Example sentences of "[be] all [vb base] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some designs are fitted wall to wall where shapes , diagonals and borders are all cut and joined together . |
| 2 | Three or more it will be all play and if we win it we 've won the game . |
| 3 | Is your front page just gon na be all headline and picture , or are you gon na have a bit of story |
| 4 | Usually , Fabbiano 's showings drew people very much like his designs , those who were all glitz and no substance . |
| 5 | The ‘ Skaters at Broadgate , Liverpool Street Station ’ is all whizz and action . |
| 6 | Nelson is emphatic about the frequent misconception that Berlioz is all bluster and little form , pointing out that a composer with roots in Gluck , Mozart , and to a certain extent Beethoven , would hardly take a disorganized approach to presenting his own musical ideas . |
| 7 | Britain is all talk and no action . |
| 8 | If you actually read what Mitterrand and Kohl said , their words are open to so many interpretations that it is tempting , though wrong , to think that the whole business is all talk and no substance . |
| 9 | The right Hon. Gentleman is all talk and no fight . |
| 10 | But now it 's all divorce and even the married ones carry on in a very odd way . |
| 11 | It 's all mellow and then it just goes ah ! |
| 12 | it 's all hustle and bustle is n't it ? |
| 13 | Try to make time to put your feet up and switch off but do n't be grouchy if you find it 's all work and no play ! |
| 14 | Right it 's all play and it 's your turn to draw . |
| 15 | ‘ Men talk , ’ said Brenda , ‘ and it 's all piss and wind and ends in death . ’ |
| 16 | After that , it was all willpower and the result was an extraordinary recovery . |
| 17 | He was all take and no give . |
| 18 | Look at Jessie , only eighteen , and she was all bust and hips . |
| 19 | One second John Barnes was all taunt and tease ; the next he stopped dead , like a shot pheasant , and twirled slowly to the Anfield earth . |
| 20 | She had a great temptation to rest against him , but he stood with a swift movement that was all anger and sarcasm . |
| 21 | It was all smell and I do n't know what it was ! |
| 22 | It was all debit and no credit . ’ |
| 23 | But it was all rush and go : one to beat the other . |
| 24 | ‘ I was all rush and no rhythm , ’ said Richardson . |