Example sentences of "all [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | opinions and principles like [ Wilde 's ] have from time to time manifested themselves all down the course of history , generally in over-ripe civilisations wavering on the brink of decay . |
| 2 | Then she saw Lachlan flush , Hector 's mouth twitch and eyes all down the tables exchange glances . |
| 3 | ‘ And you know , I 've never said this , although I 've thought it a lot : you 've always been kind to me all down the years . |
| 4 | It concluded that most of the mistakes were simply due to lack of care all down the line and not because of untried designs . |
| 5 | All down the years . |
| 6 | All down the front of your coat |
| 7 | Many candidates all down the line think of headhunters as privileged individuals able to hand out plum jobs willy-nilly to those in their favour ; at the same time — somewhat contradictorily — they regard them as dodgy , cowboy characters who have arrived at their coveted positions in life after having failed at everything else they have attempted . |
| 8 | He wore a baggy tracksuit with what looked like a jam stain down the front and egg yolk all down the sleeve . |
| 9 | There has been a great black smudge all down the crag ever since … ’ . |
| 10 | I 'll not let you go to visit the Company with dribbles of yolk all down the front of your suit . ’ |
| 11 | All that was substantial to her was the boy whom she touched all down the length of her but did not touch . |
| 12 | He was scoring off us all down the line . |
| 13 | So anyway , that Christmas Eve night confirmed my worst fears , it was like a kind of ‘ royal flush ’ for the infant Jimbo : all three kings — Pa , Santa and the King of Kings — all down the pan together … |
| 14 | Lili was going to wear a crimson redingote of stiff taffeta with dull pewter buttons all down the front , a skull cap of crimson velvet atop her rusty curls , grey gun-metal stockings and gloves , and Egyptian crimson slippers . |
| 15 | ‘ I think he 's angry that having given me the freedom to think for myself , I 've not followed him all down the line . ’ |
| 16 | He can see them , all down the table , leaning forwards over their plates , then back in their chairs , an irregular series of nodding heads like a shop window full of sipping chicken toys . |
| 17 | In winter you can ski cross country all down the valley , or ski downhill at Andermatt , Disentis and Flims . |
| 18 | You 've got a huge red stain all down the back of your shorts . |
| 19 | As far as we could see , ship after ship was anchored all down the outer loch , and as we progressed towards Ullapool we could see that the anchored ships extended right into the bay past Ullapool piers . |
| 20 | There were baskets of flowers with long green trails of smilax all down the length of it , and by every place , above the glittering phalanxes of silver and the shining forests of glass , were engraved menu cards , each held in a little silver fist . |
| 21 | All down the table , white-gloved footmen were removing the soup plates , the men 's all empty , the ladies ' all — all but her own — ; three quarters full still . |
| 22 | She walked all down the room on the bare boards , looking at the paintings on the walls , breathing the smell of paint and turpentine laced with the richness of linseed oil . |
| 23 | ‘ You and Corosini are wrong all down the line . |
| 24 | ‘ I see you 're one step ahead of us all down the line ! |
| 25 | All down the line drivers had their hands on the horn button . |
| 26 | The also the big rotary blades on 'em are throwing all the grass over the pavement and all over the road and eventually finishes up all down the drains . |
| 27 | He was lying on his back with the sheet round his waist , one arm flung up over his head , and she could see bruises all down the underside of his arm and down his ribs . |
| 28 | That would be about sixty , sixty one as I see , and er they were the last match of the season virtually was that they gained promotion on was Shrewsbury , which was at the game meadow and Arthur , the player manager who was a prolific goal scorer in his day , was playing at the time and er nobody expected Walsall to win but they ran out two-one winners and all down the A five that night all the pubs were full coming back with everyone celebrating , so erm , after then they had a civic dinner at the Town Hall for the players and they did a big flower display in the arboretum all set out in flowers the club badge and congratulation lads on winning promotion , and this when they kicked off the following season , in the second division , prior to that they played a friendly match against Leicester and Gordon was in goal and I took my boy with me Tim , who was only a toddler at the time , and he , I stood him on the old archway where the players used to run out , but the first league match was against Sunderland and Brian , actually played for Sunderland as centre forward and er Walsall ran out four-three winners in the end Tony , who was Walsall inside left got a hat trick and I believe Tommy , got the other goal and Brian scored for Sunderland , then the er we went on to the , the first away match which was at Derby County , and Walsall won that three-one . |
| 29 | even if the church was And they 've cut all the side , the other side , Church Street they 've cut all the hedge of the church down there and dumped all the grass inside , no not the grass , the branches , inside well you 'd think they 'd get a blooming lorry or a van to take it all down the blooming tip would n't you ? |
| 30 | what 's gon na happen , you 're only gon na lose them all down the back |