Example sentences of "it [vb past] [adv] [vb infin] at all " in BNC.

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1 It did not accord at all with the normal context of school life .
2 Habershon 's scheme was only eleventh on Angell and Pownall 's and it did not appear at all on Burn s , g while Rochead and Dwyer 's schemes were both rejected by Angell and Pownall for slightly exceeding the stipulated site .
3 The court went on to record that the issues thus created had been narrowed by the acceptance on the part of the applicant 's counsel that the right of silence could not be invoked against the Director prior to the charge of the suspected person , and by counsel for the Director that if , as he submitted , the power to require information did not cease at the time of charge then it did not cease at all ( save in cases where the charge was not pursued ) until the investigation came to an end on the conviction or acquittal of the person charged .
4 So that when John suggested they should spend Sunday ‘ watching the fun ’ down at the Railway Office , it did not seem at all out of key .
5 It did not help at all that upon arrival yesterday the royal couple instantly touched base in that comforting symbol of past British power , the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank .
6 Because it did n't do at all well there .
7 In performance terms , having just given it some serious bottom end , it did n't cope at all well ; the speaker was flapping .
8 His head banged against the wall when they reached the landing , but for some reason it did n't hurt at all .
9 Of course , it did n't hurt at all and 12 minutes later ( the nurse timed it on a stopwatch ) I felt quite satisfied that I had ‘ done my bit ’ and maybe would help someone to live .
10 ‘ I flung my arms round her and we walked the very long way to the terminal in the pouring rain and it did n't matter at all . ’
11 It did n't matter at all . ’
12 ‘ Oh , really ? ’ she uttered smugly as if it did n't matter at all .
13 We 've lived such different lives , Shelley , but the moment we were together it did n't matter at all .
14 Well it did n't sound at all like any of that when I spoke to M Mr Heseltine , near his home , a couple of hours ago .
15 Well , he could understand that , but he still thought it was a wasteful way of keeping the lower ranks occupied , and it did n't square at all with the continual excuses the seneschal and his minions kept making about being under-staffed .
16 He was accustomed to it from his schooldays since his was n't a memory system that made a good impression on harassed teachers or impatient examiners , especially as it did n't work at all with books .
17 No matter how carefully they pointed out that areas of low pressure almost always bring rain and high winds and plenty of cloud , it did n't help at all when Station Commanders and Navigation Officers specifically wanted clear skies and good visibility over their targets .
18 It did n't seem at all surprising that she 'd slowed down a little .
19 It did n't seem at all likely that it could have anything to do with Stavanger , and corpses in the Thames , alas , are not all that infrequent .
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