Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] for all " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And Joe and Biddy , I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all you 've done for me . |
| 2 | ‘ My darling Laura … ’ his voice was thick and husky with emotion … ‘ when I fell fathoms deep in love with you — all those years ago — you captured my heart for all time . |
| 3 | Although small , my enthusiasm for all Sports helped me and gave me some popularity at school . |
| 4 | He would give £5 to my mum for all the cooking and £5 to my father and £5 to my uncle . |
| 5 | I love you , I need you , I want you by my side for all eternity . |
| 6 | She could just as well have been arranging my funeral for all the co-operation I offered her . |
| 7 | ‘ You mean there might not be room in my head for all those brains so something has to push out ? ’ |
| 8 | I 'M A WOMAN IN MY THIRTIES but age has n't blunted my passion for all things : books , cinema , wine , travel , conversation and good living . |
| 9 | But my prize for all time lack of observation goes to the old gentleman who , after walking past row upon row of fish tanks , stacks of fish food and eye-catching displays of pond accessories , looked me straight in the eye and said : ‘ Do you do cheese and tomato sandwiches ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ My prize for all my life . ’ |
| 11 | Then I took off my little gold earrings and felt in the folds of my dress for all the money I 'd saved or stolen from my brother 's pockets over the years , and placed both the money and earrings in the palm of her hand , forcing her fingers shut around them . |
| 12 | Steven shouted hoarsely , shaking his head , sniffing hard and blinking all at the same time , " My contempt for all … all of you is just it ! |
| 13 | ‘ I hated my childhood for all that and it 's had a really traumatic effect on my life . |
| 14 | This is my reward for all of that . ’ |
| 15 | This is my reward for all of that . ’ |
| 16 | It is about time that the Government accepted their responsibility for all sorts of things — for example , the rising unemployment levels , the rundown of the health service , the lack of measures to reduce homelessness and the failure of their economic policy to generate growth and investment to end the recession so that we can build a better Britain . |
| 17 | Beth remembered it all as though it was only yesterday ; it was etched on her mind and in her heart for all time . |
| 18 | Now that herbal usage has been revived so much in other disciplines , the definition has expanded to include plants usually grown nowadays for garden ornament , such as the Christmas rose ( Helleborus niger ) , marigold ( Calendula ) and the Florentine iris ; plants which were regarded as weeds , such as tansy , comfrey , yarrow and herb robert , but are being treated with respect as their usefulness for all sorts of reasons is realized again ; and plants which supply dyes , cosmetics , insect repellents and fragrances . |
| 19 | It is in this way that foreign language teachers will begin to see the importance of their work for all their pupils , not just those who become specialised in language and literature study . |
| 20 | After a delicious dinner , Lady Thorneycroft proposed the Loyal Toast , then the Chairman Lady Walters made a speech thanking her team for all their hard work in making the evening such a tremendous success . |
| 21 | Well ind all independent taxation is , it is n't an option , it simply means that a wife from ninety one two is independent of her husband for all tax purposes . |
| 22 | During the early sixties Butler and Stokes argue that social services was an issue that satisfied the three conditions ; its effect was " substantial " ; and it " worked strongly to Labour 's advantage " — although their evidence for all of this was weak . |
| 23 | That is to say , if X , Y , and Z are known precisely at some initial instant , then their evolution for all subsequent time is in principle determined . |
| 24 | Clara often thought that Mrs Maugham 's attitudes towards the television typified her whole moral outlook ; before acquiring it , she had considered it infinitely vulgar and debased ; after acquiring it she considered all those without it as highbrows , intellectual snobs , or paupers , while still managing to retain her scorn for all those who had had it before the precisely tasteful , worthy and perceptive moment at which she had herself succumbed to its charms . |
| 25 | It said quite plainly , there will be trouble , mademoiselle , and Jenna followed Marguerite into the house that had been home to her father for all those years . |
| 26 | But Winnie has a secret , too , one she has kept from her daughter for all these years . |
| 27 | The term ‘ visually limited ’ is used frequently by writers in the United States ( Barraga , 1976 ; Bishop , 1971 ) and refers to pupils who use their vision for all tasks including reading print , but who may need prescriptive lenses in order to do so . |
| 28 | ‘ Gender does n't mean a thing to this hard-nosed bunch : their contempt for all of us is perfectly impartial . |
| 29 | They wore expensive suits and had the general air of men who 'd found the secret key to the money pump and were cranking its handle for all they were worth . |
| 30 | The disappointing results of this survey come at a time when the second WHO review of its Health for All policy concludes that ‘ the implementation of strategies to achieve those aims has in many cases slowed down ’ . |