Example sentences of "do in his [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leo Lloyd was monastically devoted to his job — it is difficult for me to realise it was all done in his spare time — … he persuaded me that acting was infinitely fascinating . |
| 2 | These projects were done in his spare time . |
| 3 | Some of his best work , on glaciation and on Old Red Sandstone , was done in his spare time . |
| 4 | What Ben did in his own time was up to him , but in the morning classes he was to do as Peng Yu-wei instructed ; learn what Peng Yu-wei asked him to learn . |
| 5 | Quite sharp enough to know all about dodging income tax on the odd jobs he does in his spare time . |
| 6 | Traditionally an Englishman is as much what he does in his free time as in his hours of work , and both Who 's who and the obituary columns honour this fact . |