Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] two days ' [noun] " in BNC.

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1 So it was decided that Oliver would help Sikes with the robbery in two days ' time .
2 We know from the parable of the labourers in the vineyard that one penny or one donarius was an accepted whole day 's wage for a twelve day in the heat of the sun in the great harvest , so the two pence was the equivalent of two days ' wages .
3 Even so , it was hard to believe that his birthday in two days ' time would be only his twelfth .
4 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Klein said he 'd call Gentle 's studio in two days ' time , and if he received no answer would assume their deal was no longer valid .
5 I represented this city at Florence at the cost of two days ' leave , and having my pocket picked at the station
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