Example sentences of "for [det] that it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | J. R. R. Tolkien ( 1892–1973 ) , a Catholic by upbringing , wrote in praise of the remembered virtues of the British Tommy in the trenches during the First World War , and the enormous and highly improbable success of The Lord of the Rings ( 1954–5 ) , for all that it began as a cult in the United States rather than at home , struck a chord that was ultimately insular , tribal and boldly British . |
| 2 | For all that it remains an object which can not move itself or save itself from destruction . |
| 3 | Such an innocent river , for all that it knew a secret , for all that one of its stones had put a man out of sight of the sunset ! |
| 4 | For all that it sold for $46,200 ( £30,800 ) ( est. $30–50,000 ) . |
| 5 | Without it , psychoanalytic theory could not account for all that it had been observed human beings could do to themselves and to one another . |