougham , personnel director , will probably throw that philosophy back at him . |
| 19 | In a fortnight 's time she hopes to have 40 different organic producers and suppliers under one roof . |
| 20 | ‘ In a fortnight 's time , or perhaps a day or so before ; it all depends on the weather . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ At this moment , yes , but he 'd been promoted to registrar and would have assumed that title in a fortnight 's time . ’ |
| 22 | That denied David James the distinction of his first clean-sheet for Liverpool , but it will hardly raise Apollon 's hopes of a fight-back in Limassol in a fortnight 's time . |
| 23 | A tasty two-week campaign on national telly will go out in a fortnight 's time in the kids ' peak viewing slot — just between the early evening news and the popular Home And Away soap . |
| 24 | Catherine may attend its British premiere in a fortnight 's time . |
| 25 | BARNSLEY trainer Steve Norton ca n't wait to go off talent-hunting to America again in a fortnight 's time . |
| 26 | When he goes abroad , he always buys a return ticket to the airport a ) because he thinks this will save three milliseconds in a fortnight 's time ; b ) because he knows he 's coming back ; and c ) in case fares go up in the interval . |
| 27 | Bearing in mind that I 'm taking one in a fortnight 's time . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , Mother , we 'll see you in a fortnight 's time . ’ |
| 29 | Ogata to London again in a fortnight 's time . |
| 30 | It is not a matter for our grandchildren or even our children , but it is to be decided in a fortnight 's time . |