Example sentences of "[prep] all the [noun] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then chided himself for getting so excited about one woman , after all the women he had known . |
| 2 | After all the incivilities he 'd been hurling at her , he deserved to be put in his place a little ! |
| 3 | He smiled , giving us the impression that — after all the adulation he usually experiences — he might find that something of a relief . |
| 4 | He simply observed , rather wearily , that if Gentle 's word was worth so little after all the effort he , Klein , had put into finding work for him , then it was perhaps best that they end their business relationship now . |
| 5 | Thus , despite all the effort he had devoted to the cause of German unification , he opposed it when it came through the force of Prussian arms and Bismarckian diplomacy . |
| 6 | He had never heard of anyone actually reaching the German trenches , so he was n't sure what he was supposed to do next , and despite all the training he still found it hard to shoot on the run . |
| 7 | ‘ that a person who has entered into the contract may either affirm or avoid such contract after the duress has ceased ; and if he has so voluntarily acted under it with a full knowledge of all the circumstances he may be held bound on the ground of ratification , or if , after escaping from the duress , he takes no steps to set aside the transaction he may be found to have affirmed it . ’ |
| 8 | Indeed , their own car would probably look like this if left to Anna ; but Peter tidied it , because of all the parishioners he gave lifts to . |
| 9 | Planners need a thorough understanding of the subject field to be explored , and its structure in enquiry ; they need to know what materials , print-form or audio-visual , are available , and suitable , and what special problems they may reveal ; they need to have available at the right time suitable equipment , and places where the equipment may be used , and they need to be sure that the student is able to find and make use of all the resources he may need in the periods of the timetable allotted to the activity . |
| 10 | Dickinson got down and held back the prickly branches while Killion blundered out , his lips triphammering away at the opening consonants of all the swear-words he knew . |
| 11 | Frankie stared at the floor and tried not to think of all the things he might have done , or failed to do , to cause this latest upset . |
| 12 | I wondered what he wanted , so I did it ; and in the interval of the rehearsal he came and said he was suffering from nervous shock because the moment I started he realized I was doing exactly the contrary of all the things he had taught the orchestra . |
| 13 | Whoever replaces Mr Kinnock is likely to be chosen on the basis of all the things he was not : considered , consistent , classless . |
| 14 | He wrote out list upon list of all the things he needed , from cutlery to cucumber frames . |
| 15 | Of all the things he might have done , but had n't . |
| 16 | Of all the community services on offer , he had chosen the coastguards , which involved nights spent quietly in a hut on the cliff tops watching for shipping ; and the hardest part of all the trials he endured in the Navy was being marooned on a ship for months on end with no opportunity to be alone . |
| 17 | He may also have obtained from Popes Leo III and Paschal I privileges giving him control of all the monasteries he had acquired . |
| 18 | During this period he remained in regular touch with his Russian controller , giving him details of all the work he handled . |
| 19 | As he threw it into the sea , watching the water swallow up his past month 's work , he thought of all the walking he was soon to do . |
| 20 | The rest of the cast were called for three to do a complete rehearsal of all the scenes he was in . |
| 21 | Obviously , under such circumstances the former user is in need of all the support he or she can get . |
| 22 | His letter contained an account of all the birds he had seen : a common goatsucker that flew gracefully round and round the ship for an hour , although it had ‘ in all probability passed the night on the wing ’ ; a female yellow wagtail that alighted only for a moment ; numerous petrels , five of which he killed for himself , and one for use in Mr Yarrell 's work ( a History of British Birds ) ; a flight of swallows , and several small turtle doves , which ‘ visited the ship [ and ] went off again immediately ’ ; a kestrel which was killed ‘ from off the Rigging ’ ; a short-eared owl which flew on board during the night , was caught and kept alive for several days ; and hundreds of shearwaters , which surrounded the ship off Madeira and the Salvage Rocks . |
| 23 | In spite of all the times he had been there Adam missed the turn-off that was the drift leading down to Wyvis Hall . |
| 24 | He had chosen this world , Minginish , out of all the others he could have thought up because it had seemed good to him . |
| 25 | An actor remembers the ‘ feel ’ of all the feelings he ever felt or ever sensed in others . |
| 26 | Of all the girls he could have taken up with in the camp , she was about the most unlikely . |
| 27 | In the new will he inserted a trust clause , entrusting payment of all the legacies he had left in the now invalid first will . |
| 28 | Gradually , because of all the trouble he was getting into , and with Mr Crangle eyeing him suspiciously every time he the Bookman . |
| 29 | Last year , you know , totally rat-arsed. now , he 's putting up a list of all the poems he wants us to look at for next week . |
| 30 | His head whirled with the names and faces of all the people he had met that day . |