Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] at all " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps Isabelle had n't wanted them found at all , had intended her secret , whatever it was , to die with her . |
| 2 | Is it because I studied in your country — or is it because I studied at all ? ’ |
| 3 | Ben spent so much time playing computer games , barely pausing to eat , that lately I 'd sometimes wondered if he knew I existed at all . |
| 4 | ‘ In fact it was only by a miracle that my sister and I survived at all : we took shelter with our youngest brother in the Jama Masjid area . |
| 5 | This is n't what I meant at all ! |
| 6 | ‘ That was n't what I meant at all . ’ |
| 7 | And I looked at all the rest of them — a tough lot , I can tell you — they could n't believe it either . |
| 8 | When I visited the museum , I looked at all of the chairs and was given permission to handle and try them for comfort . |
| 9 | When I looked at all this stuff , it came to me that it was very interesting that they thought of Beauty as beautiful and Cruelty as cruel . |
| 10 | When I looked at all this stuff , it came to me that it was very interesting that they thought of beauty as beautiful and cruelty as cruel . |
| 11 | It 's not what I thought at all . |
| 12 | It was only eight-thirty and it did n't seem likely that I 'd go to bed early , if I went at all . |
| 13 | I do n't think I did at all Dennis . |
| 14 | Also , I may have given him the impression , with the urgency of youth possessed of strong convictions , that I wanted at all costs to have something published on this subject . |
| 15 | Have you any questions you got at all , or you 're not sure ? |
| 16 | ‘ I suppose you trained at all the military academies ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Sure and was n't it an act of God that you came at all ? ’ |
| 18 | Whoever she was — if she existed at all — she went with us through the mild , cleaned-up sordor of Soho side streets . |
| 19 | I do not think she benefited at all financially — if she did it was a very small amount — and would n't have been able to keep any of the furniture had it not been for the kindness of Aunt Mary . |
| 20 | Since their mother 's death Claudia had hoped to come closer to her sister , but Dana had the world at her feet and she laughed at all Claudia 's attempts to resurrect the bond they had shared as children . |
| 21 | On the other hand , if you went to the other end of the scale and in that same season you looked at all horses that were offered at precisely two to one on , then you 'll find that there were twenty two horses which were offered at those odds and fifteen of them won . |
| 22 | She looked at all sorts of alternative medicine and found that homeopathy was very effective for Angela 's condition of breathlessness and collapse . |
| 23 | Face the past and you may find it is not what you thought at all . |
| 24 | That was n't the woman she remembered at all . |
| 25 | She smiled at all her friends , got into her small white car and drove |
| 26 | She smiled at all her friends and drove away in her car . |
| 27 | The only person with whom she spoke at all easily was Mrs Beeley , the General 's widow , who somehow struck the right note — chaffing her about learning French , to which Alice responded with spirit . |
| 28 | I expect he hoped to have as little as possible to do with her , but when she made a dead set at him , as she did at all young married men , that was no longer possible . |
| 29 | To complete the welcome , she had — on Aunt Bridget 's advice — paid particular attention to her own appearance , making sure that if she smelt at all , it was a dried of lavender . |
| 30 | After they had driven for a while , Edward said : ‘ Are n't we involved at all now ? |