Example sentences of "[subord] [adj] 's [verb] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Five drafts of the relevant passage survive , the first reading ‘ When all 's said and done I 'm a decent man ’ . |
| 2 | Men are all little boys at heart , when all 's said and done , and it 's not only women that like to have these little playthings about to make a break in the daily round . |
| 3 | Blood 's thicker than water , when all 's said and done , ’ Mary Ann was saying . |
| 4 | We are not papists when all 's said and done . ’ |
| 5 | We 're all horrified by one another , we humans , and there 's an end to it , but I shall be a good boy and sit quietly stroking Hosanna who is , when all 's said and done , my only true friend . ’ |
| 6 | These people are businessmen , when all 's said and done , and everyone 's got something to hide . |
| 7 | As one man expressed it : ‘ When all 's said and done we have to get a product out and the management are interested in how cheap it can be done and although it means sacrificing the worker it means one has a cheap product . ’ |
| 8 | In the end , when all 's said and done , you just ca n't help liking Mister C. He has his enemies , of course . |
| 9 | After all , he is nobility , when all 's said and done . ’ |
| 10 | Father Kendrick 's father was a bishop , after all , and Mrs Kendrick is the niece of Lady Nichols , when all 's said and done . |
| 11 | But that helps just to talk to someone who knows what your going through , but , when all 's said and done , I think it 's down to yourself , really . |
| 12 | When all 's said and done , Oliver does like to cause a bit of a stir . |
| 13 | ‘ A womanly attitude when all 's said and done , ’ observed Grace charitably . |
| 14 | ‘ I still ai n't forgiven you for what you said , but when all 's said and done , blood 's thicker than water . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ You 're very welcome — have n't the Irish and the Welsh a lot in common , when all 's said and done ? ’ |
| 16 | I 'll do it , why not , what 's a bit of washing when all 's said and done ? ’ |
| 17 | And , when all 's said and done , there 's not much wrong with a little wantonness here and there . |
| 18 | Eileen Harman 's a pain in the neck when all 's said and done . ’ |
| 19 | So the Armalite joke might not be far off , when all 's said and done . ’ |
| 20 | When all 's said and done it 's the character that counts . ’ |
| 21 | I mean it 's okay like if you 're getting weighed with other people , and yes , it 's quite nice and you 've got the encouragement and everything , but when all 's said and done , dieting dieting is all down to willpower . |