Example sentences of "the [noun] [was/were] all [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The money was all in a pot . |
| 2 | The talk was all about the plague , which was coming back again into London . |
| 3 | ‘ She met some guy in there that day , some guy she used to go with , and he must 've said something because the next thing anyone knew , she was screaming at him , Pete was in the bar the morning after , he said the window was all over the floor , apparently she 'd thrown an ashtray at the guy and it had missed and taken the whole window out instead , and when he took her by the arm and tried to calm her down , she shook him off and ran out of the bar , right out in the street , and like I said , it was the bottom of a hill and there was a truck coming — ‘ |
| 4 | A moment later , the contents were all over the floor , and the woman gave a cluck of annoyance . |
| 5 | The guns were all along the river bank as far as I could see . |
| 6 | But the event was all in a good cause . |
| 7 | In the first series the emphasis was all on the very street-sussed young women who went out and solved all kinds of crimes , problems and so on . |
| 8 | I had got what I wanted — his registration number and , in no time at all , the police were all over the place . |
| 9 | Then this morning , the police were all over the college again and , by lunchtime , the master knew . |
| 10 | The moor was all round the saucer in which Chesney lay but the best views of it were from his house , the last house before the road curved round . |