Example sentences of "in the whole [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | As she walked uphill she heard footsteps behind her , and , turning , saw that it was the one person in the whole world she did not want to meet this side of the grave . |
2 | If there 's one thing in the whole world you need it 's peace . |
3 | I now knew the last thing in the whole world I wanted was to go into the mountains again with FAKINTIL . |
4 | If the price of the good in their market is , for whatever reason , known to be higher than its average price in the whole economy they will take advantage of this high relative price and supply a higher quantity of the good than they otherwise would . |
5 | It occurred to Thomas as he listened to her that Sara had not changed a whit in the whole time they had been married . |
6 | It was the form twos , the only thing that I , that they had to , they had to look forward to in the whole time they were there . |
7 | ( In the whole time I was there , all she ever caught was eels . ) |
8 | ‘ I have n't spoken more than half a dozen words to your wife in the whole time you and I have been working together , ’ protested Matt . |
9 | Only several weeks later , as she lay stifling in her cabin on a filthy steamer from Trebizond , did she reflect that the Kurd , in the whole time he had been with them , had executed Miss Fergusson 's commands with punctiliousness and honour ; further , that she had no means of knowing what had passed between the two of them that last night in the cave . |