Example sentences of "[verb] [pos pn] [noun] for all " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | LEEDS opened and finished this Regal Trophy second-round game at Headingley with tries of such quality as to mollify their followers for all the dross in between . |
| 3 | If you tells us about your condition and accept the risks , we 're usually quite happy to accept your booking for all yacht holidays except Pot Luck or Share a Yacht . |
| 4 | He laughed , a bitter sound that made her ache for all the pain it conveyed . |
| 5 | Thus the " widowed queens " on one side and the " dead kings " on the other raced each other violently through the rice-paddies , bouncing their burdens for all they were worth , while screaming obscene abuse and exhortations to each other . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Aelred suggested that the Commission write to the Rev. MacLean expressing their gratitude for all the help he has given . |
| 8 | ‘ I hated my childhood for all that and it 's had a really traumatic effect on my life . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | Just a quick memo to express my thanks for all that you did on Friday/Saturday . |
| 11 | She was screaming and waggling her legs for all she was worth , but the cruel loops of nylon had her about the wrists , the kite was in the jaws of the wind , and she was already well out of reach even if I had wanted to catch her . |
| 12 | And may the odd knife his great carcass dissect ; Lay open his vitals for all to inspect A heart full as black as the infernal gulf In that greedy , blood-sucking , bone scraping wolf . |
| 13 | You checked out , or even ran away without paying your bill for all I know , in order to take the train . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Last but not least the two Gary 's in midfield have been brilliant — Mac looking assured and displaying his talents for all to see — he has really blossomed when Strach 's not been playing and Speedy has scored some important goals and displayed his prowess at getting forward . |
| 17 | She can share his bed for all I care . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Why had n't somebody checked that they had n't left their spears for all and sundry to trip over ? |
| 20 | However , the increased productivity of labour may help many firms to cut costs , enabling them to reduce prices and to expand their levels of output , thereby increasing their demands for all factor inputs , including labour . |
| 21 | He roared with laughter , shaking his head for all the world as if Caterina were some naughty imp and he an indulgent uncle . |
| 22 | Through reading the Bible we discover fundamental truths about God , and see them demonstrated by events in the lives of his people which illuminate his character and illustrate his will for all men at all times . |
| 23 | What , what it 's frustrating for a slow bowler is that if the batsman put his left pad down the wicket and held his bat up in the air , clearly not playing his shot for all to see , then I 'm sure that we , you know , it , the batsman be given out L B W quite frequently , but because the bat is hovering just behind that left pad erm , he 's never given out . |
| 24 | Well that was how we were ; playing our scene for all it was worth . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | He was a magnificent winger : a ball player with plenty of craft , but fast , clever and with a lethal shot — skills that have etched his name for all time into the Palace record books . |
| 27 | Your mental arithmetic 's getting very good , by the way , I mean , at one stage , when you first started , you 'd be using using your calculator for all this , would n't you ? |
| 28 | think that good enough to come and see you then having and bringing , br having their dinner and then bring your sandwiches for all lot |
| 29 | Durfey may have written the lyrics himself , adding a coded signature to cock a snook at his detractors ( ‘ The Town may da-da-da-m me as a poet , but they sing my songs for all that ’ ) ; or he may conceivably have acted the part himself , for money he appeared to need , and plenty of laughs backstage . |
| 30 | She could just as well have been arranging my funeral for all the co-operation I offered her . |