Example sentences of "[pos pn] time at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only occasion when rail closures were raised in my time at the Transport Department was in the spring of 1981 . |
| 2 | My time at the DHSS showed that it was impossible to make any significant change without a fierce public and professional battle — even when improvement meant more resources for health care or put right long-standing problems . |
| 3 | During my time at the DHSS I met over the table with three Chief Secretaries and , I have to admit , had battles with them all . |
| 4 | During my time at the Centre , the strict vegan , detoxifying diet was recommended for three months as a minimum ; only after that should one go to the ‘ stay well diet ’ which does allow a little fish and eggs . |
| 5 | My time at the Housing Corporation was eventful in bringing me for the first , but no means last , time into contact with Mrs Thatcher when , on the fall of the Heath government , she became the shadow Minister of the Environment , in succession to the job she had had as Minister of Education . |
| 6 | I can appreciate Edouard would rather have me wasting my time at the museum instead of going round to his flat and trying to persuade Barbara Coleman to leave , but sending someone to kill me was rather an over-reaction . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ My time at the RSC was very productive for me . |
| 8 | I spend much of my time at the shops ; wandering through the aisles , faltering , never knowing what to buy . |
| 9 | Every moment of Rainbow 's existence during my time at the Fair has been tracked , recorded , docketed and programmed for easy-edit , so I am able to wipe , play-back , freeze-frame or skim fast over the boring bits . |
| 10 | The matter has been under negotiation , off and on , for several years now , as I remember from my time at the Home Office . |
| 11 | A service company makes its profits by hiring people at one price and selling their time at a higher price . |
| 12 | Ideal for students wishing to spend their time at a different location away from their fellow countrymen . |
| 13 | Sometimes they spend their time at a day centre where they can wash , and relax . |
| 14 | He should have a say in how the guest speakers use their time at the event : should they meet the press or the mayor , where can they go for a bit of peace and quiet , even reassurance , and so on . |
| 15 | Consequently children in that school follow aspects of the arts throughout their time at the lower school . |
| 16 | She told another foreign reporter that she had spent most of her time at the General Staff learning English . |
| 17 | Elinor Pringle — Flora 's neighbour — grass-widowed by her husband 's political work and his play-writing , fills up her time at the cinema or in provincial towns , and sits alone in melancholy pubs . |
| 18 | In her time at the Royal Academy she remembered buskers in the tube , but they played rock or sometimes jazz . |
| 19 | She has been an A grade student all the way through her time at the Darlington girls ' school and is a stalwart of the school 's debating society . |
| 20 | He recently retired as editor of the Eye but he still spends much of his time at the magazine 's cramped offices in Soho . |
| 21 | Even David Owen was later to admit that they should have been scrapped during his time at the Foreign Office in 1 977–9 . |
| 22 | During his time at the BBC , when the Home Secretary , Leon Brittan , asked the Corporation not to show a documentary in the Real Lives series dealing with extremist politicians in Northern Ireland , it was Rees-Mogg who led the governors ' demand that the management acquiesce . |
| 23 | Kalm was an excellent observer , a meticulous recorder and made the most of his time at the Physic Garden , which he judged to rival those of Paris and Leyden at the time , and believed it to ‘ overgo them in North American plants ’ . |
| 24 | At 44 Roberto de Vicenzo thought his time at the top was running out , so it was a real boost for me when he spoke to Lee Trevino . |
| 25 | He also pleaded interference with his duty to those by whom he was employed in a private practice of considerable extent , but his time at the College had been clearly specified — two hours for consultation by subscribers with sick horses on three days a week , with little or no call upon him for attendance at uncertain hours . ’ |
| 26 | Days passed and Jack spent most of his time at the hospital . |
| 27 | Sheldon had become much attached to her during his time at the Lock Hospital and it is said that she asked him to embalm her body after her death , which he did . |
| 28 | During his time at the farm , four baby monkeys were sent to a lab in Israel . |
| 29 | Parsons remembers his time at the paper as ‘ Three very intense years of a lot of music , a lot of drugs , a lot of girls and a lot of fights . |
| 30 | His weight increased as he spent his time at the club in conversation , and occasionally at Lord 's for matches and dinner gatherings . |