Example sentences of "[vb infin] to [pron] [prep] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | One is that he is rather clean and tidy and polite and fastidious as a person ; the sweatier , wilder , rawer , dirtier areas of human sexuality do not appeal to him at all . |
| 2 | I 'm afraid not , Miss Holbrook ; that idea does n't appeal to me at all . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm here strictly for business and being dissected does not appeal to me at all . |
| 4 | Well , I yes , yes , I does n't appeal to me at all . |
| 5 | I never imagined that the business side would appeal to you at all . |
| 6 | I do n't object to it at all . |
| 7 | ‘ Did you speak to him at all , Delia ? ’ |
| 8 | Otherwise you 'll , you 'll not speak to him at all cos I shall just pick the phone up and say |
| 9 | You ca n't , you ca n't speak to her at all ! |
| 10 | Well they wan na , do n't matter to me at all I just think they 're dodgy characters . |
| 11 | She did n't give one jot about him , kiss or no kiss , and she was going to make that perfectly plain by ensuring that she did n't react to him at all . |
| 12 | He did n't like you , he did n't like you , he did n't take to you at all |
| 13 | If businessmen regard the increase in demand as temporary , they may not respond to it at all : this will be the case if they are generally pessimistic about the future level of economic activity . |
| 14 | Even though the subject matter may be such that it is difficult to come to rapid conclusions by , say , an objective test , the question should still be asked so that the teacher can explain to himself in all honesty what he is about . |
| 15 | But how could she admit to them after all she 'd said ? |
| 16 | Did they come to you at all ? |
| 17 | Sometimes she wished Will would not write to her at all , if he would send no messages to Daniel . |
| 18 | Besides , if she did not talk to him at all , ever , then she talked to nobody , unless you counted her communication with Aunt Margaret ; and her loneliness was unbearable . |
| 19 | They brought me down that day from Edinburgh , bundled me into a transit van with seats but no windows , handcuffed to a big quiet London lad who would n't talk to me at all and did n't even say much to the other two cops in the back of the transit just sat staring ahead and we seemed to drive all night just stopping once at some service station on the Ml , took a while to arrange everything , then they came in with a selection of cans of soft drinks and sandwiches and pasties and pork pies and chocolate and we all sat there munching then they asked me did I need the toilet and I said yes and they opened the door and it was straight over the grass into the gents ' toilets , two cops guarding the door and some men , looked like truckers , standing watching me , waiting for their turn after I 'd had my private visit ; only wanted a pee but I could n't do it even though the big lad was n't actually watching just having him standing there handcuffed to me was enough so they checked the stalls and then took the cuffs off me and I had to leave the door open a crack while I went , then back out and I see the other cop cars Christ a Range Rover and a Senator too I 'm a fucking VIP , then it 's into the van and on with the journey to London where the questioning starts ; they 're concentrating on Sir Rufus 's murder , for now , because they found a card a fucking business card in the woods near the burned cottage ; not mine that would have been too obvious but a card from a guy I know on Jane 's Defence Weekly with some scribbled notes on the back : |
| 20 | On the car journey , which took an hour and a half each way , he would talk to her with all the will he could muster about the toy shops . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'll talk to you for all the time we 're on this train . |
| 22 | " Did n't he talk to you at all ? " |
| 23 | ‘ Did the Admiral talk to you at all about your conduct of the wine committee ? ’ |
| 24 | went to put the , he , he went away again , but I , I did mention to the police , who I might say were very helpful were ninety per cent of burglars do n't get cleared up so of course it was n't important and I never expected it would be , but I did mention to the police at the time that I would like an future occasion because I 've been trying to use guns in America er to have a gun in the house but they er , but they would n't erm agree to it at all |