Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb past] [pers pn] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I noted them all down with the dignified " we " , for he and I now agreed . |
| 2 | Some may find this tedious , but I enjoyed them all . |
| 3 | At some time during my second afternoon at the centre , a Bonny Baby competition was held , but I missed it all in a blur of Mickeys . |
| 4 | ‘ But I wanted it all to be as it used to be so I said I 'd rather do it myself . ’ |
| 5 | But I loved it all the same . |
| 6 | It was expensive , high tech , brutal and , I do n't doubt , ecologically unsound but I loved it all . |
| 7 | Yes but you opened it all . |
| 8 | However thirty-six hours before she died she telephoned for some of us to visit ; she knew we had all been worried and concerned but she had it all under control . |
| 9 | He even entertained them down here , but she took it all in her stride . |
| 10 | ‘ Maureen does n't know I 'm here , ’ said Joe , ‘ but she told me all about you . |
| 11 | Robyn raised the glass to her lips and took a first sip ; she had a feeling that counting to ten was not going to work , but she tried it all the same . |
| 12 | Sally tried to talk to the boy 's mother , but she dismissed it all as harmless pranks . |
| 13 | A bit of a burden , but she treasured it all , he wealthy possessions screwed up in a ball . |
| 14 | but we painted it all |
| 15 | Or if we all disagreed , but we treated it all , to use Russell 's favourite example , like disagreements about the taste of oysters , it would n't matter very much either . |
| 16 | ‘ I would have brought a copy away but they wanted them all . |
| 17 | The mail was uniformly trivial , but he read it all and then stuffed the torn envelopes and their contents into his pockets for disposal elsewhere . |
| 18 | But he ate it all the same , Ellie noticed , as she hurried back to her chair . |
| 19 | Er but he followed them all the way back to a flat on th on the on the complex . |
| 20 | I remember being very excited by his round but he took it all calmly , quietening me down . |
| 21 | The poor guy really had it rough but he took it all quite well . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Remember , he 's just 17 , he was playing before a full house , it was Manchester United — but he took it all in his stride . ’ |
| 23 | But he took it all in good part . |
| 24 | The Mimulus was in fact a garden escape , but he allowed it all the same , while conceding that a purist would not . |
| 25 | But he helped me all the way round and I hope I can do him justice tomorrow . ’ |
| 26 | She ran rings round him , but he loved her all the same . |
| 27 | Uncle had several offers but he turned them all down . ’ |
| 28 | When Eva came back she hid his teeth , but he splodged it all up and ate it anyway . |
| 29 | I ran for my life , but it followed me all the way home . ’ |
| 30 | It probably slowed down the whole process a bit , but it made it all much safer . ’ |