Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] all [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though suddenly his toughness had gone and mockery was all about him as , rocking back on his heels , he stared into her furious flashing green eyes and taunted , ‘ Oh , but you 're beautiful when you 're angry ! ’ |
| 2 | The next day the news of the murder was all over London . |
| 3 | Her talk was all about the recent fine weather , the record yield , the completion of harvest — all but the linseed . |
| 4 | The talk was all about the plague , which was coming back again into London . |
| 5 | At first , the talk was all about King James and his court . |
| 6 | A man called him the devil , some parents shouted ‘ We Want Joe ’ and the talk was all about condoms , AIDS and innocence . |
| 7 | Delta had taught him that fear was all in the mind . |
| 8 | By then her mouth was all over mine , her tongue darting in and out . |
| 9 | Alejandro was all for putting a bullet through this she-devil 's head and dispatching her to the nearest abattoir . |
| 10 | In Total Recall ( with Schwarzenegger ) the scene was all about manipulation , about gaining power over him by being sexual . |
| 11 | Work was all about those three , the exhaustion and boredom of work , the fear of losing it , the meagreness of its rewards . |
| 12 | But the hard work was all in a good cause . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 — ‘ |
| 14 | Both men had moved up in the world recently and the evidence of their new wealth was all around them in the curtains , the carpets , the original paintings and the quality of the ornaments and effects . |
| 15 | The lack of confidence engendered by such a barren run was all to evident , as Tottenham soon set about imposing themselves on this unremarkable match . |
| 16 | The passage was all about washing clothes , but only one group was told this in advance . |
| 17 | Green was all for restoring Lord 's Island which seemed to have had a strange fascination for him , as it has for the present writer who has also , found for herself , the vestiges of the pier , the house , the shooting butts , etc . |
| 18 | Not easy — Sukey 's charm was all in her colouring . |
| 19 | Raymond Floyd might have suggested that the match was all about sportsmanship and camaraderie but there was no disguising the feeling in the American camp when someone as eloquent as Tom Watson could state that he was " over here to kick some butt " . |
| 20 | ‘ I would have said , however , that the ill-feeling was all on Alain Gebrec 's part . |
| 21 | The forest was all about them and was all unknown ; why should one way be better than another ? |
| 22 | Murchison the Slinnart bobby was all for killing it and he had a stone raised to despatch it when I said no . |
| 23 | His body was all in pieces . ’ |
| 24 | But the director was all for it , too , and as Kenneth pointed out , we did n't wait between talking naturally in our private conversations . |
| 25 | Anyone outside looking up would think the room was all on fire . |
| 26 | But the event was all in a good cause . |
| 27 | The dull red glow was all about them now and the baleful light fell across the Robemaker 's cloaked figure so that , although his face remained hidden , Nuadu caught the glitter of his eyes , red and inverted and , despite the belching heat , he felt ice close about his heart . |
| 28 | But you were easy enough — your name was all over the papers recently . ’ |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Night was all about them and the Wolfwood was a strange , none-too-safe place . |