Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] his time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Sisulu 's generosity and warmth did not waver during his time in the maximum security prison of Robben Island , where other inmates deferred to him as a charismatic senior statesman of what has been called ‘ the government-in-exile ’ . |
| 2 | Former Guatemalan President Vinicio Cerezo Arévalo , who had proposed the creation of Parlacén in 1986 , had been accused by critics inside Guatemala of seeking the presidency of the new body in order to claim immunity from prosecution for crimes he had allegedly committed during his time as President . |
| 3 | It is often said of the Prime Minister that he retains all the instincts and skills which were politically honed during his time in the Whips ' Office . |
| 4 | And he a writer , not minding about his time . |
| 5 | In his more pessimistic moments some rogue part of his mind knew this darkness to be inevitable , although he did not expect it to come in his time , maybe not even in his son 's . |
| 6 | Defoe in his time called it one of the finest cities in Europe . |
| 7 | Josiah Wedgwood died in 1795 and is remembered as the ‘ Father of English Potters ’ , but it was not only as a pottery manufacturer that he was renowned and respected in his time . |
| 8 | Thalberg ( 1812–71 ) was considered in his time Liszt 's only true rival . |
| 9 | ROBERT SAM ANSON 's ‘ The Man Who Shot JFK ’ ( February ) was the first of many articles I read on the same subject — but I kept returning to his time and time again . |
| 10 | Owen had seen it done during his time in Alexandria , where hysterical prostitutes were quickly restored to life and reason by an experienced old Austrian police officer of the Labban Red Light quarter . |
| 11 | That it was David Mellor , a Major crony , has reinforced fears that this is a prime minister who ca n't judge what he should do with his time . |
| 12 | As a juvenile romanticist Kingston , like his contemporary Ballantyne , used the device of the intrusive author accepted in his time and , besides , the didacticism expected in books for the young , didacticism made easier by the continuity and the extent of time afforded by serial publication in the boys ' magazines of the period . |
| 13 | After the wounds he 'd seen in his time , how could one little splinter have such an effect ? |
| 14 | He found it difficult to see what progress had been made since his time . |
| 15 | This depends on his time preference for present and future consumption which , to some extent , depends on how patient or impatient he is . |
| 16 | His creativity continued unabated to the end of his life , but his efficiency in administration and political reform soon led to enormous demands being made on his time . |
| 17 | He exists in a series of time-capsules , deeply aware of personal responsibilities , of demands made on his time , of kindnesses he wishes to offer , but nonetheless often unable to escape from the maelstrom he has created around himself . |
| 18 | It was not a job that Ernie Brewer had had time to get around to , with all the other demands the garden made on his time . |
| 19 | RANGERS are to spend £500,000 on a new pitch in time for next season — assuming an abbreviated summer break allows them enough time to restore the worst playing surface Walter Smith can remember in his time at Ibrox , writes Hugh Keevins . |
| 20 | I became a railway enthusiast mainly because the civil engineer on the Gwili Railway at the time was willing to give of his time to answer my questions . |
| 21 | ‘ And always the possibility he was killed because of something to do with his time in the secret service . ’ |
| 22 | He 's lonely as hell , poor old bugger , and does n't know what to do with his time . |
| 23 | You would think he had better things to do with his time . |
| 24 | Marx sees such an argument as a subtle legitimation of private property as it existed in his time , because it made it basic to human nature . |
| 25 | And while Souness paid tribute to Dalglish for all he achieved in his time on Merseyside , he intends to bury their former alliance for tomorrow 's 90-minute battle of wits . |
| 26 | He cites Luthce 's ability to claim that truth was ‘ immanent ’ in the text of the bible as being associated with the growth of printing in his time ( Rommetveit , 1982 ) . |
| 27 | But for one other person , perhaps , Isambard had cared in his time , before affection changed to anger and hate ; and not even the last and holiest stone cell of all had kept Master Harry safe from his insatiable enmity . |
| 28 | Alexander , Duke of Ross , was born before his time on the thirtieth April 1514 ! ’ |
| 29 | Frost , regarded in his time as the ‘ finest comic artist in the U.S. ’ were given to the Club in 1972 by Mr. R.S. Green . |
| 30 | Thus Regan , in memoirs not noted for their kindness to the president , says , ‘ [ Reagan 's ] grasp of economic theory as it had been taught in his time ( Eureka College , class of 1932 ) was excellent , and he kept abreast of later theory . |