Example sentences of "all [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was 13 and it was all about a family living with lions , starring my mother , Tippi Hedren , and stepfather Noel Marshall . |
| 2 | It was all about a woman who goes on holiday to a hotel in Switzerland . |
| 3 | She was all for a bit of ducking and diving , that 's how everyone lived in her estimation , but from what she had gleaned recently about her sons , it was a completely different lifestyle they were after . |
| 4 | I 'm all for a bit of gossip . |
| 5 | It was all for a purpose , of course ; little that I do is not , one way or another . |
| 6 | Finally , a worthwhile person is always coherent , in the sense of being all of a piece . |
| 7 | The electrical methods allow other possibilities ; one can , for example , release dye all along a wire at a given instant and obtain information from its subsequent locus . |
| 8 | All with a smile is tone of voice . |
| 9 | Open to visitors Friday to Sunday , and for pre-booked visits from Tuesday to Thursday , this Museum is sure to interest all with a fascination for airships . |
| 10 | I 'm all in a knot , I 've got the runs , I ca n't keep anything in . |
| 11 | The money was all in a pot . |
| 12 | Do n't get yourself all in a sweat trying to find the most effective product for underarm freshness . |
| 13 | A row was all in a day 's work for her , and at the end she 'd feel pleased with herself and at peace with the world . |
| 14 | She had unflinchingly wrenched the arrow out of his arm as if ‘ t was all in a day 's work , and had argued with him all through the operation and while bandaging his wound later . |
| 15 | For Crawford , it was all in a day 's work , and split-second timing was the key . |
| 16 | ‘ There is a great deal to take in in what you have said , too much to be done all in a moment . |
| 17 | I read a book by the American painter Charles Reid who said that rather than paint a dark background all round a daisy it is sometimes better to put just one dark drop of colour behind the vase of the petal to get the most impact . |
| 18 | ‘ The whiting cooked with its tail in its mouth teaches us to think all round a problem , ’ answered Auguste , lovingly poking back one tail that was sprawling over the edge of his basket . |
| 19 | It 's easy to make one very expensive roll of wallpaper stretch all round a room which , if you could ever afford it , would normally take lo or I 2 rolls . |
| 20 | It was all on a scale much more appropriate for children than the high vaulting of his previous school and there was much more play equipment . |
| 21 | ‘ Yon lawn in t'front must be all on a couple o' acres , ’ stated Jonadab . |
| 22 | That afternoon ( it was all on a Sunday ) he saw Chamberlain , and having directly asked him whether he agreed with the others and having received an affirmative answer , told him to call a meeting of the Shadow Cabinet for the following day at which he would say goodbye . |
| 23 | All over a pair of shoes , I ask you . |
| 24 | Max said there 'd have been buckets of blood , and if someone 's going to get it all over a suit , or a dress … |
| 25 | I can remember from my recording days walking all around a sting quartet , for example , to locate the perpetrator of odd sniffs or swishes of silk sleeve lining to see if they could be eliminated in some tactful way — often without success . |