Example sentences of "a [noun] [unc] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've got a classic on the T V in a few , in perhaps a hour 's time . |
| 2 | We 'll see you in whenever , in a months ' time , is it February ? |
| 3 | Letter-writing and diary-keeping filled an important amount of a lady 's time , and a well laid-out desk was a useful piece of bedroom furniture . |
| 4 | back in about an hour and a half 's time so erm that 's good timing actually . |
| 5 | erm so er tt I think the other thing that 'll be nice if erm er given , if the first years are filling it in er in about a week and a half 's time , if we could if you could try and bash some of the data in fairly rapidly so that , you know kind of before the end of term we can , you know , kind of give them a brief digest of how , what , what the results were |
| 6 | He said that he could not have a girl 's time wasted by taking down statements of that kind . |
| 7 | We care about the old age pensioners the poor the single parents and all those people who in a winter 's time are going to struggle and some are tragically going to fail to pay seventeen and a half percent V A T on fuel and heating bills . |
| 8 | Duthie ( 1970 ) , in studying the teacher 's day , estimated that about one-third of a teacher 's time was taken up with duties of a non-professional nature which ‘ auxiliaries ’ could undertake . |
| 9 | Er , by all means , go , go through all this stuff in a weeks ' time and throw out th , those things you do n't need . |
| 10 | Read completed a double with a 1min 03.82sec time for the 100m . |
| 11 | Marrakech is worth not two days of a tourist 's time but at least seven . |
| 12 | People are avoided if they are likely to be at all stressful ; phone-calls go unreturned ; even social events that would normally be pleasurable and fun may feel like yet more demands on a person 's time . |
| 13 | In a decade 's time , it may well show rock videos — and perhaps ‘ Miss Saigon ’ . |
| 14 | It is the basis for a range of ocean-going ferries and cargo vessels that Japanese shipbuilders hope to sell in a decade 's time . |
| 15 | ‘ Fenella can follow you in a day 's time . ’ |
| 16 | When the defence requested more time to prepare their case , Jeffries raged , ‘ I will not give him a minute 's time more to save his life ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ Two men to get out of a van down there in a minute 's time and tell my father that Sean Walsh is a criminal wanted for six murders in Dublin and that he has to be handcuffed and out of there this instant . ’ |
| 18 | The Southern trials will be at Crystal Palace in a week 's time , with the final trials also at Crystal Palace in December . |
| 19 | But pro-devolutionists warned that in a week 's time they would return in larger numbers , each bearing a fiery cross , the Jacobite symbol of warfare between the clans . |
| 20 | What would I be doing in a week 's time ? |
| 21 | The next payment is therefore due for collection in just over a week 's time . |
| 22 | IN A week 's time the suspense will be over , and we 'll known the colour of the next government . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'll see you in a week 's time , so I will . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I 'll see you in a week 's time , Nick ? ’ |
| 25 | After all , Adam would be back at college in a week 's time , the will would have to be proved , but by the middle of the summer why should n't he and his wife and Bridget use the Hall regularly at weekends ? |
| 26 | But you owe two months ’ rent now and I 'm afraid I must ask you to find other accommodation in a week 's time if this is still outstanding . ’ |
| 27 | That afternoon I left for Abu Dhabi with the promise that I would indeed see them in Al Ain in a week 's time . |
| 28 | It is feared the tour may be called off if Gower is included in the England squad to be announced in a week 's time . |
| 29 | In a week 's time it would be the longest day of the year when , in these latitudes , a gunner could accurately sight a twelve-pounder at half-past nine of an evening . |
| 30 | In a week 's time you will find how easy it is to be perfectly objective with your child and at the same time kindly . |