Example sentences of "in [noun] [verb] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the late eleventh century the hand of Cluny was felt in houses spread all over the north of Spain and down into Italy , even to La Cava near Naples and over into Sicily , and also across the south and west of Germany in the movement which had its centre in Hirsau . |
| 2 | They spoke of nothing in particular — holidays , films — and by the time Mrs Aitken appeared in the doorway , carrying aloft a flaming baked Alaska , the tension in Shiona had all but vanished . |
| 3 | Into extreme old age he would lecture about Temple 's mind in words rendered all the more penetrating by the obvious gratitude which the memory brought . |
| 4 | It 's quite strange because when you think of teenage mothers you think of Michelle in Eastenders having all those problems and the father running off and everything . |
| 5 | The violence in Belgium , India , Yugoslavia and the problems in Canada have all resulted from fear of domination by one group within the federation ( Walloons , Hindus , Serbs , English speaking Canadians , respectively ) . |
| 6 | By the 1970s , all of the familiar themes associated with the postwar new-critical programme had been appropriated by the new right and the humanistic sense that English departments might play a central and autonomous role in the transformation of the general " quality of life " in society had all but collapsed . |
| 7 | Corruption , taking bribes , failure to declare a conflict in interests have all constituted contempts . |
| 8 | The basic situation which I contemplate is a patient in hospital refusing all but nursing attendance , or the patient at home refusing all care , even if it means that he will be left alone . |
| 9 | At first the mobs in Teheran had all been anti-Shah , Gradually , however , the tide began to turn . |
| 10 | The latter use the word which ? or what sort of ? , as in fact do all attributives , whereas the means for questioning the predicate qualifier is normally how ? ; ( 6 ) and ( 7 ) are examples : ( 6 ) they ca n't map the parts inaccessible : which parts ca n't they map ? the book missing was stolen by Twyford : which book was stolen by Twyford ? ( 7 ) Alastair likes his beef tea strong : how does Alastair like his beef tea ? we find the prisoner guilty : how do you find the prisoner ? |
| 11 | People with whom one has had personal or professional differences — a row or a clash of principle — are best avoided ( albeit sometimes with real regret ) because meeting them might demand emotional resources that are n't there , open old wounds , or challenge one 's public certainties that in fact feel all too precarious . |
| 12 | That sense of right and wrong , preventing those in power walking all over those weaker than themselves . |