Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] all the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The girls were , however , very much alike : wide-eyed , glossy-haired , with a hunch of shoulder and ease of hip that made them all the sisters they longed to be . |
| 2 | ‘ We attacked them , attacked them , attacked them all the way up that straight and round that bend but they kept pounding more and more on and they held us , ’ said Probert . |
| 3 | I think if you went and saw our own doctors a lot of our fears would be allayed because most of the young doctors would n't , would recommend to you , my own doctor asked me all the questions and different things and then he says he 's a young doctor , he says if I were a women and if I 'd answered all the questions as you did , I would go on H R T. |
| 4 | I definitely could n't afford that , so I took it back to the Oxford Used Car Centre and erm what happened , the mechanical breakdown service — now this is where I thought they were very good — they reimbursed me all the money that I 'd paid out on those repairs plus they did the repairs and put me a new gearbox in and the car 's running perfectly . |
| 5 | Ian coloured them all the way , the way in Malta and when you read the letter |
| 6 | But he helped me all the way round and I hope I can do him justice tomorrow . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ But Barbara Coleman lured you all the way to Nice today to insist Joseph killed Sabine Jourdain . ’ |
| 8 | Robert Forbes pulled out before his partners were indicted , a manoeuvre which cost him all the accumulated wealth of Lorna Lewis 's golden days . |
| 9 | Lucier had taken himself up to the gallery of the chapel — a climb which cost him all the strength that was left him . |
| 10 | Robyn raised the glass to her lips and took a first sip ; she had a feeling that counting to ten was not going to work , but she tried it all the same . |
| 11 | I told them all the positive things , of the love I had seen , of Nancy , of Tom , Dick and Harry and of my various forms of visualization . |
| 12 | I did n't actually visit Mum for very long but old Mrs McSporran told me all the news of the Senior Citizens and our deacon gave me a few tips about growing rhubarb . |
| 13 | I told her all the justifications and apologies had to go . |
| 14 | But he ate it all the same , Ellie noticed , as she hurried back to her chair . |
| 15 | I thought : ‘ Well , you wanted a working-class original , and that 's what you 've got , ’ and I ate it all the best way I could — fingers and all . |
| 16 | Phillis played it all the time : for old times sake wo n't you give my heart a break ? |
| 17 | We never really played it all the way through . |
| 18 | The taxi-driver had been born in Glasgow — our second compatriot of the night — and he took pity on ‘ two wee Scotch lassies ’ , and drove us all the way for a very modest remuneration . |
| 19 | So he caught them up in his cloak and carried them to the top of the mountain , and there he showed them all the treasures and towns and palaces that were in the world . |
| 20 | Next he showed them all the armies and warriors and weapons in the world . |
| 21 | She got them out one of everything and showed them all the different fish . |
| 22 | But my efforts at poking her rear end were fruitless ; she faced me all the time , wide-mouthed and growling as I circled . |
| 23 | Yeah I know but he did say that even though agents I 'm not giving you this and then he showed me all the things you know to sort of prove that he was doing it . |
| 24 | And it showed you all the sort of countries of the world , you know , on lights and , and that , and which light was for which wh when they took us round the er |
| 25 | Like the dog 's born er after , before that , and before that , and before that and it showed you all the owners and everything , right ? |
| 26 | When at last he came down to Egypt , Joseph showed him all the love and respect that were a father 's due , all the love and respect that Ham had failed so conspicuously to show to Noah . |
| 27 | The Mimulus was in fact a garden escape , but he allowed it all the same , while conceding that a purist would not . |
| 28 | We went round there and showed us all the way round |
| 29 | The thing is my father was a journalist , and he taught me all the fucking tricks . |
| 30 | Er but he followed them all the way back to a flat on th on the on the complex . |