Example sentences of "and [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lord Hulton was a devotee of May and Baker 's Propamidine Cream and used it for all minor cuts and grazes in his cattle . |
| 2 | Alice quickly took the key and tried it in all the doors , but oh dear ! |
| 3 | He could mend any broken toy , and make things too — I remember he made a great big rocking-horse for Hilary , and painted it in all sorts of marvellous colours . |
| 4 | " Moustachio , " the US intelligence agent who had already visited him in February , returned.He met the Shah in the palace in Rabat and told him of all the dangers that the US systems would pose for him-lawsuits to find his money , congressional subpoenas and demonstrations . |
| 5 | But as to why he knew God and obeyed him at all , his faith was not the least blind . |
| 6 | The man in just the pullover put his hands on his hips and faced us in all his glory . |
| 7 | Jason and Rachel Sheffield rush between us , helping with the boat , and there is Jean who has been our main support and encouraged and organized us through all the long months of preparation , fed us , nagged us and even done my washing ! |
| 8 | One hesitates over publicising these things for fear of sparking imitations , but you 're going to read about it somewhere so it might as well be here — over the past few weeks it has become clear that setting up telescopes to watch people tapping their numbers into automatic teller machines and then scavenging for discarded receipts bearing the account number is a really outdated way of defrauding banks and their customers — these days , you set up a bogus teller machine of your own and record the card details as the customer keys in the number : in the latest instance , a gang in Manchester , Connecticut set up a mobile teller machine in the Buckland Hills Mall Associated Press reports , sabotaged the other machines in the shopping mall to encourage people to use it , and later wheeled the machine away and debriefed it on all its card secrets , using the data to make up counterfeit cards which were subsequently used to withdraw cash from the accounts in the New York area ; moral — stick to machines you know . |
| 9 | Julie snatched up the heavy skillet and swung it with all her strength . |
| 10 | The same lover had made palm trees out of Edwardian ostrich feathers and tied them to all the newel posts of the four-storey staircase . |
| 11 | ‘ What 'll we do without her ? ’ he asked pitifully , and repeated it to all those who came to offer sympathy . |
| 12 | Morrissey printed his new image on to postcards and sent them to all his friends and closest followers . |
| 13 | Yes I think we , we started doing that originally because er the people from the Epping group said they did that every month did n't they , they , they issued a press release and sent it to all the local papers , that seems to be the way of doing it . |
| 14 | Er they had a lock , made it a good lock and sent it to all the clients and this is what we can supply , and it used to meet the needs of clients and they 'd er they 'd erm buy it and it kept them in business , you see what I mean ? |
| 15 | You know , that in 1825 he bought an island on the Niagara River in America and offered it to all the Jews in the world to make a Jewish state called Ararat . |
| 16 | A fortnight later Edward sealed the text and issued it to all sheriffs . |
| 17 | They talked for ages , making their drinks last , and no one came and bothered them at all . |
| 18 | Do you remember the lady who rushed to your assistance last night and accused me of all those unspeakable designs on your virtue ? ’ |
| 19 | In Acts we have two vivid descriptions of what has come to be called the communism of the early Church : ‘ All who believed were together and had all things in common ; and they sold their possessions and goods and distributed them to all , as any had need ’ ( Acts 2:44–5 ) ; and ‘ No one said that any of the things which he possessed was his own , but they had everything in common … |