Example sentences of "all [subord] [vb past] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She all but yelled the words at him , incensed beyond reason that he could even consider such a thing . |
| 2 | ‘ Aspirin — the bottle held aspirin ! ’ she all but yelled the words back at him . |
| 3 | His astronomical travelling expenses all but bankrupted the club , and his non-appearance at over half the games sapped team morale . |
| 4 | Driven to fury by his goading and by her own uncontrollable reactions to him , Shannon all but spat the words . |
| 5 | Goaded beyond reason , she all but spat the words at him . |
| 6 | With a terrible flash that all but blinded the onlookers the island vanished , around it the storm of magical energy . |
| 7 | She all but screamed the denial , horribly aware that it was n't true . |
| 8 | The walls were a blaze of colour — vivid , exciting , dramatic paintings that all but covered the walls , and she was in nearly every one of them . |
| 9 | So much so that , when the various category prizes were announced , he all but swept the board . |
| 10 | It was the BTU tax , more than anything else , which all but scuppered the budget in Congress on May 27th . |
| 11 | Relief all but swamped the words . |
| 12 | She all but shrieked the word . |
| 13 | Similarly , as the debate on the president 's tax reform bill was about to get underway in the House the speaker ‘ all but conceded the battle was lost — largely as a result of heavy lobbying by the president , his aides and voters mobilized by Reagan 's television appeal ’ . |
| 14 | There were moments when I all but spoke the truth . |
| 15 | Soon after he got there the atom bomb all but ended the issue and certainly ended all active prospects for the latest intake of air crew . |
| 16 | In his talk the president all but predicted the re-emergence of the Inquisition , this because questions were being raised ‘ by members of the lay public ’ . |
| 17 | Stephen Gray all but completed the full flight test programme , with four flights in one day , August 14 , of the Fighter Collection 's Mk.XIV , MV293 . |
| 18 | It all but invited every cop-hating drug freak , every aggrieved drugs trafficker from the Bekaa Valley to Los Angeles , every ultra-right , gun-running , Contra-supporting machismo addict , and every thwarted narco-terrorist or Muslim extremist looking for a safe or cheap revenge to ‘ terminate ’ him also . |
| 19 | They all but destroyed the crucial long-term relationship between writer and editor . |
| 20 | The Oxford fans were still cheering their goal when Liam 0 Brien all but broke the net . |