Example sentences of "of [noun pl] all [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It looked like hundreds and hundreds of houses all piled dangerously on top of each other and Endill wondered if it was safe to live in such a place . |
| 2 | Mr Stannard was a partner in one of the leading county estate agencies ; his name graced the pages of the local paper each week , spread like a banner above photographs of houses all priced , it seemed to Edward , at a quarter of a million pounds . |
| 3 | Here and there one may find a row of houses all having the same supply , but very often two adjacent houses are supplied differently . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | This set of words is called the word-initial cohort , since it is a set of words all having the same initial sound . |
| 6 | It was crowded and swarming with school parties , hundreds of schools all gathered together , some in uniform , some not in uniform , some accompanied , some unaccompanied . |
| 7 | There then follows a list of matters all connected with ‘ services , accommodation or facilities provided in the course of any trade or business . ’ |
| 8 | The systems division is still not profitable after charging research and development expenditure , but services — technical support , third-party maintenance , consulting , are said to be very profitable and represent 30% of receivables all told . |
| 9 | Yesterday , at the railway embankment , he and a group of friends all reckoned to know the two youths who abducted two-year-old James . |
| 10 | No-one very serious about anyone else , just a crowd of friends all having a good time , walking up the mountain on a lovely day , drinking the spring water and having a picnic . |
| 11 | The normal activity you 'll find in a primary classroom is groups of children all doing different things scattered round the room . |
| 12 | Lucy Lane said : ‘ There 's a drawer full of letters all jumbled together ; we have n't got round to them yet . ’ |