Example sentences of "with a [noun sg] [verb] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | It even proved possible , in late 1981 , to begin the INF talks which NATO wanted , and it was Reagan who took the most dramatic initiative in these with a proposal to destroy all US and Soviet intermediate-range missiles in Europe , the so-called ‘ zero option ’ . |
| 2 | And suddenly I caught sight of this … prat sailing down the Cam back towards Cambridge in a punt , with a girl doing all the work , while he reclined at the exact angle , trying to play a chord and strum a tune … |
| 3 | The government should seriously consider creating one national quality-monitoring commission for mental health services with a remit to cover all aspects of hospital and community care . |
| 4 | We were weary and did n't spare a thought for how she must be feeling — sick in the mornings , with a husband flying all the time . |
| 5 | Davidoff noted that the Victorian upper and middle classes were obsessed with a desire to reject all contact with dirt before the emergence of germ theory and medical knowledge of bacteria.0 There was an ambiguity , however , as nineteenth century furniture harboured dust . |
| 6 | Beyond it , the ditch and trees curved back again in a re-entrant , so that the field formed a bay with a bank running all the way round . |
| 7 | The Philips set is probably the best overall , though it comes on three CDs , and is therefore expensive , Hogwood 's is on two CDs and has Emma Kirkby terrifying the living daylights out of her listeners , while Nicholas McGegan provides the collector with an opportunity to hear all of Handel 's cuts and revisions in a series of cunningly prepared appendices . |
| 8 | Published in the year in which the ROC stood down , The Royal Observer Corps in Lincolnshire 1936–1991 by Charles Parker , is a short but highly informative description of the Corps in Lincolnshire , from its formative years to its ultimate disbanding in 1991 , with an appendix listing all the ROC posts in the county . |