Example sentences of "[that] in a [det] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Little did they guess that in a few years ' time they would be telling their friends and relatives about the superstar who used to live next door in the suburbs . |
| 2 | Emma is always asking when we will go back , and our only worry now is that in a few years she will probably be waking us up at dawn on icy mornings , saying : ‘ Shall we go down the black run first ? ’ |
| 3 | It 's safe to say that in a few years time they will be playing Las Vegas . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Margaret I hope you do n't mind my saying this , but are n't you forgetting that in a few years Dickie 'll be grown up ? |
| 5 | The grim alternative is that in a few years many more specialties will be in the position of thoracic medicine and more junior doctors will spend even longer in the training grades . |
| 6 | But once the technology becomes more refined , I definitely think that in a few years you 'll have a lot of people who do n't touch chemicals at all . |
| 7 | He used to say that in a few years his uncle would retire ; then he would be in control . ’ |
| 8 | But once the technology becomes more refined , I definitely think that in a few years you 'll have a lot of people who do n't touch chemicals at all . |
| 9 | He says that in a few years gas will become expensive , and coal will be waiting in the wings as a cheap form of energy . |