Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] have [vb pp] all the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I reply to debates , it is my custom to have heard all the speeches that have been made , so it is unfortunate that pressing circumstances outside the House have led me this evening to commit the grave discourtesy of not being in my place to hear as many speeches as I should have liked . |
| 2 | It was a dream , it had been a long time since Hari had seen her mother smile for the death of her husband had knocked all the spirit out of Win Morgan . |
| 3 | Their daughter had provided all the labour-saving devices : dishwasher , washing machine , spin-dryer , all housed in a disused still room near the back door , although until she came the Copleys had been reluctant to use them in case they could n't turn them off , visualizing the machines whirling away all night , overheating , blowing up , the whole rectory pulsating with an uncontrollable power . |
| 4 | She had n't realised how much it angered her until she had begun , and by the time she came to a halt , her voice had acquired all the sting of a whiplash . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , the party with an honest policy and a swing to its campaign will be defeated by the party whose centrepiece is dishonest , and whose campaign has had all the swagger of a bedraggled old hen in a muddy farmyard . |
| 6 | His sabotage had opened all the doors around the ship , and the ramp waited for him invitingly . |
| 7 | Poor Mr Lamont did his best to rubbish what Mr Brown had argued , but his Shadow had said all the right things and hit all the sore spots . |
| 8 | His mother had taken all the family jewellery with her . |