Example sentences of "in his [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In those days there seemed so many vistas ahead that I did not mind when I began to go public : it was sufficiently gratifying to feel that Eliot wanted to print some of my work in his good time and in mine . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | A near-contemporary judged that ‘ without all question he was a very skilfull man in the Mathematicks , and in his latter time in Witchcraft . ’ |
| 4 | Anand , who claimed that he would not seek re-election , announced that his objectives in his allotted time in government were to increase the participation of the public and business sector in politics , to begin the demilitarization of the political process , and to disengage from commercial practices the armed forces , many of whose leaders headed major companies . |
| 5 | But as a consequence , he will now face the sort of brutal attention reserved for the most lauded players in Serie A — the sort of stern treatment Lineker himself encountered and overcame in his successful time in Spain with Barcelona . |
| 6 | In his spare time he reads social science journals and contemporary Hungarian literature , or cooks for his family or friends . |
| 7 | As his course of study at the School of Architecture , University of Manchester , demanded a period of practical training in an architect 's office , William Assheton decided to spend this time working in Coventry so that in his spare time he could design and supervise the conversion of the chapel into a dwelling for his own use . |
| 8 | She did n't sew herself , so she had an acquaintance from a theatrical costumiers run them up in his spare time . |
| 9 | He served in the US Army Signals Corps during the latter stages of the First World War before settling in Onawa , Iowa , where he worked as a teacher and ran a sweetshop in his spare time . |
| 10 | As a student at Columbia University , New York — where he took a degree and a doctorate — and subsequently as a teacher of biochemistry at Boston University , he continued to write in his spare time . |
| 11 | In his spare time he sat with the Bookman in the spots of sun on the shelves or hunted for Mould to ask him if he could borrow some of his tools . |
| 12 | Exhausted by long hours of study at night , and finding it impossible to publish any of the poems he had been writing in his spare time , his health and spirits began to suffer . |
| 13 | He left home at the age of ten and went to London , then to Stamford , where he became apprentice to a draper and educated himself in his spare time . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | In his spare time he became more and more interested in amateur dramatics , as well as teaching himself to play the violin . |
| 16 | He confessed to enjoying making spinning wheels and rocking horses in his spare time . |
| 17 | In his spare time Alan enjoys squash and swimming . |
| 18 | He lives in Alton , and in his spare time enjoys skiing . |
| 19 | Subsequent entries on his report card show Hermann enjoying his new job delivering films to cinemas , paying off his debts and making toys in his spare time . |
| 20 | The last time we met he had just bought a new boat , having taken up sailing in his spare time ( but he has n't much of that ) . |
| 21 | Called the Icarus Covert Insertion and Recovery Vehicle ( CIRV ) , it is the brainchild of Philip Parsons , a Flight Lieutenant with the RAF Regiment at North Luffenham and experienced hang-glider and microlight pilot who has developed the craft in his spare time . |
| 22 | Graham Gooch , touring the world as a triumphant cricketing skipper , cashed in on his fame with highly-paid personal appearances in his spare time . |
| 23 | Mr Dixon , friend of Mrs Murphy and conductor , in his spare time , of the amateur orchestra , had accidentally launched Hank on his writing career a few years earlier by encouraging him to enter an essay competition sponsored by a service club . |
| 24 | The Director of Information in the colonial administration , Harry Franklin , started the Lusaka station in 1941 and ran it in his spare time . |
| 25 | Like Margery Kempe , Thomas Hoccleve followed a secular calling , and like Chaucer , his contemporary , he wrote only in his spare time . |
| 26 | Many thanks go to all those who have kept him going in his spare time with their contributions of spare yarn . |
| 27 | Chance was a businessman rather than a biologist , but in his spare time he collected birds ' eggs , particularly those of the cuckoo and its hosts . |
| 28 | In his spare time he sang in one of the most famous of London 's amateur choirs . |
| 29 | One school teacher in particular influenced the course of the life of Kenny Mower , who participated in a number of sports , including middle distance running ( at county level ) , cricket ( for Walsall Boys ) , basketball ( he had trials for England juniors ) and table tennis ( in his spare time ! ) before concentrating on a career in professional football ( for Walsall FC ) . |
| 30 | 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 . |