Example sentences of "all [adj] time [pron] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , erm all that time I was running the young wives ' and we used to hold a stall in the garden , at the garden party at the church , and w when you took your takings in , you know th the treasurer would say you know , who are you , you know and I used to say young wives ' and then one day I said well , you know we 're no longer young wives , you know we were getting old and I decided there and then I 'd had enough of young wives ' , you know and er , er because I , I said , I , I was secretary and I 'll close it down it , it erm the young wives ' closed down and er er it , it had actually closed down and this lady was marvellous this secretary of the Guild , who would kno known mother and she was a councillor , she come dashing down , you know you , you , th the young wives ' has closed and you know you 've got excuse . |
| 2 | But it 's a shock , you see , after expecting you home all that time you was in hospital — it 's not what she expected , that you would be off somewhere else . |
| 3 | All this time I was desperately worried about my family . |
| 4 | All this time I was trying to make a little money by doing hack-work translations of French and German children 's stories . |
| 5 | All this time I was working on the hero 's book . |
| 6 | All this time I was putting the finishing touches to our hero 's book . |
| 7 | But he said , " Do n't sleep with him " , and all this time I was pregnant . |
| 8 | If Zen had survived more or less intact all this time it was thanks to the instinct that was telling him to leave now . |
| 9 | During the Depression Silver sold china and glass in Fifth Avenue , worked a petrol pump , and sold cigarettes wholesale ; but all this time he was collecting Walt Whitman ; he also studied for a Master 's degree in English at Boston University , which he was awarded in 1941 . |
| 10 | All this time he was propelling me into a little room near the front door , and I was absolutely stiff with fright . |
| 11 | All this time she was writing prolifically , but she had not yet developed an individual voice . |