Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | His face filled with sly mockery , he allowed his eyes to slide insultingly over her , and a sneer pulled at his mouth as he said softly , ‘ Maybe I was wrong to ditch you after all . |
| 2 | When you consider that we have a mortgage book of roughly £50 billion , you can see that it would be impossible to offer it to all our borrowers . |
| 3 | Once they 've joined in the Pirates Club , you 'll be lucky to see them at all , as they go through their paces for the junior cabaret ( where a lot of hidden young talent come to light ) , or as they enjoy the treasure hunts and fancy dress parties . |
| 4 | She had it done cheap , promising to wear it in all the right places . |
| 5 | We stayed in a cheap boarding-house from which the landlord saw fit to evict us for all the hours of daylight ; strolling abroad , we devoted our time to churchgoing and to incoherent altercations with the Italian police . |
| 6 | I 'm so sorry to put you to all this trouble . ’ |
| 7 | Still , it is good to see him at all , and I suspect his performance in Reflected Glory will linger in the memory … |
| 8 | Mayoress : ( warmly ) It 's good to see you after all I 've heard . |
| 9 | Just in case you 're tempted by knockdown prices on old style monitors , by the way , you should bear in mind that in four years time it will actually become illegal to use them at all at work . |
| 10 | Similarly , we could follow up people 20 years on to assess the results of our child care work , but even if we could successfully trace them , is it right to contact them after all that time when their spouses and children may not know of their earlier histories ? |
| 11 | This particular person had found the shock so great that she had not been able to acknowledge it at all except by taking this evading action . |
| 12 | MIDDLESBROUGH football fans unable to get to Wednesday 's Rumbelows Cup semi-final second leg tie against Manchester United at Old Trafford will be able to see it after all . |
| 13 | Sandison wondered what Elsie would be wearing , whether he would be able to recognise her at all . |
| 14 | It 'll be able to remind you of all the wonderful speeches you 've made so far . |
| 15 | The enzymes are specialized proteins which enable the body to carry out at body heat and atmospheric pressure complex reactions which , if man were able to reproduce them at all , would require high temperatures and high pressures to accomplish . |
| 16 | Relaxing a little , she told herself that having discovered the identity of R , it was not so essential to grill him after all ; but on the other hand , there was still the matter of the concealed photograph to be explained . |
| 17 | To recognise where a reform is urgently required and must be effected at any cost , or where it may be postponed , or where it may be counted on to effect itself without outside influence , and , perhaps most important of all , to be able to recognise the fact that certain reforms would be beneficial could they be effected but that it is not possible to effect them at all ; to be able to arrive at a right decision on such points as these is what is chiefly required of a Resident . |
| 18 | ‘ To howl down a man just because he happens to be out of form one day is often sufficient to discourage him for all time , ’ he told the Yorkshire Evening Post . |