Example sentences of "[prep] all the [noun] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all the moving I think he wants to make this his last club . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ And I think , after all the hours I have put in for nothing teaching you to ride , that you owe it to me to do your level best to win this competition . |
| 3 | I mean , after all the shit I gave them they 've really stood by me and me girlfriend as well . |
| 4 | After all the ditches I 'd waded through I was n't going to be defeated now — and only a few yards ahead was the blessed sea . |
| 5 | W.C. Fields used one phrase which I 've always loved — especially after all the years I 've been married — he said , ‘ Elephants are just like women — nice to look at , but who wants to own one ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ How could you let me down like this after all the effort I 've made ? |
| 7 | And he hit back , saying : ‘ Maybe the British Athletic Federation should have shown me a bit of respect and credit after all the effort I 've put in for them this year . |
| 8 | After all the communications I have received from Rugby World & Post readers on the recent Wales v Scotland international , let me at the outset state that no referee can collapse a scrummage — that is the result of the actions of the front row players . |
| 9 | ‘ Despite all the distress I would still go on , ’ she said . |
| 10 | At the end of this test I can find no failings in the manufacture or materials of the Veta V. Despite all the use I 've made of them they are as good as new . |
| 11 | I 'm sitting here at the computer even now , with images flashing into my mind of all the spots I want to go to , but have n't had the opportunity yet . |
| 12 | Of all the women I know , she is by far the most successful with men , even though she is n't the best-looking . |
| 13 | At this point I could no longer contain my curiosity and rushed through to see what he looked like as he said it , thinking of all the teachers I know who would cherish these rare kind words . |
| 14 | Of all the hedges I 've seen they 've been about eighteen two foot , about that far apart |
| 15 | Of all the fruit I 've never bought before , a couple of weeks ago , now you know , a mango . |
| 16 | Since then I have sampled as many types of floatplane as possible ; but of all the seaplanes I have flown my favourite by far is the de Havilland ( Canada ) Beaver — familiar to anyone who has read Gavin Lyall 's excellent flying thriller The Most Dangerous Game . |
| 17 | Of all the guitarists I 've ever heard , he 's easily my favourite . |
| 18 | And in spite of all the inducements I was offered to stay . ’ |
| 19 | Then I found out that Jim was making all the original pedals as well , so I decided to get rid of all the stuff I 'd been trying to make all these sounds with and just use the original things . |
| 20 | For , of all the doctors I observed , the doctor who used the charity format was the most concerned to emphasise the scientific basis of western medicine , not just to me but to her patients also . |
| 21 | ‘ Of all the things I was taught at school , this sticks in my mind more that anything , ’ said Christine Cooper when she wrote to tell us of her reaction to an article in MKM. that was last spring when we published a newsletter from Christine Morey telling of her adventures in Romania . |
| 22 | Bachelor Phillip said : ‘ Out of all the things I 've done or commendations I 've received , I think this is the one she is most proud of . ’ |
| 23 | Of all the things I 'd got up to in my time , I never thought I 'd be stitched for trying to return someone 's stolen property . |
| 24 | The report presents the truth about conditions in what is , probably the poorest ( financially ) of all the countries I have visited and makes compelling reading ( if you like horror stories ) . |
| 25 | ‘ When I wanted to produce a special jumper to commemorate my 50th Test try , with the emblems of all the countries I 'd scored against , I was told I 'd have to pay royalties for using them . |
| 26 | Also — and I 'm quite prepared to admit this — because of all the problems I was having trying to find work , just at that moment I really did n't want the bother of hunting for a new home . |
| 27 | Back with Miss Maine I was shown what was thought to be the trickiest of all the work I must do . |
| 28 | ‘ No , ’ I said , and hated myself for telling the untruth , but I was thinking of my own boat standing propped on the sand of Straker 's Cay , and I thought of all the work I had lavished on Masquerade , and of all the love and care and time I had poured into her , and I tried to imagine her rotting under the tropical sun with her paint peeling , her deck planks opening and her timbers riddled with termites . |
| 29 | I was thinking of all the work I needed to do on Masquerade ; all the painstaking hours of sawing and planing and caulking and rigging . |
| 30 | He was the ideal of all the friends I had ever longed for , the elder brother that , as an only child , I could never hope for — though he was at least fifteen years younger than I , his assurance and absolute maleness made me feel like a younger brother by contrast . |