Example sentences of "all the [noun sg] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They must have got rid of all the junk they could find in their store-rooms . |
| 2 | I 'm a working mother and need all the sleep I can get . |
| 3 | Suicide will inevitably follow , but think of all the fun you will have getting there ! |
| 4 | If they rowed all the way they 'd arrive exhausted . |
| 5 | She 'll need all the rest she can get for the task now facing her . |
| 6 | You 're going to need all the rest you can get ! ’ |
| 7 | After all the hassle they should know exactly where they stood with each other , Merrill thought as she dressed on Saturday evening . |
| 8 | But all the propaganda I could make could n't really overcome my fear . |
| 9 | You had all the consideration I could afford , and that far more than you deserved , six years ago . |
| 10 | ‘ The dismantling of compact and efficient local government units such as Central and Lothian deserves all the criticism it will receive . |
| 11 | Late in 1661 , a rumour had been spread about , by Bishop Morley , ‘ with all the odium he could put upon it ’ that Richard Baxter was already married . |
| 12 | The Japanese , on the other hand , would need all the money they could lay their hands on to rebuild . |
| 13 | Wiv all the money we 'll make from the match day market and the find the lady stall in the boardroom — oh sorry , no , you 've already got one — we 'll be able to go out and buy a few proper players . |
| 14 | I really need all the money I can get . |
| 15 | One prostitute said : ‘ I do n't like what I do , I hate what I do , but there is no beating it for all the money you can get . |
| 16 | Louise 's grateful mum , Kim Bennett , is rushed off her feet collecting all the money she can to support Botham 's 546-mile walk . |
| 17 | The effort to face up to the fact and its consequences demanded all the will-power I could muster , and left me in a mental turmoil . |
| 18 | It had been a relief to reach camp but had taken all the will-power I could summon to put up the tent and cook a meal . |
| 19 | But all the will-power she could muster could not shut out the desolate sense of emptiness that had closed like a cold hand round her heart . |
| 20 | The government , already facing labour unrest and mounting inflation , needs all the sympathy it can get , especially if as some believe , it intends calling an early general election . |
| 21 | They have been quick to protest at having their profits squeezed , but , Mackenzie concedes , ‘ it 's all the work we can get in the present market ’ . |
| 22 | Back with Miss Maine I was shown what was thought to be the trickiest of all the work I must do . |
| 23 | Funded by its member bodies , the Committee works on an extremely tight budget and can not afford to undertake all the work it would like to . |
| 24 | Those two plants came on stream at a time when we needed all the capacity they could provide . |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't dislike you , Mr Jacobsen , ’ she returned at last , with all the conviction she could muster . |
| 26 | The word from Woburn House was that everybody should cooperate with all the enthusiasm they could muster . |
| 27 | But if I 'm going to work for these people — and what choice do I have ? — I need all the forewarning I can get . |
| 28 | Using all the tact I can muster , I try to explain this . |
| 29 | IN THESE TOUGH TIMES we need all the influence we can get ! |
| 30 | It is true that the government used all the influence it could to secure the return of loyal members , and the purges of borough corporations at the end of Charles II 's reign certainly had an electoral impact , but the election of such a loyal Parliament appears to have been more the result of a genuine reaction against the Whigs amongst the electorate than it was of Court manipulation . |