Example sentences of "[art] [noun] all [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 As Creggan turned north away from the Park all he could see for miles ahead was the stretching city .
2 If this was the case all he would have done would have been to Hegelianize Ricardo .
3 He was wrapped in so much of the duvet all she could see was the top of his head .
4 At the end of the match all he could do was criticise Leeds , saying they should have attacked more , and at least scum had class/flair .
5 She told the Obersturmfuhrer all she knew of the gang , and of her involvement .
6 Sam was so relieved at the news that mother and child were well that the fact that he had n't won the wager was nothing to him , and when he first laid eyes on the baby all he could do was kneel down and weep for joy .
7 ‘ All that Wordsworthian waffle , and then when you meet the people all they want to do is hop on the bus and off to the nearest bright lights . ’
8 Rank could blame the government all he liked , but it was his own policies which had antagonized the Americans , alienated audiences and significantly increased the company 's overdraft .
9 And when she went into the garden all she could see were some fading lupins and irises , not enough to fill one vase .
10 Sjahrir later acquired the reputation of a resistance leader , but although he refused to collaborate with the Japanese all he really did was to monitor the declining fortunes of Japan on his illegal radio .
11 The self-inflicted pain goaded him into a furious spasm , but as he strained and thrashed against the wicker walls in the darkness all he achieved was the sense that the basket had not yielded a millimetre .
12 For a moment all he could see was the great wall of surf , dark at its roots like a dyed blonde .
13 The court did not inquire into the nature of his departure from the instructions , and said that as a quasi-arbitrator all he had to do was to act honestly .
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