Example sentences of "six [noun pl] ' time " in BNC.

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1 In less than six hours ' time — and there it would still be night — he would be attempting to scale the steel wall , trying not to get crushed against it .
2 - Your summer clothes go into hibernation in cupboards , wardrobes , dry cleaners ' , cloakrooms , hat-stands , boots of cars , other people 's houses , restaurant vestibules , backs of chairs in disused rooms and many other places from which they will eventually creep , crumpled and dishevelled , in six months ' time .
3 Reports that the economy might improve in six months ' time .
4 Then they would n't find me , and I could plan my life and find a job and a flat and go home in six months ' time having proved I 'm adult and they 'll have to let go and let me do what I absolutely , passionately want to do with my life .
5 You might want it to be different again in six months ' time , or even next week — but do you love it as it is right now ?
6 Follow your own energy , and do whatever attracts you — bearing in mind that an exercise might be helpful next week , or in six months ' time , rather than now .
7 We have started a bereavement group in our area — two afternoons a month and one evening session — which we are going to evaluate in six months ' time .
8 The speech was well received by the delegates and a motion was carried unanimously to send a fact-finding team to Zimbala in six months ' time to monitor the situation with a view to readmitting the country to the United Nations .
9 The second complaint made by the local authority is that the justices specifically said by paragraph ( 1 ) of their contact order that there should be no contact between T. and her father until after the local authority review in six months ' time .
10 In the end , to please her , I promised to get a job in six months ' time .
11 ‘ In about six months ' time I 'm going to be a father . ’
12 So , although we are seeking approval now , for the whole total , we will in fact pay half in six months ' time er as is normal procedure on , on our water bills .
13 What was the use of tallies that might , perhaps , be valid in theory , and even capable of being turned into cash in six months ' time , or a year , but were so much paper now , and no use to disgruntled archers and men-at-arms whose need was for coin that could be spent at once ?
14 The Minister has also criticised our lack of proposals for individual units , but when we table questions to get information on which to base proposals , which perhaps we will be implementing in six months ' time , we can not get proper answers from the Government .
15 I assure the Minister that in six months ' time , when he is in opposition , we will be kinder to him and much more open with information .
16 So again there 's some restatement , so just to clarify things we 're looking at primarily life insurance for yourself and your wife savings plan for your daughter PHI say in six months ' time and pension planning is the , the least of your , your main concerns today , would that be the case yeah I guess so .
17 Six months ' time
18 in about six months ' time
19 From six , so if you give us data every week for the next six months , and as I say , in six months ' time , we 'll then be working on actuals , but until that time , we 'll work on company averages for you , so that you 've got a plan to work to .
20 Sixty-five per cent of the economy will remain in state hands in six years ' time and workers will no longer elect managers .
21 And in six weeks ' time , we will know if the cup will remain with San Diego YC , or go to Italy , New Zealand , France or , less likely , Japan .
22 It was hardly a secret by this time ; even her loose maternity dress could not disguise the fact that she was expecting a baby in six weeks ' time .
23 She also commissioned him to paint Crystal Springs as a present for Stephen 's birthday in six weeks ' time .
24 CAMMELL Laird 's traditional link with the Royal Navy is set to end in six weeks ' time , when the last Laird-built vessel will leave the Birkenhead yard .
25 The winner will be announced in six weeks ' time and both the winning plumber and the nominator will receive holidays to Majorca .
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