Example sentences of "about [adj] [noun pl] ' time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Detractors of what has been achieved so far in Docklands , 10 years after the LDDC 's inception , fail to remember that there is one other artery into the area that will have a positive effect on commercial property : the underground road tunnel known as the Limehouse Link , which is expected to open in about eight months ' time , eliminating tedious congestion at Tower Bridge and Wapping . |
| 2 | ‘ In about six months ' time I 'm going to be a father . ’ |
| 3 | in about six months ' time |
| 4 | And , after he completed his report in about three months ' time , it would be published , she said . |
| 5 | If anyone out there wants a crane , makes an offer to Bristol Works Department in about three years ' time — they bought it cheap ( £16,000 ) because nobody else wanted a crane that could n't be moved about easily ! |
| 6 | In about three years ' time all GM 's new cars will have been developed this way . |
| 7 | In his opening speech to Congress , Yeltsin put forward a six-point plan , aimed at strengthening presidential powers temporarily , at the expense of those of the legislature , until the promulgation of a new Constitution for the Russian Federation in about 18 months ' time . |
| 8 | Such was the message Lewis passed on , himself saying nothing for the moment of his own extraordinarily exciting find , but agreeing to pick up Morse in about ten minutes ' time , after briefly reporting in to St Aldate 's . |
| 9 | I , I would , I would be very surprised if the communists understood how deterministic idea of erm some sort of progression , I think you ca n't really say in about ten years ' time we 're gon na be here |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | New Year 's Eve , in about ten days ' time . |
| 13 | Washington , Jefferson and six other Virginians besides have led our nation ; so why should n't President Charles Sherman in about thirty-five years ' time — say round about nineteen sixty — be sitting in the White House ? |
| 14 | It is preferable to arrange to visit in about 6 months ' time for a general discussion on how they are getting on . |
| 15 | ‘ This is all very fascinating , ’ said Wilcox , looking at his watch , ‘ but I 've got a meeting in here in about five minutes ' time , with my technical manager and his staff . ’ |
| 16 | I 'll be talking er , to the writer of the article in She magazine in about twenty minutes ' time , and er we 'll discuss with her , how you make the best of these unwelcome guests . |
| 17 | This time bomb is ticking away , colleagues , and in about twenty years ' time , we 'll be back to where we were we 'll have a lot of people who 've got small pensions , based on their previous employment with a health authority or a local authority , British Gas or the electricity companies then they 've had to go out on the open market and they will be under-funded and have inadequate pension when they retire . |
| 18 | I mean I know in about four months ' time I 've got a meeting in my diary with Alan . |
| 19 | Mr Chairman I 'm , I 'm a little bit concerned about er number two er there 's something that is , we promised to reply straightforward written enquiry with without sort of commenting on whether it 's two weeks , two days , or whatever , I am a little concerned that some of the replies people show me that have had from Highways Department , erm , they really whoever writes them do n't go into any detail , I 've had , I 've seen letters recently where , where somebody said it will be dealt with in about four weeks ' time , well that 's okay , maybe they 've good and valid reasons why about four weeks is about right for their particular problem , but they do n't know why it 's gon na take four weeks , they say oh god they should be able to do that in a couple of days there 's no problem it 's an easy little job , I , I feel that the , our officers when they reply they should give some amount of detail and if they give a time span in which they 're gon na put something right , they should say why it 's gon na take that long . |
| 20 | do n't start me on that , I 'll be doing it in about two hours ' time . |
| 21 | and then if that 's okay with you I 'll come back in about two weeks ' time and |
| 22 | In about two weeks ' time not even that much , yeah about two weeks I suppose on May the ninth it 's my twentieth birthday . |
| 23 | Then in about two weeks ' time we come to the carol service . |
| 24 | The threat of ozone destruction should peak in about seven years ' time , according to some scientists studying the problem . |