Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] his [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was complete with bar and barman , hot-dog simmerer , king-sized double-doored two-tone refrigerator , drugstore hotplates , big-game trophies on the walls ( the host was a big-game hunter who acted in his spare time ) , and huge , deep , low divans and easy chairs — villainously uncomfortable for men , but marvellously made for cute little women who could tuck their cute little legs away and blazingly efface their cute little pretty little pouting little personalities in niches of the vast furniture and make like cute little pussycats . |
| 2 | ‘ Survived by his long time companion … |
| 3 | And because he was only in lodgings , he felt in his spare time that he would come with us if we were visiting lodging houses or something . |
| 4 | I do n't know what he did with his spare time , although I suspect from his conversation that a lot of it was spent in pubs . ’ |
| 5 | Former Major of paratroops , now seconded to MVD , Vasily Kypov had in his short time at ZhKh 38S/3/I received two commendations from the Ministry for the smooth running of the Zone . |
| 6 | But as a consequence , he will now face the sort of brutal attention reserved for the most lauded players in Serie A — the sort of stern treatment Lineker himself encountered and overcame in his successful time in Spain with Barcelona . |
| 7 | He awoke at his usual time Wednesday morning , November 27 , and remained awake until 12 o'clock Saturday night . |