Example sentences of "[num] years ' [noun] they " in BNC.

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1 After ten years ' correspondence they venture to meet .
2 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 .
3 In 40 years ' time they 'll say ‘ It was the first one out after the 400th Birthday Issue ’ .
4 I 've just had a Christmas card from my old healthy friend ; so that 's two years ' service they 've lost for starters .
5 " The greens as yet are slow but in two years ' time they will be difficult but a very good test of touch and eye .
6 After four years ' courtship they were married in 1874 — he was 34 , she 33 .
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