Example sentences of "[was/were] all in [noun] " in BNC.

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1 This was all in addition to the usual lessons my father gave me on mathematics and history and so on .
2 He was all in favour of anything that kept their costs down .
3 But if he were she was all in favour of bogeymen .
4 ‘ I was all in favour of a free pardon , ’ he said , ‘ but Geoffrey Lane objected . ’
5 The SPD too decided that they could not rely on the FDP to provide a solid , lasting majority in parliament and Herbert Wehner was all in favour of a ‘ Grand Coalition ’ .
6 He was all in favour of that .
7 ‘ This was all in London , right ? ’
8 I think it was all in Kenneth 's mind and I think Kenneth 's hang-up about his backside and his obsession with cleanliness would have made physical love very difficult for him . ’
9 ‘ Remember when you meet the press , to say that your speech was all in fun , and that you are really a serious person .
10 But the organisers still insist it was all in fun .
11 No doubt it was all in keeping with Luke 's Leo magnificence — a fitting lair for the King of Beasts .
12 At times he got impatient , if Rory failed to grasp a point , and on several occasions he glossed over figures that Rory raised a query on , assured him it was all in hand , there was nothing he need bother with .
13 The theme of the marquee was Sweden ; it was all in yellow and white .
14 The redeeming feature was that it was all in aid of charity and two children 's hospitals outside Moscow benefited .
15 That was all in aid of the companies ' desperate need to make massive profits .
16 It was all in God 's hands . ’
17 Since it was all in bloom , the yard was a riot of colour and scent .
18 His body was all in pieces . ’
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