Example sentences of "[verb] on [pron] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | All this has to be done on my off-duty time , which of course is limited and irregular since I work shifts . |
| 2 | Back Up the Hearse and Let Them Sniff the Flowers is based on his own time as a water-filter salesman , ringing on doorbells and brow-beating mug-punters into believing that their lives wo n't be complete without the little gizmo on offer ( at £230 plus VAT ) . |
| 3 | I know Switzerland well , or did on my own time track . |
| 4 | ‘ Think on your own time , ’ Charlie said impatiently . |
| 5 | You could write on it any time but then you 're just sitting in all day . |
| 6 | This experiment was quickly followed up by others using protein synthesis inhibitors , all essentially leading to the same conclusion — that if protein synthesis was prevented during the period over which an animal was trained , or for up to about an hour subsequently , then although the animal could learn the task , when tested on it some time later — say the next day — it behaved as if it were naïve . |