Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] all [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some candidates for overseas study told me in all honesty that the acquisition of consumer durables , the modern-day trappings of success , was the main motivation for their efforts , although they also hoped to help the ‘ motherland ’ in the process . |
| 2 | Although they had decided that it was a drill motor , Bernice 's imagination turned it into all sorts of monsters . |
| 3 | And the touch of his scorching lips , the clasp of his arms , the close union with his warm , strong body robbed her of all strength and of all power of resistance . ‘ |
| 4 | He did n't quite know why he 'd hoped that Alex could be cleared of the murder , but the confirmation of his friend 's guilt sapped him of all energy . |
| 5 | There were indeed some who shook their heads and moaned , but on the whole buoyancy , bullishness and general enthusiasm hit me from all sides . |
| 6 | Whereas the Formalist concept was related to the literary devices within a text , the Prague School theory applied it to all forms of language . |
| 7 | Trees surrounded it on all sides . |
| 8 | But Judge Karl-Heinz Schmoll ruled : ‘ The policy covered him in all situations in life . ’ |
| 9 | Life can take many strange twists , ’ Jonas told her in all seriousness , then softened the whole with a laugh . |
| 10 | My Grandfather accompanied me to all contests and modelling assignments and was well known on the Beauty Queen circuit as ‘ Pop ’ . |
| 11 | A matron chaperoned them at all times , trekking them from digs to school , on to the theatre and finally back to their digs at night , the crocodile of children walking slower as the day progressed . |