| Russian | English |
| в бытность | as |
| в бытность | while staying in |
| в бытность | during one's stay (мою, его, etc., in) |
| в бытность мою, его, etc. | when one was (with instr., in a certain capacity) |
| в бытность | during one's time as (4uzhoj) |
| в бытность | when (It has attracted many British guest speakers, including Lord Heseltine, Kenneth Clarke, Lord Patten, Lord Robertson (when secretary general of Nato), Lord Mandelson and Williams herself. TG Alexander Demidov) |
| в бытность его в Москве | during his stay in Moscow |
| в бытность мою студентом | in my student days |
| в бытность свою | in one's tenure as (Abysslooker) |
| в бытность студентом | in one's student days (lulic) |
| ещё в бытность | way back when (sea holly) |
