Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [noun] [prep] all [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's absolutely massive , yes , it 's a national er campaign , so we 've been recruiting people from all kinds of ways ; direct mail , er getting in touch with people who 've done it for us before , er through magazines and so on and the whole thing has been a major logistical undertaking . |
| 2 | I 'd been to work all day and I 'd been and been running sheets off all night . |
| 3 | Activity being very much the name of the game , students will be taking part in all sorts of sponsored events from running , wheeling and walking , to cycling , chess , swimming , badminton , singing and even knitting . |
| 4 | The problem , of course , would be reaching agreement with all parties concerned , as to which events , other than the four Grand Slams , would be included . |
| 5 | But it turned out to be an endless task and , as a result , for the last few years I 've been learning phrasings from all kinds of foreign instruments . |
| 6 | There were two hand-hewn wooden chests , one filled with grain , the other with cloth : there were cooking pots of all sizes , with their bottoms blackened from the fire : there were shiny brass plates and bowls : there were iron cooking tripods , agricultural tools , winnowing fans , pestles , balls of wool and spindles , rugs , blankets , clothes : there was Kalchu 's locked box where he kept money and bits of broken jewellery . |
| 7 | Dr Norris said the doctors were demanding protection for all health care ‘ homicide ’ . |
| 8 | The anti-terrorist department of Scotland Yard , SO13 , were maintaining surveillance on all terrorists known to have links with Kamalia . |
| 9 | Well you see it may be important where the information came from , you did n't get it from the cards , you say you were getting information from all directions . |
| 10 | Mr Lang said a minority of parents were undermining schooling for all children through allowing truancy , failing to teach the difference between right and wrong and leaving education to schools . |
| 11 | Meanwhile the Croats , throwing down their arms in their bivouac areas , had commenced moving down the main road in a dense mass , urged on by the Partisans at the back who were discharging arms in all directions . |
| 12 | ‘ We were receiving calls from all parts of the country and I had a call from one lady in Washington DC in the early hours of this morning . |
| 13 | The debate is drawing opinion from all sides but Middlesbrough Labour MP Stuart Bell , a keen sports fan , is one man in no doubt about who will suffer most in the new deal which puts live television into the hands of satellite TV bosses . |
| 14 | Many are already sceptical of MIPS ' independence , following its proposed acquisition by Silicon Graphics , and now it 's drawing fire from all quarters , not least from shareholder DEC . |
| 15 | Microsoft Corp is spraying statistics in all directions to try and convince the industry of NT 's success : 60,000 software development kits have been sent out , it says , 25,000 dealers and the like should be trained before the launch , and it has commitments from developers that over 500 applications will be ready by the autumn — however it absolutely refuses to comment on how many copies it expects to sell . |
| 16 | Microsoft Corp is spraying statistics in all directions to try and convince the industry of NT 's success : 60,000 software development kits have been sent out , it says , 25,000 dealers and the like should be trained before the launch , and it has commitments from developers that over 500 applications will be ready by the autumn — however it absolutely refuses to comment on how many copies it expects to sell . |
| 17 | He believes that Signet has given his firm a competitive advantage — ‘ a major part of our practice is providing advice to all types of businesses and the sophistication of our system helps us to service our clients ’ needs more efficiently ’ . |
| 18 | The move towards NVQs and SVQs is taking place across all industries at all levels within the industry , from engineering and manufacturing through to the provision of health and social care , from the operative to the manager . |