Example sentences of "[adj] days ['s] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our plan was to meet there in a few days ' time , once our researches in New York were concluded . |
| 2 | In a few days ' time the President of the Society for the Protection of the Selva Sur , David Ricalde , would tell me , ‘ Some of these naturalists , it 's not their fault but they do n't know their stuff . |
| 3 | In a few days ' time , perhaps sooner , he would die quietly of pneumonia , peacefully suffocating as the bloodstream slowed and the deprived lungs surrendered their function . |
| 4 | The girls arrived at the Gare du Nord , as we will do , and then , as we will in a few days ' time , they made for the Gare de L'Est and the journey into central Europe . |
| 5 | This would on past experience coax the crocuses out in Hyde Park , only to be spiked by frost in a few days ' time . |
| 6 | However we agreed to visit Cedars together in a few days ' time . |
| 7 | Well , we had a talk and she invited me to come back in a few days ' time . |
| 8 | There was nothing wrong with enjoying her own interests and social activities — including Martin Ward 's party in a few days ' time . |
| 9 | Pete suggested that in a few days ' time he could take her out to the nearest big town on the coast , and there she could look for clothes in the department stores and check out the library for the addresses of any useful organisations or people to contact . |
| 10 | I 'm lucky , she told her reflection , and in a few days ' time I 'll be far away from this place , and without Piers around I 'll be able to put things back into perspective . |
| 11 | Except , a small protective inner voice prompted her hurtfully , that I 'm no long-term threat to your person or your property because in a few days ' time at the very most I shall be out of your land and out of your life . |
| 12 | What did it matter if there would be no long-term future for them together — that in a few days ' time they would be separated by the cold grey expanse of the North Sea ? |
| 13 | I hope that a message can go out that there is a new resolve in the west and that we are determined to ensure that the killing , the destruction and the brutality stop , and that , as a new year dawns in a few days ' time , it dawns with a new sense of hope for the battered , beleaguered people of Croatia . |
| 14 | I do n't want you to throw them away today , er , because you might actually in a few days ' time think of some use for them . |
| 15 | Earlier that day , Gorbachev had himself appeared to raise the possibility of his stepping down as general secretary at the CPSU congress when , clearly stung by the ferocity of the criticisms being levelled at him , he complained that " people are not taking the general secretary , the President of the country , very seriously " , and added : " It is not a question of me : tomorrow or in 10 or 12 days ' time someone else might be general secretary or party chairman . " |
| 16 | Airdrie 0 Hearts 0 AFTER one of the least memorable Scottish Cup semi-finals on record , Airdrie and Hearts played out a soulless , goalless draw and must meet again in 10 days ' time to decide who will challenge Rangers on May 9 . |
| 17 | New Zealand won a place in the challengers ' final against Il Moro di Venezia in 10 days ' time by defeating France 's Ville de Paris in the penultimate semi-final race . |
| 18 | If you push yourself to your absolute limits and suffer terribly , the chances that you will be able to motivate yourself to suffer equally in two or three days ' time are practically zilch . |
| 19 | Stonehouse 's bill was due for a second reading in three days ' time . |
| 20 | Just three days before the workshop , he spoke to a virtual stranger about his firm intention to be in Hawaii in three days ' time , saying he had no idea how it would be made possible . |
| 21 | And in two or three days ' time … |
| 22 | He was going to return in three days ' time , and had invited a large number of ladies and gentlemen to stay for several days . |
| 23 | On returning to Rome , Thomas went again to the curia and the pope informed him that the case would begin in three days ' time . |
| 24 | My birthday in three days ' time . |
| 25 | The European champions , who host the first leg in 11 days ' time , have lost Ruud Gullit and Marco Van Basten and are struggling for form . |
| 26 | The therapist agreed to see Pamela as in outpatient in 5 days ' time to provide her with a further chance to talk about her difficulties and also to provide her with support . |
| 27 | It is already apparent to us that she has no emotional link with the child ; she is indeed now only anxious to return to her own work , which she will do in about ten days ' time . ’ |
| 28 | It was a polite invitation to a morning party at the minister 's house in Bath Street , to take place on a Saturday , in about ten days ' time . |
| 29 | New Year 's Eve , in about ten days ' time . |
| 30 | ‘ Your birthday 's in five days ' time . ’ |