Example sentences of "[det] this time he " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | All this time he had been working like a madman , limping about overseeing the repairs and helping in spite of his own wounds wherever his strength was needed . |
| 3 | All this time he was propelling me into a little room near the front door , and I was absolutely stiff with fright . |
| 4 | All this time he had been keeping a reserve force waiting in the library . |
| 5 | Why now , when all this time he 'd stuck rigidly to her real , rather austere christian name , had he suddenly switched to the softer-sounding Rory ? |