Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [art] time [pers pn] had " in BNC.

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1 During all the time I had played golf I had not gone into any competitions and I had not got my handicap .
2 He took us to the Þingvellir National park where the clouds parted and the sun shone on square kilometres of snow that was so clean and pure it made me weep for all the time we had lost on the trip , and for the pleasure of being where I wanted to be .
3 In all the time she had been with her Paula had never seen her so angry .
4 In fact , in all the time she had known him , she had never heard him swear before .
5 He was more frightened than he had been in all the time he had been with them , and he could tell that the girl was frightened too , by her quick , shallow breathing .
6 In all the time he had know Joe , he had never seen anyone else in his room ; indeed he had never seen him in company , except at the meetings of the IRB .
7 Our descent was made in one-fifth the time it had taken us to climb to our record-breaking altitude .
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