Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] at all " in BNC.
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| 1 | She phoned him at all hours of the day and night , ranting sometimes , crying others . |
| 2 | There were great gaps of time when no one directed me at all . |
| 3 | Yes , did you find that hindered you at all ? |
| 4 | Looked again , more carefully this time , and saw no-one that resembled her at all . |
| 5 | But as to why he knew God and obeyed him at all , his faith was not the least blind . |
| 6 | like I imagined it at all . |
| 7 | She barely noticed it at all as she stood for a few seconds in front of the mirror and pulled the comb through her hair . |
| 8 | When I came to Macmillan , it was with the greatest difficulty that I telephoned him at all . |
| 9 | His jaw hung open , and he was near enough for me to see the rain dashing from his face — when lightning showed him at all . |
| 10 | A matron chaperoned them at all times , trekking them from digs to school , on to the theatre and finally back to their digs at night , the crocodile of children walking slower as the day progressed . |
| 11 | I followed them at all three , but if The Valley was a 100 miles away , I 'd still be back . ’ |
| 12 | As it turned out , Mr. Wickstead , although very fond of Richard , never taught him at all ! |
| 13 | ‘ Our conditions were so strict , I 'm surprised they signed us at all . |
| 14 | The road was crossed by a locked-down barrier about two kilometres further on , but Belov had a key and the barrier hardly slowed them at all . |
| 15 | Indeed , she was starting to wonder — in a moment of forlornness that was unlike her — if anyone needed her at all . |
| 16 | I never loved him at all , Angel . |
| 17 | Beforehand they were tense and quiet , and no doubt very frightened if the truth were known , but on their return , if we saw them at all , they would be relaxed and only looking forward to bacon and eggs in the Mess — and then bed . |
| 18 | he never saw them at all , no . |
| 19 | I went everywhere and no-one knew me at all . |
| 20 | You think you know people and then you wonder if you ever knew them at all . ’ |
| 21 | They were confined for the most part to the close proximity of the waterways and some parts of the country hardly knew them at all . |
| 22 | But even then , before I knew her at all , I sensed that normality was not really Karen 's thing . |
| 23 | ‘ I hardly knew her at all , ’ said Guy , unconcernedly , ‘ only she happened to mention it once . ’ |
| 24 | He said you were very kind to him , you and Miguel — hardly hurt him at all . ’ |
| 25 | Or whether you saw it at all . |
| 26 | As a consequence of which well we went to Egypt and the Sudan this business , we came back and er the b the the foreman 's brother he ne he never liked me ever this forema when I were a kid you know , he never liked me at all , I never got on with him and and er mind you there 's a long story about that but it 's a silly little thing that er that I really upset him with . |
| 27 | They talked for ages , making their drinks last , and no one came and bothered them at all . |
| 28 | Sue had smiled , glossy pink lips , smooth make-up , brown eyes like treacle , and said nothing and , as far as Marion knew , her feet never bothered her at all . |
| 29 | I never made more friends as easily as when I was among people whose language I spoke badly and who barely spoke mine at all . |
| 30 | The Germans hardly shelled us at all . |