Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [prep] his time " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He found it difficult to see what progress had been made since his time . |
| 3 | Even David Owen was later to admit that they should have been scrapped during his time at the Foreign Office in 1 977–9 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Thalberg ( 1812–71 ) was considered in his time Liszt 's only true rival . |
| 6 | Alexander , Duke of Ross , was born before his time on the thirtieth April 1514 ! ’ |
| 7 | By contrast Engels 's position was that the family , as it was known in his time , had not always existed in that form , that marriage as it was known at that time had also not always existed . |
| 8 | We can account for what he was doing with his time , but this is not the same thing as explaining how or why the tone of voice — that vigour , that distinctively Lewisian freshness and vitality — was so long in coming . |