Example sentences of "[num] days ' time " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . " |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Stonehouse 's bill was due for a second reading in three days ' time . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | And in two or three days ' time … |
| 8 | He was going to return in three days ' time , and had invited a large number of ladies and gentlemen to stay for several days . |
| 9 | On returning to Rome , Thomas went again to the curia and the pope informed him that the case would begin in three days ' time . |
| 10 | My birthday in three days ' time . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | New Year 's Eve , in about ten days ' time . |
| 16 | ‘ Your birthday 's in five days ' time . ’ |
| 17 | This is why they ask you things like , on interviews , and they ask you , where do you see yourself in five years ' time , and I used to say , I do n't even see meself where I 'm going to be in five days ' time , never mind five , just give us the bloody job . |
| 18 | At five o'clock we wandered back ; after all , it might get dark in fifteen days ' time . |
| 19 | Emergency party congress in nine days ' time . |
| 20 | The poem would arrive in two days ' time . |
| 21 | In two days ' time ( 7th May ) , it would be the forty-fifth anniversary of the final German surrender in the Second World War though the cease-fire was not to take effect until midnight on 8th May . |
| 22 | Word came back in two days ' time that Sigarup was getting better . |
| 23 | In two days ' time we reached Pakoku where many of the Anglo-Burmans begged me to disembark and try to walk out of Burma with them , but Rachel was still very sick and I said I would go on to Mandalay and hope to find a doctor there . |
| 24 | Gentle begged him to be a little more lenient , to which Klein said he 'd call Gentle 's studio in two days ' time , and if he received no answer would assume their deal was no longer valid . |
| 25 | Even so , it was hard to believe that his birthday in two days ' time would be only his twelfth . |
| 26 | So it was decided that Oliver would help Sikes with the robbery in two days ' time . |
| 27 | In two days ' time , she thought , she would actually see him . |
| 28 | During the course of their conversation , to which Julia listened with only half her attention as she sipped her brandy , she learned that Jackson French was likely to be posted to London to play a part in the winding up of UNRRA later in the year and that Comfort herself was due to leave Venice in two days ' time ‘ now that Julia is getting well again' . |
| 29 | In two days ' time Matthew was off to New York . |
| 30 | Her best chance would come when they reached Ibiza in two days ' time . |