Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] [pers pn] all " in BNC.

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1 Have they provided prize-fights , or has it all been like all-in wrestling , where the heaves and grunts and assaults have seemed stagey and contrived ?
2 While it is unremarkable to observe that although some people eat three meals a day , and others miss out breakfast and lunch altogether , taking all their food in the evenings , there is no such parallel during sleep — no normal person has been found who , for instance , takes all his or her REM sleep in one session of ninety minutes at the beginning of the night , or saves it all up for a session in the early hours of the morning .
3 If you can only get to go to one doggie event , this is the one that has it all .
4 Colin gave that smile of familiarity , that smile of superiority , that certain smile that says it all .
5 Family 's Open Day — the picture that says it all .
6 It 's a kiss that says it all .
7 And about the spider 's web of international capital that links them all — rich and poor , East and West — together .
8 Medicine is a powerful system of knowledge , and one that affects us all ; it is therefore illuminating to find that within modern medical thought these fragments continue to be influential .
9 This element of anticipation of death is therefore one that affects us all if the circumstances warrant it or seem to do so .
10 It is a curse that affects us all .
11 THE election of a new American president is an event that affects us all .
12 They really do try to contact the invisible ‘ spirit world ’ that surrounds us all .
13 For example , ‘ Thank you , I think that tells me all I need to know about your previous jobs .
14 If you would like to find out how to help your kitten grow up healthy and strong , Whiskas have produced a booklet ‘ Know Your Cat ’ that tells you all about her needs from kittenhood to adulthood .
15 A lavishly produced 56-page guide ( £3 ) that tells you all you need to know about the design , construction and furnishing of your conservatory .
16 Lucidly , for instance , he explains how to counteract the ‘ around the next corner ’ syndrome which bugs all painter-travellers ; that will o' the wisp that tempts us all to go on ad infinitum , seeking the ‘ perfect ’ view , leaving us dispirited and fruitless .
17 They 're interested in the children and in the little bus that picks them all up .
18 The absolute discipline of drama training is one of the major things that helps you all the time .
19 ‘ It represents a new way of thinking about the media world we live in and a new way of learning the skills of active engagement and critical reflection with all forms of modern media — television , video , film , radio , print , and the glue that binds them all together — advertising , ’ says Sister Elizabeth Thoman , Executive Director of the Center for Media and Values .
20 The only maxim that connects it all formulated in California , now available near you is if it feels good , believe it .
21 " Variety 's the very spice of life That gives it all its flavour . "
22 On operating systems we wanted to be as truly hardware independent as we can , so we have chosen to operate potentially under any Posix-compliant operating system , so that gives us all the flavours or brands of Unix and a number of proprietary mid-range operating systems which are achieving Posix compliance as time goes by .
23 ‘ Beyond the shadow of doubt … the one that does it all . ’
24 The drivers and utilities supplied with the Laserwave Plus install into Windows 3.1 ( or Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions ) with no fuss — you don' even have to open the DRIVERS section of Control Panel to do the job , as there is an automatic install routine that does it all for you .
25 In this kind of house , in this kind of street , they soon collect a grey film that makes them all look much the same .
26 And the worry that makes you all tense …
27 ‘ There is one other thing that makes it all so odd , so difficult to understand .
28 Oh my darling , I am too happy and excited to be able to write all the things I want to say to you , so much is crowding in , so much has happened in such a short while and I want to pin down some of this marvellous feeling before it all rushes by and becomes more accepted — because , Betty , I do feel that we accept each other , there is a tolerance , a straightness between us that makes it all possible .
29 It may be that one day we shall discover a complete unified theory that predicts them all , but it is also possible that some or all of them vary from universe to universe or within a single universe .
30 It 's the mediocre that drags us all down to a common denominator ; … that deprives us of judgement ; … that particularly deprives us of a sense of humour .
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