Example sentences of "in [pos pn] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Even in my time we tend to think of aliens … you know , people from Outer Space ? as being so much in advance of our own civilization . |
2 | Whether they were 's trained ready , when I , men I saw in my time we 'd , he galloped them on Wednesdays and Sundays . |
3 | In my time they erm , the sugar beet , sugar beet pulp . |
4 | I said to her , I said : ‘ In my time they called it idleness , ’ I said , ‘ if it was n't stupidity . ’ |
5 | Oh I li well I , I 've had a lot of moves dear in my time I tell you I , first of all when I first got married I lived at Bishop 's Stortford , then from Bishop 's Stortford I went to erm Stansted in rooms cos I , you know we could n't get a place and from there I had one of my sons oh hello time , eleven o'clock just struck what 's the day ? |
6 | We missionaries were rather slow to respect this return to the home village by a second funeral service , though in my time it became more acceptable . |
7 | Oh that was approximately about erm , well I 'm talking about now in my time it must be over twenty year ago , when he introduced that and the simple reason was there was an argument between the deputy harbourmaster and the boatmen which are the cos they used t it all happened over a ship called used to be a collier , used to run here regular and that used to discharge so much coal at Cliff Quay , then it used to go into the dock at Tolwells Quay and finish unloading because it used to bring two or three different lots of coal , it was a four hold ship , she had four holds , and there 'd be one hold for the chemical works and perhaps there 'd be three holds for and that se |
8 | I think they call it fire safety now , in my time it was fire prevention but now fire safety which is probably a better word for it . |
9 | In my time you even had to survive Hansen 's unofficial scrutiny before you made it to the first team . |
10 | Oh no you Well again er as I say I I 'm speaking in in my own time , er and in my time you were left school before you started in the yard at all , aye . |
11 | In their time they were regarded as great magicians who brought prosperity to these parts . |
12 | In its time it has been claimed as one of the best dual-purpose breeds in the world ; no doubt the Shorthorn contributed to its early maturity and improved the carcass quality of what was once a rather coarse-boned large beef bullock , while the Jersey presumably contributed to its relatively high butterfat ( a Normande cow , many years ago , held the world butterfat record ) . |
13 | But in its time it represented a real advance . |
14 | Ruth Lowinsky 's book is a true period piece , which is to say that in its time it was bang up to date . |
15 | In his time he has tried a lot of things : card-sharping , prison , wife-thrashing and perhaps wife-murder , child-violation , even good works . |
16 | In his time he has fought more than 50 of them , killing three outright with a combination of striking techniques . |
17 | In his time he had been billed as the Sex Ton ( geddit ? ) , |
18 | In his time he was a superstar . |
19 | Not in our time I do n't think . |