Example sentences of "[vb past] it [verb] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | In explanation Van Valen put forward what he termed the Red Queen 's hypothesis , named after the Lewis Carroll character who found it took all the running one can do to keep in the same place . |
| 2 | Montague managed to convince Mortimer of his innocence , but his narrow escape did not discourage the king , and when the coup came it had all the appearance of being carefully planned . |
| 3 | 84% felt it covered all aspects associated with the subject matter . |
| 4 | For Herbert and his fellow Arminians , therefore , the ‘ mean ’ way of English Protestantism was its ‘ praise and glory ’ , which enabled it to avoid all the worst excesses of its rivals . |
| 5 | And if they knew it had all been |
| 6 | This sight brought her immediately down from her high , tragic pinnacle and made it seem all somehow cosier , as she thought she was sharing this music with such a wise and friendly dog . |
| 7 | Millwall on the other hand made it look all to easy … their sub Verveeay was a yard too quick for the Oxford defence … and his shot was spot on … |
| 8 | The group went on growing until St Augustine , or rather his source , made it include all the barbarians : " Atlantici Libyes , Aegyptii , Indi , Persae , Chaldaei , Scythae , Galli , Hispani " ( Civ. dei 8.9 ) . |
| 9 | It was then I noticed a small cut on his forearm , at least it looked small until it opened up and I realised it went all the way through all the underlying muscles . |
| 10 | He pointed out that the army version of the shooting prompted the questions : Why , if the army believed that it had caught three terrorists , did it let all of them escape ? |
| 11 | left it running all the time . |
| 12 | So I had it put all on one floor for her , so she would n't have any stairs to climb . |
| 13 | a right high one but it had er , had it got all things on top ? |
| 14 | You said it runs all the time . |
| 15 | He said , said you were just standing there and all of a sudden he said you looked at me looked back at the wall just went pee he said it 's all come out , it 's all splattered all over the wall he said , you did your fly up , wiped your mouth , washed your hands and went out again as if nothing had happened . |
| 16 | The 1988 Criminal Justice Act extended it to cover all crimes where a few thousand pounds are involved . |