Example sentences of "my time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | In my time they erm , the sugar beet , sugar beet pulp . |
2 | I said to her , I said : ‘ In my time they called it idleness , ’ I said , ‘ if it was n't stupidity . ’ |
3 | That 's where I served my time they did n't phew |
4 | Even in my time we tend to think of aliens … you know , people from Outer Space ? as being so much in advance of our own civilization . |
5 | Whether they were 's trained ready , when I , men I saw in my time we 'd , he galloped them on Wednesdays and Sundays . |
6 | We missionaries were rather slow to respect this return to the home village by a second funeral service , though in my time it became more acceptable . |
7 | Oh that was approximately about erm , well I 'm talking about now in my time it must be over twenty year ago , when he introduced that and the simple reason was there was an argument between the deputy harbourmaster and the boatmen which are the cos they used t it all happened over a ship called used to be a collier , used to run here regular and that used to discharge so much coal at Cliff Quay , then it used to go into the dock at Tolwells Quay and finish unloading because it used to bring two or three different lots of coal , it was a four hold ship , she had four holds , and there 'd be one hold for the chemical works and perhaps there 'd be three holds for and that se |
8 | I think they call it fire safety now , in my time it was fire prevention but now fire safety which is probably a better word for it . |
9 | No I tell you it 's wasting my time it 's a known problem |
10 | But most of my time I 'd spend with other Struldbrugs , friends of mine . |
11 | I can get about a bit , I 'm not er hobbling as much , as l as long as I take my time I 'm not too bad . |
12 | But most of my time I spent in the many and varied mosques , and each day I went back to Hagia Sophia , sometimes remaining for hours . |
13 | Oh I li well I , I 've had a lot of moves dear in my time I tell you I , first of all when I first got married I lived at Bishop 's Stortford , then from Bishop 's Stortford I went to erm Stansted in rooms cos I , you know we could n't get a place and from there I had one of my sons oh hello time , eleven o'clock just struck what 's the day ? |
14 | In my time you even had to survive Hansen 's unofficial scrutiny before you made it to the first team . |
15 | Oh no you Well again er as I say I I 'm speaking in in my own time , er and in my time you were left school before you started in the yard at all , aye . |
16 | If on my time you prepare that waste wood into bundles such as any man could store at home , and if in your own time you will carry those bundles around the town and distribute them free , to rich and poor alike — but not to any man who was landlord to any among us — we may together teach them — ’ The rest of his words were drowned in a universal roar of delight . |