Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] my time " in BNC.
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| 1 | When finally she becomes a mother-in-law she is entitled to tyrannise her daughter-in-law , reminding her that ‘ I have suffered in my time now it is your turn ’ . |
| 2 | Yep , now nowadays erm they 've got the best , I mean the equipment is excellent , er it came in my time erm my predecessor 's time and it 's been carried on now and new developments have come in , erm and with , of course techniques in , not only dealing with the chemicals in , in making safe afterwards which is twice as complicated I think , you know the decontamination side , the clearing up , the protecting of the environment from toxic chemicals er which we 've all heard about in newspapers , and read reports and seen it on television , these , these accidents up and down the world . |
| 3 | The afternoon was cold and raw , and I soon regretted my choice of clothing , a light linen suit dating from my time in this country . |
| 4 | The FA are aware of Souness 's comments , particularly about referee Brian Hill , whom he accused of letting ‘ things go on which I 've never seen in my time back in England ’ . |
| 5 | I have seen in my time Frenchmen , Italians and Russians . |
| 6 | But I 've seen in my time coble to ship cattle with to swim them off . |
| 7 | ‘ He is the best goalscorer I 've ever seen in my time in professional football , and anyone who has seen Liverpool over the years will agree he 's a very special player . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Must have grown durin' my time with the Fussies , ’ he repeated , pondering the words . |
| 9 | ‘ If we had n't come to an agreement , you 'd be paying for my time as well . ’ |
| 10 | In the course of ten years , some fifty students were trained , about half of whom went on to ordination and a few of the others were ordained after my time . |
| 11 | It never happened in my time . ’ |
| 12 | Co-productions with the Royal Opera have proved as vital for London as St Petersburg , and Gergiev was quite happy that Covent Garden 's lap of The Fiery Angel should be conducted by Sir Edward Downes ( ‘ it is clear to both of us that Prokofiev deserves what has happened , he deserved it long ago , and I 'm only glad it happened in my time ’ ) . |
| 13 | The Unionist MP Ken Maginnis , a former UDR member , said : ‘ What I hope is not happening is that people who — as I would have had in my time — had montages for lawful and necessary purposes will be made scapegoats . ’ |
| 14 | Even if I hate him I think he 's the most important player Leeds United have had in my time as a Leeds United supporter . |
| 15 | Although this happened before my time with 57 Squadron one of the crew became a good friend before he remustered from A/G for pilot training and he was very proud of his Caterpillar Club membership . |
| 16 | Of course I have lied in my time ; I have — what is that word your sex favours ? — I have schemed . |
| 17 | Why , I ca n't even take a bath without being pestered for my time and attention . |
| 18 | ‘ Ee — well , it 's getting near my time for going home , I think I 'd better be making a move … ’ |
| 19 | It took ages to dawn on me that I had to find something else to do with my time other than music . |
| 20 | Even if it was n't dangerous , it was certainly silly and I could think of better things to do with my time . |
| 21 | Here , it 's do this , señorita , do that , señorita , as if I 'm a half-witted adolescent with nothing else to do with my time . |
| 22 | I 've always had better things to do with my time than to plot hypothetical revenge for something that happened ten years ago ! ’ she snapped . |
| 23 | I 've got better things to do with my time than speculate on men who look like pirates and have eyes like Lucifer . |
| 24 | At the moment Ian is playing as well as he has ever played in my time at Carrow Road . ’ |
| 25 | I mean I know in my time when I was a crane driver if they , if one of them did n't turn up dow down at Cliff Quay they 'd come along to a crane driver and they 'd say , take a rope for us will you . |
| 26 | The matter has been under negotiation , off and on , for several years now , as I remember from my time at the Home Office . |
| 27 | The only occasion when rail closures were raised in my time at the Transport Department was in the spring of 1981 . |
| 28 | The players I think are worth considering from my time as a Leeds supporter are |
| 29 | and I played football in the street with the boys cos you had nothing else to do , you had nowhere else to go in my time ! |
| 30 | There is a partial line on the map which I think this Council agreed before my time but that is not a line which could be implemented because it starts from nowhere and goes to nowhere and we are still I believe in , in , in limbo so far as the exact route which might be proposed either the northern or the southern end . |