Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] all the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ We attacked them , attacked them , attacked them all the way up that straight and round that bend but they kept pounding more and more on and they held us , ’ said Probert .
2 I definitely could n't afford that , so I took it back to the Oxford Used Car Centre and erm what happened , the mechanical breakdown service — now this is where I thought they were very good — they reimbursed me all the money that I 'd paid out on those repairs plus they did the repairs and put me a new gearbox in and the car 's running perfectly .
3 Ian coloured them all the way , the way in Malta and when you read the letter
4 But he helped me all the way round and I hope I can do him justice tomorrow . ’
5 ‘ But Barbara Coleman lured you all the way to Nice today to insist Joseph killed Sabine Jourdain . ’
6 Lucier had taken himself up to the gallery of the chapel — a climb which cost him all the strength that was left him .
7 I did n't actually visit Mum for very long but old Mrs McSporran told me all the news of the Senior Citizens and our deacon gave me a few tips about growing rhubarb .
8 He played himself all the time , using his characters to display his many theatrical talents .
9 We never really played it all the way through .
10 Phillis played it all the time : for old times sake wo n't you give my heart a break ?
11 The taxi-driver had been born in Glasgow — our second compatriot of the night — and he took pity on ‘ two wee Scotch lassies ’ , and drove us all the way for a very modest remuneration .
12 But my efforts at poking her rear end were fruitless ; she faced me all the time , wide-mouthed and growling as I circled .
13 And it showed you all the sort of countries of the world , you know , on lights and , and that , and which light was for which wh when they took us round the er
14 When at last he came down to Egypt , Joseph showed him all the love and respect that were a father 's due , all the love and respect that Ham had failed so conspicuously to show to Noah .
15 We went round there and showed us all the way round
16 Er but he followed them all the way back to a flat on th on the on the complex .
17 I ran for my life , but it followed me all the way home . ’
18 She got a cardigan and walked him all the way out the lane .
19 Or sometimes Andrew had been so drunk that Iain shouldered him all the way home .
20 The morning it was announced a vast audience arrived for Ramsey 's lecture and cheered him all the way up to the dais .
21 They breakfasted , then picked up the autobahn at Leipzig and followed it all the way to Dresden .
22 And now , I I almost felt empty when she died , and I did n't have anybody to care for that really needed me all the time so I I , wanted to help out at a local dementia centre to try and make up for it and to pass on
23 I was the closet to him , I was within twenty-four hours a day and he called me all the time .
24 I believe we lost them all the moment he began lying to me — which would have been about four hours after he first climbed into bed somewhere strange , with someone else .
25 Bob watched her all the way down the stairs , agonized on her behalf ; still more agonized when it occurred to him , just as she went out of sight , that he should have gone down with her and carried the case .
26 He watched her all the way to the swing doors , her head of brown hair held high and bobbing slightly as her heels clipped the floor .
27 The rehearsal went on and he watched her all the time .
28 To begin with I watched him all the time .
29 The bearded man watched him all the time .
30 Yeah yeah a good Da Dave manages Doncaster now he 's an ex manager of Walsall as well We lived at the Brown Lion at the time and er , I , I was out the front on the Saturday evening and I er manager 's just been to fetch his Sunday joint from the local butchers and he shouted across the road to his pal how have they got on , cos there was no radio in those days , and er he says they 've won two nil and the man dropped his meat in front of him and dribbled it all the way down the road , it was such excitement it was of course all people over the moon .
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