Example sentences of "[adj] years ' [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In a hundred years ' time , I said to him , wrote Harsnet ( and Goldberg , putting the pad aside , began to type again ) , in a hundred years ' time I said to him , ( he typed ) no one will remember either you or me . |
| 32 | In a hundred years ' time your Fuselis will look as old as they are , not as old as they should be . |
| 33 | And I like to think in fifty or a hundred years ' time it will not be possible for any orchestra to play sloppily and claim that it is not possible to do better . |
| 34 | I 've just had a Christmas card from my old healthy friend ; so that 's two years ' service they 've lost for starters . |
| 35 | " The greens as yet are slow but in two years ' time they will be difficult but a very good test of touch and eye . |
| 36 | In two years ' time I would be doing |
| 37 | In two years ' time it 's planned it 'll be completely car-free . |
| 38 | In the course of two years ' research he 's discovered a great deal but admits there are gaps that he would like to fill . ‘ |
| 39 | Historically , the minimum subscription Association 's affiliated organizations and clubs has been set that twice the personal member 's subscription and after a period of two years ' grace it 's the Council 's wish that this balance is re-established so that the relativity returns to that which existed prior to the increase in subscriptions that was proposed at the A G M in nineteen ninety one . |
| 40 | After four years ' courtship they were married in 1874 — he was 34 , she 33 . |
| 41 | To achieve this in four years ' time I would be doing |
| 42 | Rita is a machine knitter of 20 years ' standing who has taught many techniques of the craft . |