Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] that after all " in BNC.
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1 | I thought that after all these years I 'd finally tamed her . |
2 | I thought that after all we were n't alike ; that I was a fish , perhaps , and she a bird , and all our requirements were different . |
3 | He showed how he planted the young trees in pot-holes where the soil was richer and she saw that after all there was nothing haphazard about the planting ; it had the symmetry of necessity . |
4 | He decided that after all England was n't what she seemed . |
5 | She clung to him , and his mouth found hers , and she tasted as fresh and as new as the morning , and desire had exploded within him , and he thought that after all he had been wrong : once would never be sufficient , he wanted her for always , he wanted to be with her , to share everything with her . |