Example sentences of "in [pron] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only occasion when rail closures were raised in my time at the Transport Department was in the spring of 1981 . |
| 2 | ‘ That has certainly not been the case in my time at this club . |
| 3 | ‘ In my time at Burmah Oil I had led a complete reconstruction of the Group . |
| 4 | At the moment Ian is playing as well as he has ever played in my time at Carrow Road . ’ |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I have won several bets in my time from workmates , by starting a fire outdoors , in heavy rain , without the use of any dry medium such as paper . |
| 8 | In fact , in my time in central recruitment we have not used headhunters in any way , and there is little prospect of our doing so in the near future . ’ |
| 9 | I have carried out several privatisations in my time in commercial and industrial departments , and my understanding of the word privatisation is that one takes something currently managed in the public sector and transfers it to the private sector — the last such transfer in which I was engaged involved British Steel . |
| 10 | ‘ He is the best goalscorer I 've ever seen in my time in professional football , and anyone who has seen Liverpool over the years will agree he 's a very special player . ’ |
| 11 | The French and Russian revolutions had made an enormous contribution in their time to human progress , but they lived today in a different world in which universal human values must have priority . |
| 12 | The instrument of resurrection was to be the turnpike. this custom prevailing , 't is more than probable , that our posterity may see the roads all over England restored in their time to such a perfection , that travelling and carriage of goods will be much more easy both to man and horse than ever it was since the Romans lost this island . |
| 13 | They were also asked to describe the major characteristics of the groups in which they had found themselves at each point in their time on the terraces . |
| 14 | Roxburgh is also likely to show his understanding of Brown 's situation by releasing Stephen Wright from the full squad to join the young ones in their time of need . |
| 15 | He had come to his sister Elizabeth 's rescue in her time of trouble , contributing almost beyond the call of duty ; he had already done what he could to help his young nephew Robert — now what of Benjamin ? |
| 16 | Rose of Lima wrote no spiritual works ; influenced , in her time at least , no worldly powers ; reformed no evil Church authorities ; fought no public battles ; and lived anyway in a Third World country thousands of miles from the centre of things . |
| 17 | In her time at the Royal Academy she remembered buskers in the tube , but they played rock or sometimes jazz . |
| 18 | The museum 's weirdest exhibit , hailed in its time as a ‘ Marvel of the age ’ and a ‘ Wonderful freak of nature ’ , is a must for children and can be found just along the corridor . |
| 19 | Accused in its time of being a scandalous affront to bourgeois morality , La Ronde in fact pinpoints its hypocrisy most acutely and in retrospect reveals its author as ( among other things ) a perceptively premature feminist . |
| 20 | Roger Fenton was immensely well known in his time for his landscapes and still lifes . |
| 21 | Roger Fenton was immensely well known in his time for his landscapes and still lifes . |
| 22 | Queen 's Park Rangers earlier yesterday granted Kendall permission to approach Reid , who joined the London club from Everton on a free transfer in February , and said they would ask no fee for the 33-year-old player in recognition of his ‘ marvellous attitude ’ in his time at Loftus Road . |
| 23 | Personal computer makers are likely to face continued pressure to keep prices low for the foreseeable future , former Compaq Computer Corp chief Rod Canion told Reuter in an interview : ‘ Anybody that wants to be successful in the computer business better be prepared to be very aggressive and have a lot of aggressive competition — in that environment , you can predict pricing pressure is not going to ease up ; ’ Canion , now chairman of the Houston-based consulting firm Insource Management Group , says that in his time at Compaq , customers were willing to pay a little more to ensure they got quality and performance but that as the market changed , they believed they could get quality , performance and low price , and now , ‘ that will never change . ’ |
| 24 | In his time at WWF , the amount the organisation has raised for conservation has grown from under £1 million to £15 million annually . |
| 25 | The only break in his time at the store , also known as the Man 's Shop , came during the Second World War when he joined the RAF and served in the Middle East . |
| 26 | RANGERS are to spend £500,000 on a new pitch in time for next season — assuming an abbreviated summer break allows them enough time to restore the worst playing surface Walter Smith can remember in his time at Ibrox , writes Hugh Keevins . |
| 27 | Yes Alan was mentioning in the first half poor strike rate , just four goals in over two hundred and fifty appearances in his time at Leeds United . |
| 28 | In his time with us David has pioneered the transport side of the company . |
| 29 | Frost , regarded in his time as the ‘ finest comic artist in the U.S. ’ were given to the Club in 1972 by Mr. R.S. Green . |
| 30 | It had happened twice before in his time as Governor . |