Example sentences of "[to-vb] i all " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why did you have to leave me all alone down here ? ’ |
| 2 | I do n't expect you to be able to give me all the time in the world : that would be unreasonable . ’ |
| 3 | You do well , do n't you , to give me all this trouble and vexation ? |
| 4 | Then I was able to er go for my own self , you know and er I went on doing locks , one thing and another , best I could and all that sort of thing and I worked for a , a bloke what was in there er be a little bloke but he was the best locksmith in the shop and I went to help him and er he used to give me all the to do and this and that and the other . |
| 5 | all your cards with the player to your right , so you 've got to give me all your cards , and I 've got none , so |
| 6 | I can , as yet , rate only the cheaper of these because I have yet to summon up the chutzpah to ask Tesco to send me all their other examples to sample . |
| 7 | He said he 'd been wanting to ring me all day but did n't want to interrupt my work . |
| 8 | ‘ Why could n't you have waited until your mother was home to ask me all these things ? |
| 9 | There are so many sick in the village , February is a wicked month , and it seems to take me all my time to get round the cottages and then when I am back , I am extremely tired and I fear I 'm not as patient as I should be , poor little creatures and the baby still in his petticoats . |
| 10 | Well if I 'm going to read this er at all properly it 's going to take me all afternoon is n't it ? |
| 11 | Ven nodded , ‘ When I got back from taking you back to your hotel that Monday , I instructed him to bring me all correspondence to and from Verity magazine . |
| 12 | I suggest coffee in my cabin , Commander , and perhaps you 'll be kind enough to tell me all you know . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Now , do you want to tell me all the facts ? ’ |
| 14 | Well , you 're going to have to tell me all about that because … because … ’ |
| 15 | I said , that if it was not troublesome and presuming too much , I would request him to tell me all the little circumstances of his life ; what schools he attended , when he came to Oxford , when he came to London , &c. , &c. , He did not disapprove of my curiosity as to these particulars ; but said , ‘ They 'll come out by degrees as we talk together . ’ ’ |
| 16 | I thought it was rather grand to be going to supper on the boat and I wanted her to tell me all about it later but I never saw her again . |
| 17 | ‘ That you swear to tell me all about this woman you told Ma was the most wonderful girl in the world . ’ |
| 18 | Now I want you to tell me all the other facts that you know . |
| 19 | ‘ How kind of you , ’ she said , balancing nicely on the edge of irony , in case a few minutes more of this should see him running out of line to shoot , and make it desirable to jettison him , ‘ how kind of you to tell me all about it ! ’ |
| 20 | Roll round in the gutter as much as you like , but do n't call me to tell me all about it . |
| 21 | ‘ My dear Rose , ’ Theda said with a smile , ‘ you have so espoused Benedict 's cause that you imagine it is enough to tell me all his unfortunate history to make me realise what I already know . |
| 22 | Do you want to tell me all about it ? ’ |
| 23 | I want you to tell me all about her . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You promised to tell me all about it . |
| 25 | Now you 're going to tell me all about your experiences in the police are n't you ? |
| 26 | And you 're so anxious to justify yourself , that you answer the question , and then you go on to tell me all the background behind it , and in so doing you give me a lovely piece of information which I did n't actually have when you walked into the room . |