Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 By some terrific fluke Richard came face to face with his future at the precise time he most needed to see it .
2 At a dinner to celebrate his 25 years , said of that he was an example to everybody in terms of hard work and leadership and recalled how in the snow of 1982 he had walked the five miles from his home and Playford to be at his desk at the normal time .
3 One important question remains unsettled , namely , whether there can be a conviction for assault on a constable when the constable is not actually on duty in the technical sense that he has reported for his shift at the requisite time .
4 It has taken him just five and a half years to make his mark in the big time .
5 ‘ But he comes out at the right time and he stays on his line at the right time .
6 A LITTLE piece of history was made at Darlington market at the weekend when fish trader Oswald Cloke put up his stall for the final time .
7 For instance , if the surveyor failed to carry out his inspection and to present his report within the agreed time and as a result a house at a bargain price was lost , then a claim could properly be made for compensation .
8 His mother in the mean time was summoned to London ( some say Windsor ) for an audience with the Queen .
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