Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] time at the " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 I spend much of my time at the shops ; wandering through the aisles , faltering , never knowing what to buy .
6 She told another foreign reporter that she had spent most of her time at the General Staff learning English .
7 He recently retired as editor of the Eye but he still spends much of his time at the magazine 's cramped offices in Soho .
8 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 ’ .
9 Days passed and Jack spent most of his time at the hospital .
10 Towards the end of his time at the College , Auerbach , like others , witnessed a deterioration in Minton 's person .
11 At present we 're spending much of our time at the hospital , as a visitor — because our mother 's turned up at last .
12 Consequently children in that school follow aspects of the arts throughout their time at the lower school .
13 The matter has been under negotiation , off and on , for several years now , as I remember from my time at the Home Office .
14 The only occasion when rail closures were raised in my time at the Transport Department was in the spring of 1981 .
15 In her time at the Royal Academy she remembered buskers in the tube , but they played rock or sometimes jazz .
16 The only break in his time at the store , also known as the Man 's Shop , came during the Second World War when he joined the RAF and served in the Middle East .
17 He made no allegations concerning his time in homes at the age of four , but complained about his time at the smallholding in Anglesey .
18 Even David Owen was later to admit that they should have been scrapped during his time at the Foreign Office in 1 977–9 .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 During his time at the farm , four baby monkeys were sent to a lab in Israel .
22 During his time at the Slade ( 1911–13 ) , Bomberg proved himself a precocious and innovative student .
23 Success now was of the kind associated with Henry Pelham , who during his time at the Treasury from 1749 to 1757 rescheduled almost 90 per cent of the 4 per cent debt , down to 3.5 per cent in 1750 and down again to 3 per cent by 1757 .
24 During his time at the flour mill ( which is actually 30 years if you include an earlier spell ) he has been mixerman , cuber operator , machine man , bran packer and even cleaner — when there were seven employees per shift !
25 During his time at the University , when not playing rugby and tennis for Trinity Academicals and acting with the FP Dramatic Society , he had vacation jobs United Wireworks , Symington 's Coffee Essence Company , ICI and British Aluminium .
26 You may find the following details of the Data Protection Act 1984 of interest and of relevance during your time at the University .
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