Example sentences of "[noun] all [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Overshadowing the town , a massive round-shouldered hill loomed , like Ayer 's Rock , Table Mountain and the Wrekin all rolled into one . |
| 2 | The grass margins are trimmed neat as a Home Counties lawn and there are single-storey farmsteads with shuttered balconies all perched on stilts to suit the climate . |
| 3 | The blokes all put on frocks , like , an' the chicks get togged up in strides . |
| 4 | Thus in the full range of surnames we find examples of patronymics , metronymics — formations based on a mother 's name and sometimes called matronymics — font names , personal and pet names , and diminutives all called into service . |
| 5 | Mills all set for ‘ return ’ to Glens |
| 6 | Anne Marriner , 23 , admitted attempting to obtain property by deception and two counts of criminal damage all committed on the same day during January . |
| 7 | Thus , our analysis is based on 386 incident cases all diagnosed after the introduction of treatment . |
| 8 | He had the Intelligence and the Security and the Branch all burrowing in their computers for an Englishman called Colt who wiped people for the cause of the Republic of Iraq , and he had sweet nothing to do , unless he went eye to eye with the mysteries of the thermostat . |
| 9 | We should be getting at least to March all supplied from us now for the next three or four months it should all be from us . |
| 10 | Higher production , higher oil prices and increased interest income all contributed to this improvement in performance . |
| 11 | JOHN AND GRAEME HALL PROVIDE GUESTS WITH BEEF , EGGS AND VEGETABLES ALL PRODUCED ON THEIR FARM — AND A BUTLER WHO WAS N'T . |
| 12 | The bed faced the window that looked out over miles of countryside and it seemed that everything in the room was white , from the white , frilled curtains to the dainty white duvet cover and pillow case all edged with broderie anglaise . |
| 13 | Down below , thieves , assassins , trolls and merchants all realised at about the same moment that they were in a room made treacherous of foothold by gold coins and containing something , among the suddenly menacing shapes in the semi-darkness , that was absolutely horrible . |
| 14 | Therefore we can assume that there are 3 minor pentatonic scales all found in the key of G Major : ie. A , B and E minor pentatonics . |
| 15 | Acting as Port Agent for P&O Cruises for the first time , Ellerman & Bucknall were responsible for a range of activities all aimed at ensuring a trouble free visit for Canberra in both Durban and Cape Town . |
| 16 | Many nurseries are adding species and Old varieties to their lists and you may well find shrub forms , ramblers and climbers all grouped under the one heading . |
| 17 | Quilted or ostentatiously functional — the Swiss army penknife of the trouser kingdom — with a thousand pockets , clips , keyrings and a thing for getting stuff out of horses hooves all attached to the waistband . |
| 18 | The released prisoners all feared for their lives . |
| 19 | 's sister is an electrician at the factory and they have three brothers all qualified in the same job . |
| 20 | FORMER chairman Rex Williams , Mark Wildman and veteran Australian Eddie Charlton yersterday all failed in their bids for re-election to the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association board . |
| 21 | Meanwhile , how was I to turn into Juliette Greco and Brigitte Bardot and Simone de Beauvoir all rolled into one ? |
| 22 | The metric in this region may be taken to be of the form ( 6.20 ) , but with the metric functions U , V , W and M all depending on u only . |
| 23 | Students , colleagues , passers-by all faded into deceptive distances . |
| 24 | The DIY business has been fiercely competitive with Do-It-All , B&Q and Texas all battling for supremacy through price cuts and heavy advertising . |
| 25 | On the first repetition ( but excluding the final period , in which all except a very few sold their entire post-production stock ) subjects either sold all their stock ( 317 occasions ) or none of their stock ( 112 occasions ) on 429 occasions out of a possible 672 occasions ( 64 group subjects + 32 individual subjects all multiplied by seven periods ) . |
| 26 | The ties all looked as if they came from a jumble sale . |
| 27 | Whittaker , his chairman Geoff Mulcahy and late chairman John Beckett all worked at Tate 's rival , British Sugar , before taking over Kingfisher 10 years ago . |
| 28 | The only inconvenience of the original interior was that the bedrooms all led into one another ( just as they had always done in houses past : passages were only deemed essential when the segregation of servants became the norm in the eighteenth century ) ; but this was overcome by making a gallery and rearranging the staircase . |
| 29 | She mumbled beneath his mouth when his fingers pressed hard into her firm buttocks , and she felt a hot flame burn where his hand had rested , her mouth , her body , her mind all whirling with the incredible sensation that his unprovoked assault was arousing . |
| 30 | He had come to the village at last light bearing a balaclava helmet , a webbing belt and trousers , and a mess tin all belonging to the Presidential Guard . |