Example sentences of "all [pron] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought I was giving you more than that , ee , first of all I went to fifteen percent , you said |
| 2 | Well , that was all I came for . |
| 3 | ‘ All I asked for was a month 's peace and quiet to get some work done . |
| 4 | My daughter 's welfare seemed far more important , and it was really all I thought about . |
| 5 | So with a series of jerky motions I pumped that handle , but all I succeeded in producing was the sound of a set of bagpipes . |
| 6 | In the winter of 1518 all I cared about was surviving and life was hard in Paris . |
| 7 | Although I knew it moved rapidly , all I had of it in my memory was a series of still pictures , captured in rain by lightning . |
| 8 | All I had at the end was a sore hand and broken fingernails . |
| 9 | I had a letter in return to say she 'd come when I 'd accomplished all I had in mind . |
| 10 | PAUL Johnson hammered a record-breaking 167 not out as Nottinghamshire thrashed Kent at Trent Bridge and then confessed : ‘ All I had in mind was finishing the job off this time . ’ |
| 11 | That was all I had in mind , but I ended up , five minutes later , knowing something the police and the probation service did n't know . |
| 12 | ‘ That 's all I had from Dilys on her death bed — and not even sent to me , neither ! |
| 13 | All I knew at that stage was that the girls had drowned in a sailing accident . |
| 14 | We have lived in Birmingham for 18 months and been totally absorbed in familiarising ourselves with our own local environment , and all I knew of Highgate , Sparkhill , Sparkbrook and Small Heath was where they are on a map . |
| 15 | All I knew of this was the noise . |
| 16 | It was to be filmed in a Spanish club off Oxford Street , and I promised my flamenco friend Nuria , who taught me all I knew for my part in the About Face playlet , Señor Duende , that I would don a leotard and flounce for her . |
| 17 | I told them all I knew except the one thing the great cardinal wanted . ’ |
| 18 | All I knew about fighting was ruse and trickery . |
| 19 | All I knew about her was that she was a Quaker elder , had a bad back and a year ago had wanted either my studio or garden to give relaxation classes in . |
| 20 | All I knew about Waugh was that he was the son of the famous Evelyn , and has a reputation for the sort of scathing wit that seems to epitomise the self-appointed arbiters of literary , and more generally , artistic taste and standards . |
| 21 | All I knew about him was that he was someone who belonged to Jean-Claude 's past , and that Jean-Claude was indebted to him . |
| 22 | All I knew about her was that she was a schoolteacher , as Tom had been before he joined the organisation . |
| 23 | That 's all I knew about it . |
| 24 | All I knew by then was that I just did n't want change . ’ |
| 25 | I am not exaggerating when I say that I was inspired by all I saw at the adult education centres in Croydon . |
| 26 | A belated attempt at abdomen-straining brought it swimming back into fuzzy focus , but that dial was all I saw during the remainder of an interminable fast-jet loop . |
| 27 | I was fascinated by all I saw on my way . |
| 28 | All I received for my labour was my tea . |
| 29 | Shrugs were all I received from the Tourist Information Centre on the harbour . |
| 30 | We need the money , and from all I heard at the Gaudy , Somerville still deserves it . |