Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [art] [noun] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | We strive to please some of the people all of the time . ’ |
| 2 | Talabheim lies in the centre of the Great Forest and for this reason it is sometimes known as the Eye of the Forest , where , like the eye of a cyclone , all is calm amidst the danger all around . |
| 3 | Cut it to size , allowing extra for a hem all round . |
| 4 | He was wrapped in so much of the duvet all she could see was the top of his head . |
| 5 | You ca n't please all of the people all of the time . |
| 6 | In his role as the world 's Central Banker , a position bestowed on him by the dollar 's reserve currency status , he can not please all of the people all of the time . |
| 7 | Naturally the next field in which to try out this half-truth was politics , where people have been trying since the time of Demosthenes to fool all of the people all of the time . |
| 8 | It believes that ‘ fooling all of the people all of the time ’ is entirely possible when the product or service is interesting or persuasive enough . |
| 9 | Whatever the outcome , one thing is clear : where new roads are concerned , you can not please all of the people all of the time . |
| 10 | So some unscrupulous drug dealers are still trying to pass Ketamine off as E. Others , no doubt working on the basis that you ca n't fool all of the people all of the time , have thought ahead and worked out a clever marketing strategy . |
| 11 | Teachers who listen to all the conflicting noises that are made about education by the pundits will inevitably feel ( quite apart from their own ideals ) that there is no pleasing all of the people all of the time . |
| 12 | None of these methods will ease all of the people all of the time . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , you know the saying : ‘ You ca n't please all of the people all of the time , just some of the people some of the time . ’ |
| 14 | Like many of the gentry all over the country , he was convinced that the wound now bleeding Christendom might yet be healed , and the Church , the Body of Christ , made whole ; so when he gave sanctuary to young men on their way to train as priests in France , or secret agents from Spain or Ireland , he did so believing that he was acting in the best interests of his country , claiming that if anyone was a traitor it was the ardent puritans like Walsingham and Drake , who by their political manoeuvrings and piratical attacks on Spanish merchantmen were pushing the Queen remorselessly into a confrontation with King Philip of Spain . |
| 15 | It is only when you stop scanning the horizon for monumental shapes that you realise they have been looming unnoticed in the foreground all along . |
| 16 | Slowly , carefully , he pushed her away from him , flicking his lazy dark eyes over her nakedness before reaching to pull her swimsuit back up again , smoothing it over her body with a practised skill which left her weak at the knees all over again . |
| 17 | He began to run and jump across the white rocks , exhilarated by the emptiness all round . |
| 18 | He was strongly aware of the Wolfwood all about him as he walked cautiously under the Trees . |
| 19 | He grabbed it and held it before his face and in doing so spilled most of the powder all over the front of his fancy tweed jacket . |