Example sentences of "[vb pp] all the " in BNC.

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1 It really is 365 days a year because there are issues to be addressed all the time . ’
2 ‘ But they will have stockpiled all the food and wine , the grain and livestock and powder that they could ?
3 ‘ But I can see how it might have rung all the wrong bells with young Folly here .
4 England strikers Shearer and Wright had attracted all the pre-match publicity but their contest turned out to be a non-event .
5 He 'd galloped all the way to Leafield and we would have lost him for good if someone there had n't recognised him . ’
6 Then of course it seemed to have been predetermined all the time .
7 It would be splendid if I could state that audit regulation had solved all the profession 's problems , that all audits were now models of perfection , carried out by accountancy paragons .
8 So we … agreed to split up and then Richard Burton came along and solved all the problems …
9 But national park designation has not solved all the problems .
10 The West Indies captain was applauded all the way to the wicket , then seemed to play himself back into some sort of form .
11 ‘ Yes , ’ she said , and to lighten the situation added , ‘ And had you done so I would have dropped all the dishes for your dinner party tonight over your unfortunate guests to show that two can break a promise ! ’
12 Just dropped all the gear down there
13 Within this secondary category are grouped all the engineering analysis activities normally performed using computers .
14 She 's arguing with the serving woman who 's lifted all the lids from the hot dishes to show her the succulent variety .
15 If you have picked all the answers in this section you are the sort of person who can watch somebody do it and then pick it up in a flash — or read the handbook and you 're away .
16 Only ten per cent of the sample overall picked all the rectangles and rejected the non-rectangles further 26 per cent picked the rectangles and parallelogram but rejected the square as a rectangle .
17 Ideally , she knew , Brian should have been the recipient of all this intellectual and spiritual outpouring , but he was not interested , and her therapist , who should have been the other option , merely picked all the meat off her perceptions and left her with a meaningless pile of bones .
18 She seems to have picked all the wrong men . ’
19 Well they cleared all that chicken now I 've picked all the bo
20 Council staff and independent advocates had interviewed all the rest , if possible with their relatives , in an attempt to match them with other accommodation .
21 Council staff and others had interviewed all the rest , if possible with their relatives , in an attempt to match them with other accommodation .
22 The report does not insist that it is one man who has committed all the offences , but the implication is that is the case .
23 Have you ever heard anything so stupid in all your life , I mean she 's committed all the sins under the sun
24 ‘ Do you think they will grow here ? ’ he asked , impressed that they had come all the way from London .
25 The Eberhardts have come all the way from Rio ! ’
26 ‘ And you 've come all the way from America to write about Heymouth ? ’
27 ‘ But I 've come all the way from … ’
28 She had come all the way from Wales , where she had been Second in the Bwbachod Six of her Brownie Guide Pack .
29 They had come all the way from Chatham in Kent , bringing Beryl in bridesmaid 's dress .
30 This girl we know was in Germany and they were doing a PA and she ran up to Richard Fm and said ‘ I 've come all the way from England to see you ’ — which was a complete lie — and she said , ‘ Can I have a signed photo ? ’
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