Example sentences of "[prep] all [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " 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 | Oh , Silas — darling — after all this time it 's wonderful to see you again . |
| 9 | Despite the loss of all external stimulus he continued painting throughout his life , working in both oil and water-colour . |
| 10 | Cecilia sometimes wondered if this was the precursor of all that sex she seemed so fond of later on . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 12 | When I fink of all that time 'e jus ' sat at the front door wiv 'is 'ead in 'is 'ands , I shudder . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | In the midst of all this juggling we do n't want to lose any hours . ’ |
| 15 | I tend to see people as walking garbage cans , fill of all this mess they do n't know how to deal with . ’ |
| 16 | And yet in spite of all this work they cry ‘ More , John ! ’ , |
| 17 | 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 ? |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | In spite of all this food I remained as thin as a rake , and was as hungry as ever . |
| 20 | 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 ’ . |
| 21 | As it neared its climax Joe was suddenly reminded of all this energy he was supposed to have . |
| 22 | In the midst of all this tension I giggled . |
| 23 | South Cave has 18th century houses , an ancient castle and churches , but amongst all this antiquity it is very much alive . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Yellow Peril 's defenders insist like all good art it 's provocative and has a sting in the tail |
| 26 | look about all that meat you give her |
| 27 | They kept nagging at him about all that space he had and how she 'd got nowhere and her dad would n't have her back and her with a baby inside her . |
| 28 | You told me before about all this money she 's supposed to have . |
| 29 | All hidden crimes , through all that realme he sent , |
| 30 | After leaving the prairies in 1937 my working career took me to many lands around the world for 37 years , and I must confess that during all that time I scarcely thought of my old friend Edna Jacques until January of 1974 , when we were living in Anguilla . |