Example sentences of "[conj] in his [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1.3 The employee 's duty not to make preparations in order to compete with his employer after he has left or to enable another to do so The employee can not make preparations during his employment , either during the working day or in his spare time , with a view to competing with his employer once his employment is over if such preparation may have a material effect on his employer 's business . |
| 2 | As his course of study at the School of Architecture , University of Manchester , demanded a period of practical training in an architect 's office , William Assheton decided to spend this time working in Coventry so that in his spare time he could design and supervise the conversion of the chapel into a dwelling for his own use . |
| 3 | During the day John worked in the cotton trade , and in his spare time he devoted his energy to music and various activities , such as acting as the secretary for cricket clubs , always with the intention of promoting his business career . |
| 4 | He lives in Alton , and in his spare time enjoys skiing . |
| 5 | Mr Takamoto is an engineer at the Northtown Nissan plant and in his spare time enjoys building robots . |
| 6 | He was mainly self-taught as a geologist , and in his spare time he began an amateur interest in geological mapping . |
| 7 | And in his spare time , he has been on-call for the past six years to wear a yellow helmet as a Retained Leading Firefighter with D Division of Strathclyde Fire Brigade based at Ardrossan . |
| 8 | A near-contemporary judged that ‘ without all question he was a very skilfull man in the Mathematicks , and in his latter time in Witchcraft . ’ |
| 9 | In 1946 , they had rejected his regime ; now , when it could be of use to them , he was going to make sure that any cooperation was given on his terms and in his good time . |
| 10 | Chance was a businessman rather than a biologist , but in his spare time he collected birds ' eggs , particularly those of the cuckoo and its hosts . |
| 11 | He first worked as a weaver , then as a slater , but in his spare time began to learn metal-working skills from the local blacksmith , building a lathe . |
| 12 | Jim Clark spends his working day in the store-room of Stoddards Carpets — but in his spare time , he is doing excellent work for Elderslie Boys Club where he has recently arranged a football trip to Holland . |
| 13 | Pilot David Moore from Gloucestershire was at the controls of the forty seven year old Spitfire as it took part in an air display near Manchester on Saturday.The fighter plane looped the loop but as it neared the ground it plummeted down , bursting into flames.Firefighters were on the scene immediately , and confirmed that the pilot was dead.David Moore , who was 47 , flew with the Royal Navy for ten years before joining Rolls Royce as a pilot in the mid 1970s.He flew the company 's executives around Europe … but in his spare time he enjoyed piloting vintage planes like the Spitfire , which was owned by Rolls Royce.Today at the family 's home near Stroud , David Moore 's widow was coming to terms with the tragedy : |
| 14 | It is a book that I greatly admire , for in his own time its author succeeded in doing what I am struggling to do now . |