Example sentences of "in [pos pn] own time [pers pn] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 In my own time we 've lost four cham always do so well before losing our way in the second half .
2 In their own time they were often called ‘ Condition of England Novels ’ , because they addressed themselves directly to the state of the nation .
3 In his own time he had been a maverick , and for being a maverick his grateful sovereign had pinned on his chest the gallantry medal of the Military Cross .
4 In our own time it has been only fascists , racists and their ilk who ha–e felt the urge to slaughter vast numbers of people whom they have regarded as different from themselves .
5 If on my time you prepare that waste wood into bundles such as any man could store at home , and if in your own time you will carry those bundles around the town and distribute them free , to rich and poor alike — but not to any man who was landlord to any among us — we may together teach them — ’ The rest of his words were drowned in a universal roar of delight .
  Next page