Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] for all " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am sure de Macon had his hand on his dagger hilt and I realised for all they knew I could be a member of the Luciferi . |
| 2 | It 's what I used for all that weird Eno-esque synth stuff over Morrissey 's Last Of The Famous International Playboys single . |
| 3 | But the managers I played for all said I was the best professional . |
| 4 | I prayed for all the King 's Kids in their work places . |
| 5 | Lunch was an avocado and prawn sandwich and a carton of mango juice , which I admit were a bit out of character but otherwise I looked for all the world like a real musher . |
| 6 | Nineteen fifty one , we moved in , er and , I 've had , you 're not the first person to come all round here , this house , they used , they used to come round in shows from the Corporation all visitors used to come , they used to say , right Jean can we bring them round we 've had people from Germany and everywhere and being in the architect 's department I fell for all this you know I had |
| 7 | He had my old measurements and I apologised for all that I was doing to his calculations . |
| 8 | Or had she just seen him one day , walking around the suburb where he had been born , and said to him , in that sharp voice she used for all commands : ‘ Marry Me ! ’ |
| 9 | You danced for all the Daddies |
| 10 | In a fit of temper she arranged for all the surrounding elms to catch Dutch Elm Disease and quickly died . |
| 11 | When Sweetheart fixed her hair and make-up a certain way and dressed up in the clothes she made on her treadle sewing machine , she looked for all the world like Jane Russell come to life from the big screen . |
| 12 | His sister " face was pinched , her eyes large and dark against the paleness of her skin , and she looked for all the world like some sort of trapped animal . |
| 13 | She felt for all the world as if she 'd had a hangover — an event that had happened exactly once in her well-ordered life . |
| 14 | She spoke for all of us here . |
| 15 | She pinched herself , but might as well have been pinching the padded plastic of the bed on which she sat for all the sensation she felt . |
| 16 | We paid for all these dodgy old ladies |
| 17 | They asked for all the recommendations for a carer , and home support to be implemented . |
| 18 | They payed for all this with their sweat and their lives , just like the Garrimperos today . |
| 19 | They entered for all parts of the competition , but submitted a Jacobean design for the War Department and the block plan separately . |
| 20 | They entered for all parts of the competition , and their designs for the Foreign Office and the War Department were both placed seventh on the assessors ' lists , but Burn did not put them so highly , and in the end both designs were rejected by the judges , and their block plan , which had not even been seen by the assessors and presumably never tested against the conditions , was awarded third prize . |
| 21 | It was a memorable tour by the Pakistanis and the bottom line must be the magnificent spectacle of cricket they provided for all who watched them . |
| 22 | Well then as the unit got bigger , as I said , the room at the offices in the Lock was n't big enough so we moved from there to Alma Green Infant School , that 's the school now they used for all kinds of social activities during the day and th on that side by the car park . |
| 23 | Throughout the proceedings people were conscious that they spoke for all Zuwaya , addressing each other formally as ‘ You , Zuwayi there ’ and referred to themselves collectively as ‘ We Zuwaya ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ Fine streaming ’ — the allocation of pupils , according to their general ability , to classes in which they remained for all subjects — declined in favour . |
| 25 | A courteous man , he had an expression that he used for all seasons — ‘ Lovely ! |
| 26 | He entered for all parts of the competition and submitted twenty-one drawings . |
| 27 | He appealed for all Muslim organisations to join the Alliance . |
| 28 | It appealed for all outside countries with interests in the region to refrain from actions that would impede such a process . |
| 29 | Pooley had adopted the embarrassed tone he reserved for all conversations about the family estate . |
| 30 | ‘ Father Abbot , ’ he declared for all to hear , ‘ we thank you for your hospitality but we shall return . |