Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [prep] his time " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | You would think he had better things to do with his time . |
| 4 | One of the aggro leaders , a 16-year-old boy called Rich , also had interesting things to say about his time in the group and about his rise to the position he held : |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In his French interview , Cantona said of his time at Leeds : ‘ I had become boss of the team , and manager Howard Wilkinson told me so . |
| 7 | At 29 , Zoltan Illes had a background in both scientific research and green activism obtained during his time at Yale University . |
| 8 | ‘ Definitely one stone missing since his time , ’ sharply observed Crawford . |
| 9 | Mr Murphy said of his time in the Belmarsh top security prison : ‘ The experience was devastating . ’ |