Example sentences of "all [pron] [vb past] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All I had at the end was a sore hand and broken fingernails . |
| 2 | I am not exaggerating when I say that I was inspired by all I saw at the adult education centres in Croydon . |
| 3 | A belated attempt at abdomen-straining brought it swimming back into fuzzy focus , but that dial was all I saw during the remainder of an interminable fast-jet loop . |
| 4 | Shrugs were all I received from the Tourist Information Centre on the harbour . |
| 5 | All I heard of the answer was the low bass of Mr Toombs and the nasal falsetto of Roger Beeding . |
| 6 | So it is thanks to you for coming to these events and thanks to all who contributed to the organisation for between you all it was a most successful day . |
| 7 | May I thank all who contributed to the KSC Polish Appeal recently ; for your generous donations which have enabled this work to be carried out . |
| 8 | In the Annual Report published in July , Hugh Laughland , Chairman of Stoddard Sekers International PLC , praised the efforts of all who worked for the company . |
| 9 | Meanwhile , producer James Macalpine sends his renewed thanks to all who co-operated in the making of this film . |
| 10 | Almost all who commented to the Widdicombe Committee regarded the remuneration of councillors as ‘ unsatisfactory both in terms of the basis of payment and the level of payment ’ ( Widdicombe 1986 , para. 6.94 ) and the Committee recommended a basic flat-rate payment and a special responsibility allowance . |
| 11 | Because , let's face it , all you saw in the studio was the barrel of a gun , and on the roof-top , the interior of a cab . |
| 12 | All we got from the insurance company was a sum for fixtures and fittings . |
| 13 | I mean that 's all we did in the Sugar House |
| 14 | All they had in the house was six eggs for scrambling and the remains of Ethel 's heart . |
| 15 | No they get nothing , they 'd get , all they went on the dole , well they used to get , they used to get erm , say yeah well you would get welfare benefit what we call the club , you go on the club and you see used t I , my , apparently had a private club , you could have both you see you had the private club and you got so much from the government , the National Health . |
| 16 | Between them Rain and Oliver told Cobalt almost all they knew about the night of the murder and about the paintings . |
| 17 | Once they had set off , Mr Smith and Mr Jones , for all their being well into their middle years , proceeded to behave like schoolboys , singing coarse songs and making even coarser comments on all they saw from the window . |
| 18 | That 's all they got off the union at that time of the day . |
| 19 | Next day they had taken the mirror and the pottery and the porcelain to Long Melford because there were more antique shops in Long Melford than anywhere else they had seen , but £20 was all they got for the lot . |
| 20 | One set was all they needed from the match but coach Tommy Dowens admitted the defeat left him a little flat in spite of the fact his team clinched the title . |
| 21 | Well some of them came by road and RAF trucks , the fuselages , and then there were all they started at the top of the airfield in the old flying club pavilion , and then they were er stripped down and stuff was taken off them , checked out , for airworthiness to see whether it was ready to go back on the planes , and then they came down to the back of the top hanger which was then they were all down to the skeleton of the aircraft and they started rebuilding them again like , there were engine shops and the place at the bottom hanger where they used to make the Swallow side-cars was the spraying and where they completed the aircraft . |
| 22 | He played a song at the end of the interview , and all he said to the band was : ‘ When I kick , that means I 'm going to start , and when I kick my leg again , that means I 'm going to stop . ’ |
| 23 | Burton dug into himself and , as he always did with work he reverenced , laid all he had at the service of the part . |
| 24 | That 's all he came into the library for , of course — to get that book . |
| 25 | ‘ My father approves of this — he never really believed all he heard from the priest . ’ |
| 26 | When I had nothing on at all he sat on the floor beside the bed with his cheek resting on one arm and watched my face while he caressed me . |
| 27 | Balcon could expostulate all he liked about the depth of British talent but , for Mayer , the film industry remained in Hollywood . |
| 28 | An Arsenal friend of mine admitted that all he wanted at the moment was for Leeds to catch Scum . |
| 29 | He himself had seen all he wanted of the Heathertons , and was free now to get on with his studies , without interruption . |
| 30 | They were not far out of Belfast when Mallachy woke up , and all he wanted from the rest of the day , he said , was his own wee bed and no one in it . |