Example sentences of "my [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 ! |