Example sentences of "all [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe they come to believe , when they are young adults and they receive the acclaim — and the money — which accompanies championship that it was all worth while . |
| 2 | But it was all worth it . ’ |
| 3 | If the families who received our hampers had as much pleasure as we did in planning them , then it was all worth while . |
| 4 | It made me wonder whether it was all worth it . |
| 5 | Still , sacrifices had to be made , though sometimes one could n't help wondering whether it was all worth while . |
| 6 | If she knew he was near , watching her from that distant , unimaginable place , then these past months of playing her part , of continuing Mark 's glorious laughter and zest for life in a sort of living memorial to his spirit — well , then it would have been all worth it . |
| 7 | But the discomfort was all worth it . |
| 8 | It was all worth it , because my skirt felt loose . |
| 9 | All through the furore , the numbers attending the hospital 's paediatric department did not drop , she says . |
| 10 | All through the service , and all day and night , people come and go , moving intently along the walls , listening and reading everything . |
| 11 | All through this conversation he had the impression that Frank no longer sneered ; and as he went back to Liverpool he was sure that he was more tolerant and sympathetic and ‘ was willing to grant that there was some sense in some of the things which I longed for him to share ’ . |
| 12 | All through her childhood she had resented the voice , had resented her mother . |
| 13 | The dog seems anxious to get the harness on ; indeed , all through the trip the dogs are always keen to pull and seem miserable when they are tied off for the night . |
| 14 | All through their brief history , the ants had got into the habit of deceiving themselves that there must be an Enemy . |
| 15 | All through the first part of the interview — the crazy part , when she had been talking about seeing her son in the house — Hank had been telling the straight truth . |
| 16 | All through Saturday , she worked on it , telling herself that it was none of her business . |
| 17 | All through that October and November , in my claustrophobic college room or in my dark-curtained hotel apartment , I grew to desire more of him than just his presence at my side as we wrote . |
| 18 | Mini Marilyn , Baby Dietrich : all through her career , Madonna has flirted with images of movie greats . |
| 19 | All through the campaign , Mr Smith harried Mr Norman Lamont for his claim that ‘ unemployment is a price worth paying ’ , but Mr Smith 's actual policy showed that he believed this too . |
| 20 | All through the twenties the gangs became increasingly violent and there were constant running battles between the South Side Stickers and the San Toi . |
| 21 | All through the African campaign I longed to hear from you , and found it hard at times to keep a stiff upper lip without your help . |
| 22 | All through trains ceased on the GC in the early hours of 4th September 1966 , when signal boxes were locked out of use until demolition began at the turn of the year . |
| 23 | As a result , the three childhood incidents were profoundly important to Lewis all through his life . |
| 24 | All through this time he hardly had any painkillers as it was very important he did n't feel that he could use his leg before it was strong enough . |
| 25 | All through the American Civil War Thomas Cook watched the great North American continent , which was then virgin territory untrampled by the feet of British tourists , with a covetous eye . |
| 26 | All through the 1960s the package holiday market had grown and by the early 1970s they accounted for nearly half of all overseas travel . |
| 27 | All through the long , twisting lanes the route was marked by twigs — twigs from the witch 's broom — which led to Threlkeld and only ceased when they came to the church with a steeple crowned by a gilded weathercock . |
| 28 | All through this period the parliamentary liaison officer supplied papers and amendments from the committee stages of the Social Security Bill and took back to parliament from the IPG problem areas suitable for Parliamentary questions and issues for MPs to follow up in other ways . |
| 29 | All through life one sees the effect of the human mind . |
| 30 | All through the pages of Ramakrishna 's biography appears his gentle humour which often acted as a prelude to his flights of ecstasy . |