Example sentences of "[num] years [unc] [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 . |