Example sentences of "[prep] all [adj] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 After all that milk you look pretty sleepy .
2 After all that trauma I think I deserve this do you ?
3 I had to put the project aside for a while , he wrote , as the rent had to be paid , not to speak of alimony , school fees and the rest , and , coming back to it after a considerable period , much longer , unfortunately , than I had anticipated , and I will not even try to apologize since you gave me a completely free hand — anyway , he wrote , trying to ignore the damp spots left on the page of his pad by his sweaty hands , anyway , coming back to it after all that time I realized that it would be quite impossible in practice to separate the valuable and the worthless , the public and the private , and that , in a sense , one would have to think in terms of either publishing the whole thing exactly as it stood , or not doing it at all .
4 And after all that effort they chose the most obvious candidate — a man with experience of television and the BBC — James Wilkinson .
5 They 've got to do , are n't they , I mean , after all bloody harm they caused .
6 After all this instrument-flying it was great to simply have the map and compass .
7 But if your ticket allows you to fly back from Lisbon or Oporto , after all this culture you could go walking in one of the national parks , explore the wine regions , or treat yourself to a spa ( try Termas de São Pedro and Caldas da Rainha , cheapest in Western Europe ) .
8 After all this time his hopes could still be rekindled , so the comment was made cheerfully .
9 Oh , Silas — darling — after all this time it 's wonderful to see you again .
10 This is probably the reason for its universal acceptance as something to be cherished , and for its survival despite all religious disapproval which from time to time has endeavoured to denigrate it , as did for example , some of the teachings of Puritanism .
11 Despite the loss of all external stimulus he continued painting throughout his life , working in both oil and water-colour .
12 Cecilia sometimes wondered if this was the precursor of all that sex she seemed so fond of later on .
13 ‘ We 've always known what we did n't want our music to sound like , but we never realised that out of all that chaos we 'd sound so laid back . ’
14 When I fink of all that time 'e jus ' sat at the front door wiv 'is 'ead in 'is 'ands , I shudder .
15 But once the defector has been squeezed dry of all useful information he will end up sitting in a bare office in Dzerzhinsky Square , the KGB headquarters , with nothing to do but sift through material from his country .
16 In the midst of all this juggling we do n't want to lose any hours . ’
17 I tend to see people as walking garbage cans , fill of all this mess they do n't know how to deal with . ’
18 And yet in spite of all this work they cry ‘ More , John ! ’ ,
19 and the hand does n't sneak out afterwards and starts popping out and then it 's useless , then the rest of all this stuff you just get it out of the way under the arm , it 's all gone , right , this bit comes up between the two shoulder blades , do n't make the mistake of bringing it across there , a lot of people do that , that wo n't do , you have to come round the back and between these two shoulder blades to get maximum support , you 've got to hold this elbow up and then you tie it near the hand , now I recommend that you tie it and talk to your casualty , half tie it and say is that supporting you enough ?
20 I said to the Prime Minister : Make certain — and surely , in face of all this trouble it is worthwhile making certain — that you have the will of the country behind you , and , so far as the Unionist party are concerned , we will absolutely cease all unconstitutional opposition to the carrying of your measure .
21 In spite of all this food I remained as thin as a rake , and was as hungry as ever .
22 Max Caulfield , in his biography of Mrs Whitehouse , sums up the argument in one sentence , saying ‘ as to the purpose of all this frenzy it was easy to explain that the forces of revolution , unable to achieve their objectives at the ballot box or , because of the existence of the nuclear bomb , by full-scale war , were endeavouring to encourage moral decay ’ .
23 As it neared its climax Joe was suddenly reminded of all this energy he was supposed to have .
24 In the midst of all this tension I giggled .
25 Okay , out of all these whose high school , out of all these list which one do you reckon will be the most complex system of , , , St John the Baptist , , Magna Carta , Bishop , Hart Brown , county school , George Abbott .
26 South Cave has 18th century houses , an ancient castle and churches , but amongst all this antiquity it is very much alive .
27 The music had sounded exactly like all other music he had ever heard , and the intervals between Louise Müller 's appearances had been rather tedious , but the display of her charms had provided more than adequate compensation for the occasional ennui Lefevre had enjoyed it even more , expressing his enthusiasm at the end by shouting , ‘ Bravo ! ’ standing , and clapping his hands above his head .
28 Yellow Peril 's defenders insist like all good art it 's provocative and has a sting in the tail
29 It was like all that ego-building which eventually turns into a monster .
30 look about all that meat you give her
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