Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had his hand on my neck the whole time and kept saying I would get it . |
| 2 | In my mind the whole time there is the simple question , ‘ What is it the music is supposed to say ? ’ |
| 3 | Twenty children were flown to Croydon , and ‘ They were all cheerfully sick , enticed by the little paper bags , except a baby of one who slept peacefully in my lap the whole time . ’ |
| 4 | I had a tremendous struggle to keep my medication the whole time I was in Holloway , and it started again when I went to Styal . |
| 5 | We had to be washed , dressed , have our hair immaculate ( which was difficult because I had to plait mine ) , strip all the bedclothes off our beds ( which seemed totally a pointless exercise and got right up my nose the entire time I was at Styal ) , and fold them to a complicated and immaculate design — sheet , blanket , sheet all wrapped round with the counterpane and put at the end of your bed . |
| 6 | I could not in the court of law swear that you had been under my observations the whole time we were making the ascent . ’ |
| 7 | It is to my knowledge the first time that an ‘ in-depth ’ feature has been written about their service with the RAF and brought back many poignant memories for me for I was , to quote your September issue , ‘ one of the batch of National Service gunners posted to RAF Coningsby ’ . |
| 8 | I did n't mean to become so intense about it — I had realised my mistake the previous time — but I needed to keep from pining and working a sixteen-hour day seemed to be the only way I could manage it . |
| 9 | My boss is on my tail the whole time ! |
| 10 | That 's why she cuddles my children the whole time — she 's trying to say I lack warmth . ’ |
| 11 | In my book the only time a manager should consider resigning is when he starts believing his own programme notes . |
| 12 | ‘ I just have this terrible fluttering in my stomach the whole time . |
| 13 | ‘ But I felt so guilty — just as if my parents were looking disapprovingly over my shoulder the whole time ! |
| 14 | Unless the rules are changed despite her talent the only time Jodi Evans will score points for Oxford University — is at an exhibition match — or in practice . |
| 15 | In the year I had skippered Wavebreaker at least half of our married male charterers had either offered Ellen a job or pressed her to visit their offices the next time she passed through their city . |
| 16 | He is not over fond of strangers , but he will allow people into the house , although he monitors their movements the whole time . ’ |
| 17 | She stands squarely with her hands on her hips the whole time , beaming at Crilly and remarking often upon the colour of the sky . |
| 18 | You do n't have to say that but we all you know you 're you 're pulling their leg the whole time okay ? |
| 19 | ‘ And these fellers used to go to sea like that ; and in these boats they were gone ten and twelve weeks , and they slept in little bunks , and they never changed their clothes the whole time . |
| 20 | Some pupils find it off-putting to have someone looking over their shoulder the whole time ; others would like to see fewer tutors per class . |
| 21 | I did n't advertise for a partner but I went to the single 's and divorcee club and met my second husband and its magic the second time around . |
| 22 | It does n't sound much but you 've got to watch out these days , with everything constantly getting cheaper and Tod grimly counting his money the whole time . |
| 23 | Yanto went on to tell Billy about his experience the last time he had used Selwyn 's lavatory . |
| 24 | He used to sit in his study the whole time . |
| 25 | He was run off his legs the last time and he had only just been paid for the quarter . ’ |
| 26 | It was like he had something on his mind the whole time . ’ |
| 27 | I imagined Perkin threading along that trail at night , following the paint quite easily as he 'd been that way already in daylight , and being secretly pleased with himself because if he had inadvertently left any traces of his passage the first time they could be explained away naturally by the second . |
| 28 | ‘ From nine till 3.30 he was on his feet the entire time , ’ Hamilton recalls . |
| 29 | Placement support which at the least minimised the chances that the ex-patient would be evicted from his home or sacked from his job the first time a problem occurred would seem essential . |
| 30 | She did not speak when he raised his eyebrows the second time , so in went onions , mustard and ketchup . |