Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [to-vb] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | you see and ther I su I suppose there was about ten or a dozen girls behind the counter because it was early and late turn for them because you see we were open , you see , until ten o'clock at night , you see , and er then , well , anyway , after that erm I heard about this job going as Assistant Manageress at Cambridge and er so I applied and the Manager said to me , I thought well I 'll be here ten years , erm I can be here until I 'm you know , donkeys years and er so he said well look you may not get a job because he said that another girl coming from Norwich to go to Cambridge to see the Manager as well as you and so you might not get it , she might get it , and , however , I went and er I , I met the Manager and the Manageress in the front office , the Manager 's office and we all had a chat but I did n't see the girl from Norwich , she must have gone some other day and anyway I got the job , you see , and er , and so I went to Cambridge as Assistant Manageress and I very well and I got to know all kinds of people , all nationalities being a university city . |
| 2 | Well it was a town then but since then it 's been made a city , you see , and I got to know all kinds of people and one gentleman came in there , used to come every evening and write a book and er , I used to look after him if I happened to be that end and er , you see , and then he 'd say , oh just an exchange you know about the weather and just in general thing and then I 'd leave him and he 'd get on with his writing and one day he said to me . |
| 3 | Well I got to work all day and I 'm still oh do you think , want me I can get you two I 'll write you a list , . |
| 4 | I expected to see all kind of things you know |
| 5 | I expected to find all the elements of exciting night scenes : glowing street lights , interesting architecture , wet pavements , and a variety of shop windows . |
| 6 | I expected to find all the elements of exciting night scenes : glowing street lights , interesting architecture , wet pavements , and a variety of shop windows . |
| 7 | I tried to recapitulate all the rude names James had ever called the Management . |
| 8 | I tried to recall all the lessons Tata had taught me when I was a child . |
| 9 | Not that I do it , I mean if I tried to read all that stuff , I 'd never leave home but I mean they actually give a a an advice list which we can then comply with . |
| 10 | ‘ But , after a time , I began to see all his ideas as sort of odd , not charming eccentricities , but … you know , symptoms . ’ |
| 11 | I began to believe all those stories about the Revie selection policy . |
| 12 | I began to read all the books that I could find about electricity and its terrible power . |
| 13 | I decided to go all the way . |
| 14 | I decided to put all these experiences to positive use and managed to get a job with a charitable trust in London which works with women ex-prisoners . |
| 15 | I DECIDED TO PUT ALL SECTIONS OF THE LAKE AND RIVER SYSTEMS IN THE BACKGROUND |
| 16 | From then on I decided to leave all that I had and collect nothing but Avant-garde . |
| 17 | So I decided to dare all — Now I owe |
| 18 | ‘ Finally I decided to tell all . ’ |
| 19 | I needed to share all your life , not just a few hours in bed every night . ’ |
| 20 | But pretty quickly I started to get all this hassle : these guys coming up to me , driving past in cars and stopping , calling out things to me . |
| 21 | " But — I struggled to digest all this . |
| 22 | I managed to get all my work done and still watch some of my favourite programs on the television . |
| 23 | I managed to secure all three volumes and also a copy of the Miracles of our Lord , and learnt much about prayer , and trust in God . |
| 24 | K. R. In that time , I had to do all the side streets , milking padlocks . |
| 25 | On the last day Seve birdied the first hole and Hale took a six on the second , I can remember the scoring because in those days I had to mark all the cards , and I remember putting Irwin down for a six — and then the card blew in to the bunker on the second and I had to go chasing after it . |
| 26 | They were a tremendous help during that period when my athletics earning power was almost nil but I had to devote all my time to athletics to achieve success . |
| 27 | and I had to forbid all five of the children from looking . |
| 28 | And then when my wife died and I had to sell all you know it disa er I think er it got away with er some old stuff you know . |
| 29 | goes , I had to pick all six up for that price , put them away for next year 's presents . |
| 30 | And when I was fifteen I had to take all this craziness on my shoulders , there was so much imbalance out there , so much excess . |