Example sentences of "all [pron] [vb past] [be] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All I took was the three pesos for the room . |
| 2 | so then the very time he went in I you know , took did n't say anything at all I thought was the best thing . |
| 3 | But as usual all I saw was the hairy form bounding away out of sight round the corner of the house . |
| 4 | She stopped there , and all you heard was the rattling and creaking and wind rushing past and the muffled pounding of the horses . |
| 5 | All you wanted was the rough stuff out do you see , all the timber that was good , and the bad stuff as well , get it out . |
| 6 | And all you needed was the brief message that you had to send . |
| 7 | All they got was the usual complacent , superficial parroting of the empty nonsense about commitments and guarantees . |
| 8 | Ive always liked him , and said that all he lacked was the domineering touch . |
| 9 | He saw the knowledge in her face that he was already chairman — all he needed was the official confirmation . |
| 10 | All it required was the moral and political will , and control of the physical means . |