Example sentences of "he was [prep] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was well aware of the depth of the chasm which separated the past from the future he hoped to create , and he was above all a realist , but inevitably the fusing of nearly 600 formerly independent undertakings into a new corporate identity was not painless . |
| 2 | Intelligent , sensitive and artistic , with a certain diffidence which added to his charm , he was above all a man of absolute integrity . |
| 3 | There he was above all an observer of life , carrying on — forgive the pun those observations into the characters he played . |
| 4 | I do n't think he was at all well known abroad but in Austria he was famous for his wit . |
| 5 | If he was at all interested it was up to him to make the first move . |
| 6 | Despite the fact that he had worked for most of the period of his contract in England , lived in England , was paid in English currency and paid National Insurance contributions in the UK , he was at all times liable to be recalled to Dhaka . |
| 7 | He was at all times placid , unruffled , cool , calm and collected . |
| 8 | He was at all times happy , said his lordship , to give his assent to any measure that could relieve the unfortunate debtor without giving an opportunity to the adulterer , the swindler etc. to take advantage of the same law — . |
| 9 | Her mother never tired of speaking of her own father , Don Humberto , who had been a gentleman adventurer and a favourite at the court of King John , but she had never met Dom João and could only assure Sara that if he was at all like his grandfather or his Uncle Pedro ( the one who had died at sea ) he would be a man of great charm , intelligence and wit . |
| 10 | This did not mean that he was at all sympathetic to evolutionary ideas , which seemed crude and mechanical ; but he was not patient either with ‘ Bridgewater writing ’ , because it meant seeing the hand of God more in some things than others . |
| 11 | Alexandra took her father over every inch of her domain and he nodded at her enthusiasm , but if he was at all impressed by what she did , what she planned , he gave no sign . |
| 12 | Just because he knew about her it did not mean he was at all reliable . |
| 13 | When the young man was twenty he discovered that his mother had been boasting about how wonderful he was to all her friends . |
| 14 | Most others insist that the young Richard got his looks from his mother , Edith , a fair-haired girl , taller by far than Dic , a sweet beauty , ‘ a very strong woman ’ , to whom her husband was absolutely faithful and utterly irresponsible : as he was to all his family . |
| 15 | He 's not the same person he was before all that . |
| 16 | He was around all the time . |
| 17 | Lord Anson , bombarded as he was from all directions by demands for favours , was hard to move towards action , and Lieutenant Home no doubt felt it would be a case of out of sight out of mind . |
| 18 | But he was honest enough to say that he was ‘ fascinated ’ by it too ; as he was by all forms of physical violence . |
| 19 | Warnie , though he was by all accounts a most delightful and courteous companion , was a clear case of arrested development . |
| 20 | But this past winter , when the A team job returned to him following injury to Martyn Moxon , he was by all accounts a revelation . |
| 21 | He was in all the dailies , and you probably saw the TV coverage . |
| 22 | There he was in all his splendour , gazing blithely out of society-column illustrations , going into or coming out of some swank nightspot or other , with a gorgeous girl on either arm . |
| 23 | He was in all the conservation groups when he was a student , but his big thing was animals . ’ |
| 24 | But , I expect erm as he was in all last year I should think he |
| 25 | I expect he was like all the rest indoors , could n't find his way out of a paper bag . |
| 26 | He was like all men , a liar and a cheat . |
| 27 | But in the end he was like all the rest . |
| 28 | He was behind all this , wheeling and dealing , playing God ! |
| 29 | ‘ This one wanted to do my work , but when he started telling me that personally he was against all pet shops and would like to see them closed we did n't exactly see eye to eye . |
| 30 | He was after all like every other member of his sex — merely a man with a man 's desire to dominate . |