The whole encounter had taken only a few minutes.

The whole encounter occupied maybe five seconds, but it left them both trembling.

But then the whole encounter had been a little surprising.

Something felt out of place in this whole encounter.

The whole encounter had to be deduced from other evidence.

This whole encounter has just been one more battle to him.

The whole encounter had taken a little over an hour.

The whole encounter - which probably was only about 10 seconds - and then everything else is rather blurry.

The whole encounter between them was over in less than three seconds.

She had said not a word during the whole encounter.