Example sentences of "[prep] all the [noun] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the amount of help you get the day before your exams -the same morning I turned round to Hilary after all the work she 'd done with me and said , " I 'm going to fail , I 'm not doing it . " |
| 2 | She had known as soon as they had arrived at the lodge that her heart had made the right decision , even though it felt irresponsible and utterly childish to be spending a summer like this , at her age , and after all the work she had done to put the initials MD after her name . |
| 3 | They wheeled him rapidly into Resus. , Kathleen snapping out instructions right , left and centre , but as they peeled back the blanket to examine him , even Kathleen after all the years she had been working in A and E was shocked at the extent of his injuries . |
| 4 | she 's probably bloody used to it after all the years she must of had them , she tells |
| 5 | Enraged by such unappreciative comments after all the trouble she 'd gone to , Fran swung round and marched ahead , stopping abruptly when she heard the unmistakable sound of his laughter . |
| 6 | Agnes duly went into labour about lunch-time one hot still day , pouring sweat and Omming to herself while my father boiled lots of water and things and Mrs Clamp dabbed Agnes 's brow and like as not told her of all the women she 'd known who had died in childbirth . |
| 7 | I shuddered at the thought of all the bones she must have buried under the carpet . |
| 8 | Of all the nurses she had known only Minnie Robinson had remained loved and revered and even now , when she was old and pensioned off , Miss Arabel visited her faithfully and turned to her in complete trust for advice and comfort . |
| 9 | The songs came back to her now , and she thought of all the things she had n't had : a junior prom , dates , valentines , flowers . |
| 10 | She leant down and started to lick out his ear , bit his lobes , started to tell him of all the things she had done with other men . |
| 11 | Of all the things she had expected from life , the events of the last twenty-four hours had not been remotely near them . |
| 12 | When William had gone , she thought of all the things she had planned to do as soon as she had a little time to herself . |
| 13 | She thought of all the things she did n't like to do , the sewing and painting and practising , and then she tried to think of the days at home she had enjoyed most and unbidden , pictures came to her mind of the farm and the sheep and the days on the hill with her father . |
| 14 | She smoked her cigarette very slowly , trying not to cough and thinking of all the things she was going to do . |
| 15 | The memory of all the things she had said to him came back to her and she was suddenly scared . |
| 16 | ( a ) some poems by Emily Dickinson , which you analyse ; ( b ) a bibliography ( list of books and articles ) , to find out what has been written by and on this poet ; ( c ) one or more critical articles on Emily Dickinson ; ( d ) a biography of the writer ; ( e ) a dictionary of symbolism , to look up some of the symbols she uses ; ( f ) a concordance to the works of Emily Dickinson ( this is a list of all the words she used , and where she used them ) . |
| 17 | His lips continued to hold her captive , weaving some dark spell around her that seduced her senses and lured her into sharing a virgin part of herself with this man … this man , with whom , of all the men she had ever met , she wanted least to share these secrets of herself . |
| 18 | The plastic potted plants , a wild profusion , looked real , for , a few drinks in you , it might be a bar in Seville , which was , of all the places she had been , her most romantic city . |
| 19 | Of all the advice she had received from the other creatures , taking away the dog 's food was the only one , she decided in the end , that might have a chance of succeeding . |
| 20 | Think of your own favourite writer , of all the books she or he has written . |
| 21 | But Miguel Rafaelo sat at the desk , looking through the files that Shelley had made of all the patients she had seen . |
| 22 | A result of all the strain she 'd been through , she thought distractedly , groping for her handkerchief . |
| 23 | Carrie thought of all the people she knew in the world , all of them still eating and breathing and walking about , and then of Mrs Gotobed , lying still . |
| 24 | She looked back over her three years at college , now slowly approaching their close , and she thought of all the people she had known and all the friends she had made , and it seemed to her that most of them had been aiming with varying degrees of accuracy at just such an effect . |
| 25 | Of all the people she could have been stuck with at a time like this ! |
| 26 | Of all the detectives she could afford , Maureen had hired this odd little man who looked as though he were play-acting , managed to be obtrusive when he was doing absolutely nothing and carried around a herbal cure for his blocked nose . |
| 27 | Of all the roles she had played in the theatre , of all the great works that had come her way , she was fated to be remembered mostly for how she pronounced the rhetorical question , ‘ A hand-bag ? ’ |
| 28 | Heading a homicide enquiry is a prize which has always eluded her , until against all the odds she is appointed to head a case . |
| 29 | And she told the turtle about all the advice she 'd received : starving , smacking , ambushing and poisoning . |
| 30 | He does n't , you know , talk about all the hardships she 's had , and it 's been very difficult for all tho , he is absolutely straight but he still deals with her in love and compassion ! |