The number of years it takes to finish one's thesis.

I'm just finishing my thesis at the U,' she said.

The couple married while he was finishing his doctoral thesis in the mid-1990s.

He left here unexpectedly without even finishing his thesis.

Soon after finishing his thesis, he checked himself into a mental hospital for alcoholism.

After finishing his thesis, his interests moved to the perception of music.

She couldn't possibly finish her thesis in that time.

I figure that it will take me three more months to finish my thesis.

However, I still have much work to do to finish my thesis.

In 1890, even before finishing his thesis, he became Lorentz's assistant.