Example sentences of "[pron] was at all " in BNC.
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1 | It seems that she had fallen in love with him but she " did n't know where I was at all " with him ; he would be most affectionate towards her and then , for no apparent reason , seemed to avoid her for protracted periods . |
2 | I was at all times impressed by their standard of workmanship . |
3 | ‘ My friends were n't going to take any nonsense from me and if I was at all |
4 | Wheeler did not care to be connected in any way with anything which was at all unconventional . |
5 | I am absolutely convinced that if she was at all worried about my ‘ drug activities ’ it would have manifested itself , like in difficulties at school or something . |
6 | Not , she told herself , that she was at all interested in Benedict Beckenham , except in so far as he fitted into this household . |
7 | I did n't think there was at all . |
8 | Assessment of capital very much influenced that , and it was ‘ of the highest importance ’ that it was at all times a proper influence . |
9 | When the strawberries were in season , especially if it was at all wet , there would be a procession of them making their way across the road to Strawberry Fields . |
10 | I had n't realised what it was at all , presumably a note . |
11 | Then those who felt attracted by the idea of emigrating discussed it among themselves to see if it was at all feasible for them — there would be their affairs in Cork to liquidate , there might be family ties to take into account , there was even the question of whether they could endure the change of climate . |
12 | They played golf every Saturday if it was at all possible . |
13 | ‘ Where are we heading now ? ’ she asked in an effort to salvage something from the day if it was at all possible . |
14 | ‘ That 's not how it was at all . |
15 | ‘ And so do I. Before he was born I decided he would come first and that , if it was at all possible , I 'd be at home with him throughout his early years . ’ |
16 | no actual description of what it was at all . |
17 | Well , it 's something er I mean obviously a lot of people like the idea of going over to the Swindon Oasis , now er we 've had at the back of our minds , if it was at all possible to er put something similar at Didcot , obviously nothing as grand as the Oasis , but something quite similar , and obviously they would come to Didcot and not bother to go over to Swindon . |
18 | I do n't think he was at all well known abroad but in Austria he was famous for his wit . |
19 | If he was at all interested it was up to him to make the first move . |
20 | Despite the fact that he had worked for most of the period of his contract in England , lived in England , was paid in English currency and paid National Insurance contributions in the UK , he was at all times liable to be recalled to Dhaka . |
21 | He was at all times placid , unruffled , cool , calm and collected . |
22 | He was at all times happy , said his lordship , to give his assent to any measure that could relieve the unfortunate debtor without giving an opportunity to the adulterer , the swindler etc. to take advantage of the same law — . |
23 | Her mother never tired of speaking of her own father , Don Humberto , who had been a gentleman adventurer and a favourite at the court of King John , but she had never met Dom João and could only assure Sara that if he was at all like his grandfather or his Uncle Pedro ( the one who had died at sea ) he would be a man of great charm , intelligence and wit . |
24 | This did not mean that he was at all sympathetic to evolutionary ideas , which seemed crude and mechanical ; but he was not patient either with ‘ Bridgewater writing ’ , because it meant seeing the hand of God more in some things than others . |
25 | Alexandra took her father over every inch of her domain and he nodded at her enthusiasm , but if he was at all impressed by what she did , what she planned , he gave no sign . |
26 | Just because he knew about her it did not mean he was at all reliable . |