Example sentences of "during the [adj] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the whole time they were there , they were not bothered by aircraft . |
| 2 | We lost one man from the ground crew during the whole time we were overseas . |
| 3 | During the whole time I was anorexic , there is only one reference in my diary to feeling cold , and that was when the school heating system failed . |
| 4 | Horatia 's supposed to have lost her memory during the whole time she was away . |
| 5 | He was n't very fond of the river Wye , for its rocky crevasses had claimed too many young lives even during the short time he had been there . |
| 6 | Two of them ( the men , I mean ) became quite fond of John during the short time he was with them , and expressed much regret at his leaving , begging him to come again and to bring his gin , meaning his wife , with him . ’ |