Example sentences of "time [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the appointed time for his fourth , however , his young instructor failed to turn up . |
| 2 | Joe was in good form , though the time for his retirement was drawing near , and he was already beginning to feel a bit lost and abandoned by people who once fawned on him . |
| 3 | Napoleon 's retreat from Moscow was possibly a more trying time for his troops . |
| 4 | On his release from prison in 1985 , Gusty Spence , the leader of the Shankill UVF and the man convicted of the Malvern St murder , was asked about Paisley 's role and he was frankly dismissive : ‘ I have no time for Paisley 's type of religious fervour or his politics but he had no involvement in re-forming the UVF though he stirred up a lot of tension at that time for his own ends . ’ |
| 5 | Paisley was back in prison , this time for his part in the Armagh demonstrations , but that did not stop him characterizing the Cameron Commission as a betrayal of the Ulster people to the rebels . |
| 6 | Peter Banning ( Robin Williams ) is an American attorney turned corporate pirate , who wo n't find time for his children ( Charlie Korsmo and Amber Scott ) and sees no irony in accusing them of childishness . |
| 7 | He had no spare time for anything else , and laments the fact that he had so very little time for his studies . |
| 8 | He felt it would leave him little time for his writing for one thing . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's time for his check up , ’ she said , going up to the Bookman 's cage . |
| 10 | Despite a busy schedule as an advertising photographer , Tony Bowran makes time for his own personal work as he feels strongly about his development as a photographer . |
| 11 | His nature had been over-mature and he had been focused so much on his career that he had never had a great deal of time for his family . |
| 12 | There were love stories — among them the lovely tale of how Rebekah 's father tricked Jacob into doing double time for his daughter . |
| 13 | Unfortunately we managed to arrive only in time for his funeral . ’ |
| 14 | Kelly managed to turn her head in time for his kiss to miss its target on her lips . |
| 15 | For all his enjoyment of the work and the companionship of his team the lad was not sorry when the ground covered , about half an acre , showed that it was time for his midday snack . |
| 16 | The aircraft was just about to touch down when the pilot found himself in unfamiliar surroundings and opened his throttle in time for his wheels to clear the cliff-edge at the end of the runway . |
| 17 | The press gave him a hard time for his swing and his technique , but I love his attitude . |
| 18 | And of course the dreadful thought gnawing at him like a rat , that he refused to allow into his conscious mind , was the fear that she might already be complete in herself , and because of her love for her dead husband have no time for his helpless need , just as his mother had once been complete , in her sorrowful love for the stillborn Vincent who had preceded him . |
| 19 | But despite this he still finds time for his family and to play squash at weekends . |
| 20 | The aggressiveness and competitiveness of capitalism has little time for his Christian sensibilities . |
| 21 | I would stay on in Al Ain , making my own way to London in time for his return . |
| 22 | He 'd get to the back door in time for his morning cup of tea and a warm by the kitchen range . |
| 23 | He again apologises , this time for his long moan , and asks advice . |
| 24 | I plead with him to get it right this time for his own sake . |
| 25 | FISTS OF FIRE FRANK Bruno was yesterday promising a hot time for his next opponent Pierre Coetzer at a Press conference in London when a fire alarm went off and the building had to be evacuated . |
| 26 | Berowne 's only explanation had been that he felt it was time for his life to take a new direction . |
| 27 | But when did the Substitute find time for his leisurely reading ? |
| 28 | Roger Fenton was immensely well known in his time for his landscapes and still lifes . |
| 29 | The fact that he had very little free consecutive time for his own writing began to worry him a great deal , and he missed the familiar life of Kensington , with its public house and local shops . |
| 30 | A touch of restraint on his horse 's reins to reduce its gallop and an extravagant sign of the cross were the best amends he could make this time for his inability to comply . |