Example sentences of "[noun] 's time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today we use the word ‘ meditation ’ quite differently : in Hilton 's time it meant study rather than a purely contemplative exercise . |
| 2 | ‘ Since old Josh 's time it 's been used as a holiday retreat by various Proberts down the years , ’ he added , ‘ with some of the land let out for summer grazing to mainland farmers . ’ |
| 3 | Lowthorpe is mentioned four times in the Domesday Book , where it is spelt Logetorp , and in King Edward the Confessor 's time it was valued at the princely sum of eight shillings . |
| 4 | In Keynes 's time it was mainly wealthy or high-income earning individuals who operated speculative balances , but in the modern economy this role has been assumed more by institutions which manage contractual savings held in pension funds , life assurance contracts , and the like . |
| 5 | In Suleyman 's time he returned to the medrese stream , teaching as far as the Sahn and then becoming kadi successively in Aleppo , Damascus and Istanbul , in retirement from which last post he died in 963/1555–6 . |
| 6 | In Newton 's time it was possible for an educated person to have a grasp of the whole of human knowledge , at least in outline . |
| 7 | In less than an hour 's time they would be at St Petrock 's , and Susan would be on the platform to meet her , with dear old Sambo , the Airedale , barking his head off with glee . |
| 8 | But in my great grannie 's time I think they did that . |
| 9 | The dinosaurs were the highest form of reptile , but in Owen 's time they were the earliest known members of the class — exactly the reverse of what would have been predicted by a theory of continuous development . |
| 10 | ( Today no one would dare propose such a thing , even purely as a thought experiment , but in Schrödinger 's time they had not heard of animal liberation . ) |
| 11 | In the old King 's time he was in the garrison of the Tower , then he went abroad with others to fight in Outremer . ’ |
| 12 | In a month 's time we 'll have a quiet wedding in the local church , and after a few days in London we 'll travel through all the countries of Europe . ’ |
| 13 | So we 're watching that programme , Is this Your Last Cigarette ? or whatever it were called last Sunday on the telly and I thought I 'm stupid cos in six month 's time I shall say I could have packed up six months ago . |
| 14 | See in the latter part of my , my father 's time he was n't a well man , was he ? |
| 15 | But pro-devolutionists warned that in a week 's time they would return in larger numbers , each bearing a fiery cross , the Jacobite symbol of warfare between the clans . |
| 16 | In a week 's time it would be the longest day of the year when , in these latitudes , a gunner could accurately sight a twelve-pounder at half-past nine of an evening . |
| 17 | In eight week 's time he would be Virginia Grafton 's husband . |
| 18 | In a week 's time you will find how easy it is to be perfectly objective with your child and at the same time kindly . |
| 19 | Furnished as it was in Cook 's time it 's now a museum containing many artefacts connected with Cook and his voyages . |
| 20 | By Joshua 's time they had reached the point of no return . |
| 21 | In a year 's time we may have to work out fresh deals for them but , whatever happens , they wo n't be leaving . |
| 22 | So in three year 's time we 'll back to where we are today , |
| 23 | Nine months or a year 's time we may have a different animal working in that office and it may well be some person who has who does some J L O work to supplement John and does some project work , now er Jackie has indicated she 'd love to fill that role , and we all know what project she 'd want to be doing it , but er if we do put somebody in that role they will be project officer as well and on the wall will be a year planner and it 'll have things like crucial crew gala day and all these major major things and that particular officer will work quite closely with the new Pat and they 'll be able to take some of the weight off our shoulders so when we start planning for something like crucial crew you can delegate some of the work to the project officer and perhaps the other sergeant Now I know things do n't always work out quite that straightforwardly but you know the last year has been a bastard of a year for us in terms of sickness , four S L O's have been on long-term sick we 've lost Pat for all that time Jed was off for quite a while |
| 24 | erm and I think that if it is pulled down for this new development , in ten year 's time we will look back and we will say ‘ Why did we do this ? |
| 25 | ‘ I just hope Mrs Adams and her family will remember that in a year 's time they might be able to enjoy their own Christmas too . ’ |
| 26 | Also , innovative ideas do tend to work their way down to the more affordable guitars and equipment , so it might not be for you now , but maybe in a year 's time it will be . |
| 27 | He had wanted to know if I knew a good cardiologist , because he had a granddaughter with a rare heart condition who needed an operation , or else in a year 's time she would have died . |
| 28 | When asked to forecast the level of unemployment in a year 's time he becomes uncharacteristically coy . |
| 29 | ‘ What I 'll be saying in a year 's time I do n't know . ’ |
| 30 | In one year 's time I would be doing At each stage you move backwards through time and ask your unconscious mind to help you see a picture of yourself being highly successful on your way to completion of your objectives . |