Example sentences of "[verb] to be all " in BNC.
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| 1 | Morrissey was elected ‘ hip-priest ’ and , as such , was expected to be all wise and all knowing . |
| 2 | As each successive Parliament is deemed to be all powerful , logically , that Parliament must have the power to make or unmake any law . |
| 3 | He is not even convinced that the head of a financial institution needs to be all that numerate . |
| 4 | That happens to be all right for me because I do not have to commute regularly but it could be a consideration . |
| 5 | Here , indeed , this freak of fortune was felt to be all the more cruel on account of the impossibility of resenting it openly ; but this was nothing to the delighted grandfather . |
| 6 | Here , indeed , this freak of fortune was felt to be all the more cruel on account of the impossibility of resenting it openly ; but the delighted grandfather cared nothing for what the John Pontifexes might feel or might not feel ; he had wanted a grandson and he had got a grandson ; this should be enough for everybody … |
| 7 | I had a look at the bagpipes before pulling the rucksack onto my back , they seemed to be all right — wonder when I 'll play them again ? |
| 8 | Like that time when I saw you in Kent , you seemed to be all right together . ’ |
| 9 | He thought he knew Ash fairly well , as well as anyone might know a man whose life seemed to be all in his mind , who lived a quiet and exemplary married life for forty years , whose correspondence was voluminous indeed , but guarded , courteous and not of the most lively . |
| 10 | ‘ Thanks , ’ she 'd said , and everything seemed to be all right . |
| 11 | That seemed to be all right . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ There was glass on the floor , but she seemed to be all right and so did Prince William . |
| 13 | Her father seemed to be all around her in this house . |
| 14 | Everything seemed to be all right . |
| 15 | She 'd done a bit of elementary choreography for Therese and Gesner , but he seemed to be all right , a bit standoffish and dignified perhaps , but then he was the star . |
| 16 | Beating up cushions releases the feelings pent up in the shoulders — but such forms of catharsis are sometimes thought to be all right for Californians but not for the rest of us . |
| 17 | While existing premium products were considered adult they were , says Bartle , thought to be all about formal occasions , badge values and impressing others . |
| 18 | It was n't Morris , it was n't identifiable , even to a keen archaeologist — not unless he happened to be all too well informed about the experts who had interested themselves in Aurae Phiala , and even in their heirs and heiresses , down to herself . |
| 19 | In contrast to the mainstream novel , which tends to be all sprawl , it is essential for the blueprint detective story to have shape . |
| 20 | Now , are you sure you 're going to be all right ? ’ |
| 21 | She had evidently decided that things were going to be all right . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's going to be all right now , ’ I told her . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's going to be all right . ’ |
| 24 | Marie 's gone to Scotland to look after her baby , so everything 's going to be all different and Mr Jackson 's going to look after me . |
| 25 | It 's going to be all right . |
| 26 | From now on everything 's going to be all right . |
| 27 | All the way home I was so happy ; everything had been worth while , everything was going to be all right . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's going to be all right ! |
| 29 | Everything is going to be all right , you will be looked after , Alida . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Are you going to be all right ? ’ he asked her . ’ |