Example sentences of "all that we [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All that we saw on that Thursday night was O going home on his own once more ; though if we had watched closely we would have seen that he simply left his stool and did not say Goodnight , Mother . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , it is to these two writers that we owe almost all that we know of El Cid 's life from those who were his contemporaries . |
| 3 | ‘ That all that we know of ourselves is an unimportant encrustation over the true seed of the eternal idea which lives inside us , using us as a vehicle merely , which develops in spite of us . |
| 4 | The story of Godric , and all that we know of medieval commerce and transport , suggests that a merchant needed to enjoy adventure and risk for its own sake . |
| 5 | Botanically , it is a one-off with no obvious affinities and no immediate allies ; all that we know of its ancestors ( from fossil evidence ) is that they were once common over a much wider area , as near as Germany for instance , during the mid-Tertiary period approximately 30 million years ago . |
| 6 | The Northumbrians were instructed not to establish as king anyone who was illegitimate ( a slighting reference perhaps to Aldfrith and his descendants , or , for all that we know to the contrary , to other rulers — Aethelwald or Alhred ) nor to conspire to kill a king who was the Lord 's anointed , and any bishop or priest who was involved in such a crime was to be expelled from the Church and any layman excommunicated . |
| 7 | All that we know for certain about his coronation oath is that he promised to preserve the laws of the realm unimpaired and to do nothing touching the dignity of the crown without first obtaining the consent of his prelates and chief magnates . |
| 8 | ‘ We can not have all that we desire in this life , ’ pointed out Joan in a tone remarkably like that of their confessor , Father Powicke . |
| 9 | All that we said in Part 2 about exploiting the control video gives us over the material is as relevant to the teacher trainer as it is to the teacher . |
| 10 | All that we use in our modern world is a comment upon the delicate balance of human hand , eye and brain . |
| 11 | However , we should n't grumble , because that is all that we get with many other plants , and at least the reason of interest and attraction is extended by colourful fruits ( hips ) in autumn . |
| 12 | Warm acceptance , and a compassionate and kindly approach , should be the marks of all that we give to others — and to our own children too . |
| 13 | A timely reminder of the potential bio-hazards facing members , this study should remind us all that we deal on a daily basis with chemicals and micro-organisms which can cause much harm and ultimately lead to ill-health . |
| 14 | We make-believe that the dried skull is all that we have from a modern animal , use a plaster cast to estimate how big its brain was from the skull alone , and then check with the real brain to see how accurate our estimate was . |
| 15 | I mean the focus of the plan and the way we 've approached erm trying to identify the appropriate level of of land takes into account all that we considered to be the needs of the local economy . |
| 16 | Death , take our hands and all that we built with them ; |
| 17 | We begin by reminding ourselves daily that God provides all that we need for our lives . |