Example sentences of "[pron] time at " in BNC.

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1 If grey was the colour that characterized the first phase of my time at Harwich , blue characterizes this next phase .
2 During my time at EMI , we received up to fifty tapes a week .
3 The only occasion when rail closures were raised in my time at the Transport Department was in the spring of 1981 .
4 My time at the DHSS showed that it was impossible to make any significant change without a fierce public and professional battle — even when improvement meant more resources for health care or put right long-standing problems .
5 During my time at the DHSS I met over the table with three Chief Secretaries and , I have to admit , had battles with them all .
6 ‘ A quarter of my time is spent directly seeing new and on-going clients , a quarter of my time at ward rounds , meetings , seeing other professionals , etc ; a quarter spent with support workers — either possible new ones or on-going workers ; and a quarter spent keeping records , fixing meetings , doing wages , etc .
7 During my time at the Centre , the strict vegan , detoxifying diet was recommended for three months as a minimum ; only after that should one go to the ‘ stay well diet ’ which does allow a little fish and eggs .
8 During my time at college , my brother went for officer training and was commissioned in the Sherwood Foresters .
9 I scarcely met him during my time at COHQ ( 1944–46 ) ; by that time Mountbatten had left , the influence of COHQ had much declined and Zuckerman had more important jobs to do .
10 Yet strangely my time at Bristol had given me some relevant training .
11 Smith said : ‘ I know Mark well from my time at Newcastle .
12 ‘ During my time at Leeds there have been players who have left the club and some have questioned the wisdom of their departure .
13 ‘ That has certainly not been the case in my time at this club .
14 He said : ‘ I am looking forward to my time at Brain-tree .
15 And anyway , I 'm only there for a very small part of the year ; I spend most of my time at school , where there 's twelve beds to a room … dorm … and one can never be alone , it 's not allowed . ’
16 ‘ But that disappointment has gone and now I 've got to look forward to my time at Wimbledon .
17 Looking back , I think it is probably that constant contact with our community of wood lovers that has been the highlight of my time at Woodworker .
18 My time at the Housing Corporation was eventful in bringing me for the first , but no means last , time into contact with Mrs Thatcher when , on the fall of the Heath government , she became the shadow Minister of the Environment , in succession to the job she had had as Minister of Education .
19 My time at university was , for a while at least , a happy one .
20 It may surprise the reader ( who after all is charged with the task of making an important decision ) , that I should talk of my time at university as a happy one and yet still speak of my dominant emotion as fear , but then the worst is yet to come .
21 I can appreciate Edouard would rather have me wasting my time at the museum instead of going round to his flat and trying to persuade Barbara Coleman to leave , but sending someone to kill me was rather an over-reaction . ’
22 ‘ In my time at Burmah Oil I had led a complete reconstruction of the Group .
23 I enjoyed my time at Fontainebleau , especially wandering in the forest , hoping to see a wild boar .
24 My time at the RSC was very productive for me .
25 I spend much of my time at the shops ; wandering through the aisles , faltering , never knowing what to buy .
26 Every moment of Rainbow 's existence during my time at the Fair has been tracked , recorded , docketed and programmed for easy-edit , so I am able to wipe , play-back , freeze-frame or skim fast over the boring bits .
27 The matter has been under negotiation , off and on , for several years now , as I remember from my time at the Home Office .
28 ‘ I enjoyed my time at Omagh and was reasonably successful , but in the meantime I 'm back in training .
29 ‘ I enjoyed my time at ’ he said .
30 ‘ I seem to spend most of my time at meetings these days . ’
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