Example sentences of "[adv] all [pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So basically all I would have to do is take them with me and I 'd bring them home on the same day . |
| 2 | Obviously , we that right , people will still move if unemployment 's high , but if you try , if the government tries and gets rid of unem urban unemployment , say people have moved because of it , so there 's unemployment there to start with because of the reasons we 've discussed earlier , so then the government said okay , well let's get rid of the unemployment that has occurred already , by erm , either , at the same wage rate trying to well yes , the same , they 'll keep wage rates the same , but erm , increase , you know , make the public sector bigger or , or do something to create urban jobs , and basically all it will do is , encourage more migrants because they 'll see the probability of getting a job will increase so the expected wage will increase so you 'll get migration on top of what 's already occurring . |
| 3 | It was a trick she 'd learned long ago ; if you bit hard enough all you could think of was the pain ; the misery and sorrow , in that instance , faded into insignificance . |
| 4 | What they do n't seem to realise is that we do n't keep spares in the office , so all we can do is send them on to Ablex anyway , so you 'll have longer to wait . |
| 5 | So all he could do , poor bastard , was celebrate it with me . |
| 6 | The other vineyards were all wiped out in the phylloxera epidemic of the last century and never replanted ; but lonely though it is on the local wine lists , Irouléguy will do nicely ; I have never got much beyond the stage of dividing wines into nice and nasty when it comes to describing them , so all I shall say is that Irouléguy is nice . |
| 7 | Yeah , well what you do is they give you a sheet of paper and th , you write down who was involved in the conversation , so all I 'd say is , is erm Mum |
| 8 | It swam straight into my chest and bowled me over , thank God it swam on but the adrenalin was flowing so all I could think about was what sort of picture I 'd got . |
| 9 | There were no books in the room so all I could do was look out of the window and wait for the quarterly chimes from the Cathedral Clock . |
| 10 | By next morning some stray cat had eaten much of his back , so all I could do was measure him . |
| 11 | So all I could do was to prance about waving flashcards and realia like a second-rate conjuror at a children 's party , and try not to glance at my watch more than once a minute . |
| 12 | Well when , when Friar Lawrence returned when he was meant to be giving the letter to Romeo , I was just devastated , I did I just did n't know what to do so all I could do was rush down to the graveyard and try and stop Romeo , by the time I was there it was too late . |
| 13 | He was wearing a balaclava so all I could see was his eyes . |
| 14 | There 's not much they can do , there 's no there 's no new chests in the hospital to give out , nor an extension to life , so all I can do is try and cope . |
| 15 | Now we committee erm with the resignation of Joan as ticket and subscription secretary , so all I can do is ask for any nominations from the floor , please or any volunteer who would like to follow Joan . |
| 16 | So all I can suggest is this : once you reach that ‘ hole ’ you mention , keep battling on . |
| 17 | So all I can remember from that first evening by the pool is a general physical impression — of a sweet , typically Californian girl in her early twenties , with long legs , a firm bust , wide-apart eyes below blonde hair and — oh yes , of course ! — hundreds of freckles . |
| 18 | ‘ So all I can see are your fingers , your toes and your naughty bits ? ’ |
| 19 | So all you 'd do is you 'd cast about for a friend , you 'd decide on a price that you would accept and if it was a friend , if you had to sell it and you needed fifteen quid to buy a pair of shoes or whatever , erm and you 'd like twenty , you 'd turn to a mate and go , Have you got twenty quid ? and he he 'd say yes or no . |
| 20 | It 's just a matter of waiting for your references to be checked out , or whatever the complication is , so all you 'd do , is stay , I mean , do n't sit at home . |
| 21 | So all you can remember is |
| 22 | So all she can do is sit and hope that Nicholas will be released before very much longer . |
| 23 | It was impossible to see where they 'd landed , so all she could do was hope . |
| 24 | So all she could report was that it seemed dark and cruiser-shaped . |
| 25 | Tonight all I could do was make sure of Crispin . |
| 26 | Branded items like Prize Grills , described as ‘ pure ground beef with a hint of seasoning ’ or ‘ two pieces of southern fried chicken ’ were not all they might seem from the packet descriptions , the prosecution alleged . |
| 27 | Certainly the weather was not all we could have wished for . |
| 28 | that 's not all you can do now is blame the Labour Party , it 's incredible now . |
| 29 | ‘ His mental state was not all it might have been , ’ said Mr Cardwell . |
| 30 | Tucked away in a small street off London 's Spitalfields Market is a house that is not all it would seem from the outside . |