Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [prep] [pron] all [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been looking for him all afternoon , but he must have been tied up with work . |
| 2 | Wayne was enchanted to see Hermia and Perdita , and gave the appearance of having been searching for them all day . |
| 3 | ‘ Father , I have been waiting for you all afternoon . ’ |
| 4 | Now that cape , it would be raining on it all night , and we had no means of drying it so that cape was left on a hanger in the house and the next coat was taken and that was worn but for some reason it seemed to be always raining on nights and you had coat wet and you came to go out it was still damp . |
| 5 | Now you 'll get indigestion and then you 'll feel sick and then you 'll be moaning to me all afternoon . |
| 6 | And should n't Lucy say something about her story , the subtle and extravagant passes Jay had been making at her all evening ? |
| 7 | Standards were set to which all school premises had to conform . |
| 8 | An interpretation of scripture is presupposed in which all verses must comport with one another . |
| 9 | In this system , which is sometimes known as absorption costing , a budget is produced in which all overheads are allocated to the activities associated with them . |
| 10 | In this system , which is sometimes known as absorption costing , a budget is produced in which all overheads are allocated to the activities associated with them . |
| 11 | THE CAT 'S BEEN SLEEPING ON IT ALL AFTERNOON ! |
| 12 | But er and then when television come her mother was sat over it all times and she used to tell me about going to pictures . |
| 13 | They climbed on the furniture , threw toys around , never did as they were told , and Mary felt that she was screaming at them all day to be quiet and leave her alone . |