Example sentences of "it [vb past] [to-vb] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever it was , it seemed to require all your attention and I understood that I was to go . |
| 2 | THIS ALBUM 'S predecessor , ‘ The Psychedelic Years ’ , was possibly the best compilation album ever , in the sense that it contained the best songs by the best bands in its field of reference ; in fact , it seemed to have all the good songs that came out of psychedelia ( It also had The Incredible String Band , but presumably only as a sorbet to clear the palate . |
| 3 | Also in Scandinavia was an important study of the mass movement processes on the slopes of Kärkevagge ( Rapp , 1960 ) and this was important not only because it endeavoured to quantify all of the processes that affect a slope in a subarctic environment , but also because it established the relative significance of the different processes and concluded that the most effective agent of removal was running water removing material in solution . |
| 4 | It had grown so wild and unruly that it threatened to smother all the flowers . |
| 5 | It undertook to grade all departments according to the quality of their research and it inaugurated a series of subject reviews . |
| 6 | It chose to defy all discipline , and form precarious waves . |
| 7 | Let's represent the total time it took to evolve all these breeds of dog from a wolf , by one ordinary walking pace . |
| 8 | After the Second World War it broadened to include all boys ' schools . |
| 9 | Thus the government announced sweeping increases in taxes and cuts in the public sector ; it aimed to scrap all the remaining state subsidies , sell off state assets , and fire about 80,000 workers ( a small proportion of public employees ) . |
| 10 | It voted to cease all transfers of patients between hospitals from midnight . |
| 11 | Thirdly , it wished to co-ordinate all anti-fascist groups supportive of the Republican government into one single movement . |
| 12 | The Indian in charge of it had to do all the technical work himself , and I gave the short address that had been scheduled . |
| 13 | Only thing she were n't chuffed about is she could n't cash cheque , it had to go all through bank and everything . |
| 14 | Erm so it had to have all the lighting , official lighting for the continent and so on and so forth . |
| 15 | One person in three would like blasphemy scrapped as an offence — but an equal proportion want it extended to cover all religions , not just Christianity , according to a survey published yesterday . |
| 16 | It wanted to know all about him . |