Example sentences of "he [vb past] [verb] all the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told him the maps we should need , and he promised to have all the necessary Ordnance map sheets ready . |
| 2 | Also , he 'd silenced all the doubters . |
| 3 | Look at Elvis , he had everything that a man could desire , looks , talent , wealth — but after he 'd eaten all the cheeseburgers he could swallow , when he got bored chasing young girls in white panties , how did he spend his time ? |
| 4 | He had n't really believed him but he 'd dug all the same and his Dad had been angry . |
| 5 | He 'd ransacked all the chemists ' shops . |
| 6 | Carl from upstairs got arrested too , and he said that Ibrahim was screaming all night in the room next to him in the prison , and when they opened the door in the morning , he 'd scratched all the skin off of his face . |
| 7 | You 're not telling me he 'd ridden all the way from Yorkshire after the gruelling day he 'd had , just to enjoy the pleasures of your delightful little body ! |
| 8 | What I could n't work out was why he 'd driven all the way over here . |
| 9 | I wonder if he 'd carried all the information |
| 10 | No point in taking trouble with him ; no point in explaining that he 'd walked all the way up to the blooming rectory to set his mind at rest . |
| 11 | Then he remembered the red lozenges he 'd sucked all the way in the car . |
| 12 | He 'd galloped all the way to Leafield and we would have lost him for good if someone there had n't recognised him . ’ |
| 13 | he was like being shy but he 'd had all the side of his fur like shaved , and I thought urgh ! |
| 14 | He 's gone for the narrow side he 's tried to squeeze it in the in the near post when he 'd got all the far post to go for . |
| 15 | He 'd got all the er information about it when he came and he said it was the best type of covering if you 've got dogs or cats . |
| 16 | He 'd tried all the local beers , piss-poor imitations in his opinion ; he 'd eaten tripe , and faggots , and dry pork pies in pubs . |
| 17 | He seemed to have all the answers , all the zeal … ( he was ) the structural engineer of Reaganomics . ’ |
| 18 | He began to remember all the people he had ever known who had been hung . |
| 19 | He began to say all the prayers to the Blessed Virgin and the saints which he had been taught at his mother 's knee , and all the while , as he prayed , he was aware that under a mile to the west lay Gribbin Head , where murder had been done eleven months before : murder he had been witness to and had profited by ; murder he had known full well was mortal sin for which , at the Judgement Seat , he would have to give account to God . |
| 20 | He started saying all the things I 'd said about myself . |
| 21 | Precisely because a bishop 's hold on his diocese could be precarious , he needed to manipulate all the resources at his disposal ; contacts at court , family connections , the canons and the cult of the saints . |
| 22 | He needed to summon all the devious cunning with which nature had endowed him if he were to escape . |
| 23 | He decided to shift all the T-shirts . |
| 24 | He offered to make all the arrangements , such as organize the travel and someone to look after the cattle for me , so I agreed . |
| 25 | He chose to ignore all the ‘ No Smoking ’ signs on display and the disdainful looks of the nursing staff , who were obviously too intimidated by his status to say anything to him about it . |
| 26 | He managed to connect all the moves except for the last in one push and doubtless would have succeeded given more time . |
| 27 | It had always been the president 's strength , the way he managed to keep all the different political factions under control , to keep them talking as the Soviet Union underwent her tremendous social change . |
| 28 | He kept moving all the time , on his toes with his weight perfectly balanced , just as he 'd been taught , down at the gymnasium , every Saturday and every Wednesday for the past five years , times when everyone thought he was busy doing something else . |
| 29 | On the following day , Ratsiraka said that he had made all the concessions he was able to make and would form a new government , with or without the opposition 's participation , within a week . |
| 30 | He had seen all the commando-like forces , including Storm-Troops and Leopard Units for guerrilla actions in the event of a German invasion , drawn from existing formations . |