Example sentences of "in his [adj] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his considerable spare time , he visits the pub , makes fruitless trips to the bookmaker , and shops for medications for his real and imagined ailments . |
| 2 | He painted when he could — in his little spare time , in his holidays . |
| 3 | Tina had felt let down , but knowing Bobby , he would tell them in his own good time what had happened . |
| 4 | He turned back to the Yard telling himself that if Berowne wanted to confide he would do it in his own good time . |
| 5 | ‘ He 'll agree , ’ William said with conviction , ‘ but in his own good time . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ In his own good time ? ’ |
| 7 | Dom João will be here in his own good time : he has said he will come to Ireland , and come he surely will . " |
| 8 | I 'm sure he 'll turn to you , in his own good time . ’ |
| 9 | And as you say , all we can do is wait , and continue to expect Doctor Morris to turn up in his own good time . |
| 10 | ‘ Then he 'll reappear , ’ she said , ‘ in his own good time . ’ |
| 11 | When he crossed the Glen it would be in his own good time , and with an eye to what prizes were left alive for the taking , and for them he would fight as doughtily as any man if he must . |
| 12 | I asked him why but he just smiled , shook his head and said he would tell me in his own good time . |
| 13 | But he continues to drink away in his own private time and has no intention of following in the dry footsteps of O'Toole and Harris . |
| 14 | ‘ Alec Reid likes to tell his stories in his own goo-l time . |
| 15 | Did he think he was so important that he could finish the cottage in his own sweet time ? |