Example sentences of "[adj] year ['s] time you " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh there was a tremendous variety , but then there were all the same in , erm you look at the er the three light fitting er it hangs down from the ceiling and has three branches out from it and it either has three lights hanging down or three hanging upwards , er with four ordinary bulbs in or candle bulbs in and shades , sometimes they have four , erm , there 's still an awful lot of those about and any lighting shop you look in you 'll still see plenty of those er and yet they 've got a tremendous number of disadvantages , one thing , a lot of them got glass shades , if you break one shade three year 's time you might as well throw away the fitting because you ca n't get another one er , and erm it 's a design that does n't , it does n't lend itself to giving a good lighting in a room at all er , it they , they harsh glassware , the edges of the glass during all round the room and that sort of thing |
| 2 | In ten years ' time you can choose to do the following : |
| 3 | In ten years ' time you 'll know why you were right to send off this coupon . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's good , though , because in ten year 's time you 'll be able to do family trees for records . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's good , though , because in ten year 's time you 'll be able to do family trees for records . |
| 6 | But' — and he laughed — ‘ do n't forget that in five years ' time you will have changed again . ’ |