Example sentences of "i [verb] [v-ing] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course I hate cleaning all this up , but he means well . |
| 2 | I stopped smoking two years ago and I stopped doing all the silly drugs and drink nearly six years ago , so you naturally gravitate towards quite a healthy diet . |
| 3 | But I like trying all these things now and again . |
| 4 | When I finished typing all the names |
| 5 | I remember thinking all numbers look the same , none of them mean anything on their own , but when you string them together they have a sort of magic to them , they 're an incantation like witches sing when they circle round the cauldron cackling . |
| 6 | ‘ By ‘ exercising de facto administrative control ’ or ‘ exercising effective administrative control , ’ I understand exercising all the functions of a sovereign government , in maintaining law and order , instituting and maintaining courts of justice , adopting or imposing laws regulating the relations of the inhabitants of the territory to one another and to the government . |
| 7 | Bush had been inaugurated while I was in Australia , and when I came home , I started getting all the bizarre ideas that maybe I 'd had enough of tennis . |
| 8 | Then I started putting all my spare time in my arm … |
| 9 | And do n't suggest I try reversing all the way , since I have no intention of landing in a ditch and immobilising both vehicles . ’ |
| 10 | I kept saying all those things about Tony because I was desperate to stop you realising how I felt . ’ |
| 11 | I kept doing all the things I 'd been taught . |
| 12 | If I start listing all the factors which I would like my friend to have , I would be here until next year ! |
| 13 | Whereas if I start doing all the crazy embellishments instead , everyone is going to have to react . |
| 14 | You should be aware of this period and I recommend reading all four plays and also The Theatre of George Devine by Irving Wardle . |