Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | I toyed with the idea of reminding you of all my triumphs , of my prediction of the ‘ 87 stock market crash , of my warnings about the ERM and the dangers of Europe , about … |
| 2 | That this is the common apprehension of mankind with regard to perception is evident from the manner of expressing it in all languages . |
| 3 | The effect of overcrowding was the disastrous one of turning you against all humanity . |
| 4 | She relaxed , then became aware of disappointment from the knowledge that he had not had the slightest intention of kissing her after all . |
| 5 | Warmed by Coleman 's sympathy , El-Jorr made a point of introducing him to all the CIs and ‘ mules ’ who arrived at Eurame on their way back and forth along the pipeline , including him in the conversation as they brewed up endless cups of Lebanese coffee . |
| 6 | He runs away along with Lydia with no idea of marrying her at all and is forced to marry Lydia by Mr. Darcy becoming between them . |
| 7 | Although the case was still open the police had no hope of finding him after all this time . |
| 8 | Some Slovenian bankers pointed out that it would have made better sense to have carried out a ‘ consolidation ’ , which would have preserved more of the assets of the firm than the policy of attacking it from all sides ( Politika , 1 October 1987 ) . |
| 9 | Some of his many poems and humorous versifications were published in 1991 and in his introduction he claimed : ‘ The reasons for presenting them at all are twofold . |
| 10 | Both you and I are much blamed by the " crouner and capitanes " and in truth not without cause , for they say there is no wrong done in Ireland but only that which is done by these men that come from Ila , and Auchinbrecke said to me that he would complain to my Lord of you for sending them at all , except men you have passed and will be answerable for . |
| 11 | It was not a book that he had packed when leaving London : he had bought it a day or two earlier in Inverness , and to Boswell , years later , he gave , not unmemorably , his reasons for buying it at all : ‘ Why , Sir , if you are to have but one book with you upon a journey , let it be a book of science . |
| 12 | Or do you not see any point in keeping them at all ? is the number to dial . |
| 13 | The Directive 's provisions are also so flexible , because of the difficulty in reaching a consensus among the member states and commentators , that there are grave doubts about whether there is any point in adopting them at all . |
| 14 | Extreme care should therefore be taken in prescribing them at all : if the recipient has addictive disease these drugs will make it worse . |
| 15 | And as Mary Douglas ( 1973 : 15 ) had pointed out , ‘ if we can not bring the argument back from tribal ethnography to ourselves , then there is little point in starting it at all ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ Let me not tire of thanking you , ’ he wrote , ‘ for your mercy in rescuing me from all my wicked ways . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I meant in spotting them at all . |
| 18 | Suddenly she was angry with everyone for involving her in all this . |
| 19 | Some owners of OTC-traded warrants claimed that they had never received anything written about exercising them at all . |
| 20 | I am sorry to confess that I did not look forward to seeing him at all . |
| 21 | If your next-door neighbours insist on blasting you at all hours with Wagner 's Gottedammerung " , be thankful : it might have been Heavy Metal . |
| 22 | This , his last concerto , was the first great concerto for the clarinet , and nothing has come near to matching it among all of the wind concertos written since . |
| 23 | In New York most beach pollution comes from overloaded storm drains , while in Europe , particularly in the southern countries , many cities discharge their sewage into the sea without treating it at all . |
| 24 | with a view to introducing it to all contracted providers in nineteen ninety-four , ninety-five . |
| 25 | She had no intention of saying anything else ; in fact she had been quite undecided about answering him at all , but he looked just a bit too angry for outright defiance and he was decidedly bigger than she was . |
| 26 | Now you know the rules , set a good example to other drivers by using them at all times ; who knows , they may even copy your driving style and do it right too ! |
| 27 | Ideally , you 'll try to absorb all the information here by applying it to all keys . |
| 28 | I ca n't think of anything else so I 'll finish by thanking you for all your hard work . |
| 29 | We can split domestic labour 50–50 , but I 'm the one who 's going to feel defined by doing it at all . |