Example sentences of "[prep] [be] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | So the ones we are looking for are all in deep water . |
| 2 | The things they are being tested for are all those we 've been training for up until this time . |
| 3 | That cooker hood was filthy , must of been all the Christmas shopping cooking I mean I think I 'll put the new filter on , I 'll have a go any way |
| 4 | but he must of been all worked up and since then I 've had a right struggle , most nights |
| 5 | They should of been all out in teams . |
| 6 | ‘ The others we thought of are all the sons of influential men , ’ she said . |
| 7 | As of were all a |
| 8 | The 30 votes against were all cast by members of the right-wing Conservative Party , the main opposition in the House of Assembly , whose spokesman , Jan Hoon , condemned the repeal as " an act of betrayal " . |
| 9 | Signers find it easier to work if those they are communicating with are all seated in one area . |
| 10 | and the things that we 're left with are all the bills |
| 11 | Cos their shovel was different to ours , but that were n't any good to us cos that was er , cos what they used to trim grain with , now a grain shovel was made of tin and cos our shovels what they used to feed the boiler with were all steel shovels . |
| 12 | Well I used to do , what you 're doing see , you 're in charge of loading the ship , see but they did , first of all they , they , we had er , we had a foreman stevedore , then we had , and then erm we had the stevedores and the dockers they went away on these courses , down to ones , they used to go to Southampton and some went to Hull , but when they came back , they called theirselves stevedores , so course our harbourmaster , he say that 's not right , they 're stevedores , well you got ta be all called foremen stevedores , so Captain come to me , he said , what are we gon na call you ? |
| 13 | What I principally object to are all our dreary , smug books about growing up and coming to terms with oneself , that … are merely another brand of conformity … . |
| 14 | Major and minor chords of four notes arranged thus , chromatically from to are all possible and effective . |
| 15 | The murals of Diego Rivera for the Secretariat of Public Education in Mexico City are admitted by the critic Antonio Rodriguez not to be all of an equally high standard , ‘ but what poet could keep up the same lyrical flow for a thousand verses ? |
| 16 | If something or somebody seems to be all the go , it takes a determined editor to ignore it even if he thinks it wildly over-rated . |
| 17 | Thus the modern saloon and hatchback has to be all things to all people . |
| 18 | Armani shot down in flames those who thought the empire he founded in 1974 would die with the demise of the business half of his partnership ; he learnt fast and today manages to be all money , all business , without sacrificing the brilliant creative edge which has made him fashion 's greatest superstar for the past decade . |
| 19 | He wants to be all you could ever need . |
| 20 | Frequently a Georgian house which I had always seen from the road and considered to be all of one date , was revealed , when I came to knock on its door , to be purely a façade built on to a much earlier building . |
| 21 | In the 1760s the Lake District with its rugged and dramatic scenery began to be all the rage with artists of all sorts , and in their wake , as usual , the dilettanti rich followed limply behind , thinking there must be something in this search for the sublime through unadulterated nature . |
| 22 | One lab , one set of engineers and a worldwide sales force would seem to be all that is needed if it is true that companies and markets are becoming more global . |
| 23 | The important thing , though , was that they paid their admission fee before they became totally paralytic and abusive ; that seemed to be all that really mattered . |
| 24 | He looked bewildered , but the whole afternoon must have seemed so unbelievable to him that hopping into a boat would seem to be all of a piece . |
| 25 | Chasing a massive 287 for six , which included a powerful 122 off only 113 balls from Phil Simmons , South Africa succumbed to some accurate bowling to be all out for 180 in the 43rd over to give West Indies victory by 107 runs . |
| 26 | Politicians have to be all things to all people . |
| 27 | It might be heartbreaking but the summary plus the recommended actions may prove to be all that is ever needed or read . |
| 28 | An immediate response might be that quantity appears to be all that counts . |
| 29 | Clearly made to be all jackrabbit starts and pounce , lions can not sustain high speeds for long . |
| 30 | Moreover , there seem to be all manner of missed opportunities to communicate and discuss proposals with teachers and headmasters . |