Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] all [adj] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | After leaving the prairies in 1937 my working career took me to many lands around the world for 37 years , and I must confess that during all that time I scarcely thought of my old friend Edna Jacques until January of 1974 , when we were living in Anguilla . |
2 | And during all this time I kept getting flashing pictures in my mind of Chantal , like a magic lantern slide . |
3 | And in all that time she 'd never heard from Jez , nor even from her parents . |
4 | They threw us out at four o'clock and in all that time I had n't said a word , just listened . |
5 | I have been using pastels for at least 30 years and in all that time I have never once seen a warning to this effect in either art books or on the many boxes of pastels that I have purchased . |
6 | I have been using pasters for at least 30 years and in all that time I have never once seen a warning to this effect in either art books or on the many boxes of pastels that I have purchased . |
7 | I have been keeping tropical fish for around 20 years and in all that time I have always had not just one , but a number of aquaria . |
8 | I 've supported Leeds since I was 5 and in all that time I 've never once wished Leeds would lose a game , ever . |
9 | In the image the tribe acts as a unit only when people need it , and at all other times it is only a possibility , a concept in their minds . |
10 | But in all that time I 've never been completely sober . ’ |
11 | ‘ Not only have I been separated from my wife for the past five years — but in all that time I 've only once managed to make love to her . |