Example sentences of "and in his [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 He lives in Alton , and in his spare time enjoys skiing .
3 Mr Takamoto is an engineer at the Northtown Nissan plant and in his spare time enjoys building robots .
4 He was mainly self-taught as a geologist , and in his spare time he began an amateur interest in geological mapping .
5 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 .
6 A near-contemporary judged that ‘ without all question he was a very skilfull man in the Mathematicks , and in his latter time in Witchcraft . ’
7 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 .
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