Example sentences of "[pron] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know , and you , you then have that sheet , and how much is my time worth , and how much is his time worth , or her time worth , and you can say , you know , these interruptions are actually costing us quite a lot of month . |
| 2 | I was only seventeen and the girl would say , ‘ I ca n't do the ice creams today , it 's my time of month . ’ |
| 3 | Ten days later she 'd say , ‘ I ca n't do it , it 's my time of month . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ At my time of life there 's more pleasure to be had from the rear view of a pair of Levis than in all the Martinis the old rascal ever painted . |
| 5 | ‘ People 's eyes , at my time of life , do n't improve with age , ’ replied the old lady . |
| 6 | I 'm going to tell him it 's my time of the month , if he tries to go too far . |
| 7 | Not at my time of life . |
| 8 | I had conceived my fictional , pastoral church within which I now spent so much of my time during an imaging session at the Centre , but I had yet to see it in reality . |
| 9 | As a result , I was often wasting my time during our first few flying sessions . |
| 10 | A bite now is hardly ever missed and I am confident of landing even big fish on this gear if I take my time about it . |
| 11 | But I want to take my time over tackling up and savouring the prospect of the sport I hope to enjoy . |
| 12 | So I took my time over the bread and dripping and I spilt my cocoa on the floor in an effort to play for time . |
| 13 | I had hoped to take my time over sorting out the house contents , but I 'd better take a look straight away — at any rate for the movable stuff . |
| 14 | So , I went to have a shower , took my time over it , shaved and dressed again . |
| 15 | At the Dixie Dude , I spent my time between riding in the hills and just sitting on the porch doing nothing . |
| 16 | I divided my time between my hundreds of pet animals at home and the wild animals in the Wiltshire countryside . |
| 17 | I divided my time between Herbert 's and his father 's home . |
| 18 | Over the next two months I spent my time between staying at my boyfriend 's house at weekends and the LIFE house on weekdays . |
| 19 | For three long periods during my time as a writer , now coming close to twenty years , barrenness and depression have gone together . |
| 20 | So , what have I got to show for my time as a hostage ? |
| 21 | During my time as a gamekeeper I almost always had a supply of fresh meat available to give them . |
| 22 | During my time as a gamekeeper it was essential that I knew the precise location of all these extended burrows . |
| 23 | Although I did not entirely enjoy my time as a ‘ check knitter ’ , I learned one valuable lesson . |
| 24 | I 've played a lot of these poker games in my time as a computer own , and none of them have been any cop ( especially bad was Maria Whittaker 's Christmas Box ) . |
| 25 | The political developments of 1968 and the first national conference of the Women 's Liberation Movement spanned my time as a student and rapidly thereafter as a mother . |
| 26 | Partial topic framework existing in a conversation between K ( 20+ , female , Edinburgh-resident , university student , … ) and J ( 60+ , male , Edinburgh-resident , retired , … ) in P Working Men 's Club , Edinburgh , … ) at T ( early evening , spring , 1976 , … ) mentioning ( J's three children — J ‘ s brothers — the schools they attended — the schools J attended — that J did badly at school — J left school at fourteen ) when K asks J what he did after he left school J : oh I done odd jobs like + paper boy + chemist 's shop worked in a chemist shop + and done two or three others+ and I finally started in the bricklaying + so I served my time as a bricklayer + K : that 's good money J : nowadays it is but in that + when my time was out it wasn't+ it was only three pounds nine a week + so + + K : my father was a stonemason and he started at home + and they were paid a halfpenny an hour extra for being left-handed + + |
| 27 | But being the son of my father , it was his aim to send me out to serve my time as an engineer . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've thoroughly enjoyed my time as manager and put 100 per cent effort into the job . |
| 29 | Even if I hate him I think he 's the most important player Leeds United have had in my time as a Leeds United supporter . |
| 30 | The players I think are worth considering from my time as a Leeds supporter are |