Example sentences of "[vb past] on all [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cries rose on all sides of her as she filled the dishes , but she worked on steadily oblivious , like some eccentric female St Francis , brooding a little about the image seen in the vicarage garden , which , although it had turned out to be only an old cloth flung over a tree stump , was an indication of the way things might go . |
| 2 | To instruct any solicitorappointed on all matters relevant to the child 's interests , including the possibilities for appeal , unless the child wishes to give conflicting instructions and has sufficient understanding to do so . |
| 3 | Depreciation should be ( a ) calculated on the same basis as in the audited accounts for the year to 31 December , 1989 , and ( b ) charged on all assets on a monthly basis , with no upward revaluation of assets in the year and with due regard being paid to the carrying value of any assets and the length of the asset 's expected useful economic life to the Business , having due regard to the incidence of obsolescence and future requirements of the Business . |
| 4 | I was also gratified by the immense good will and friendship towards Britain which I encountered on all sides . |
| 5 | Beginning with scale-derived thirds and sixths , the first nine examples show some fingerings extracted from the scale of A major and played on all string-sets . |
| 6 | Leave is not required and notice of appeal must be filed and served on all parties within four weeks of the date on which the order was made . |
| 7 | This tome concentrated on the operational side of the type 's history , not just during World War Two , where the aircraft was undoubtedly the best long range fighting aircraft that served on all sides of the war , but through all the other conflicts in which the P-51 participated . |
| 8 | The Forest law was universally hated because of the penalties and restrictions it imposed on all classes of the king 's subjects . |
| 9 | This was via ‘ cahiers des charges ’ — a procedure detailing terms of conditions , akin to that imposed on all bodies entrusted with a public service . |
| 10 | I taught on all makes of machine and have also worked in stores and at exhibitions , selling knitting and sewing machines . |
| 11 | In reality is a rather basic timber shack on a small , unkept plot of land , surrounded on all sides by the river Avon . |
| 12 | It worked on all levels . |
| 13 | Eventually Duncan had managed to slew the aircraft round before it settled on all wheels on the runway . |
| 14 | On Jan. 15 the Cabinet approved a plan which called on all groups and individuals voluntarily to hand over small-calibre weapons by mid-March . |
| 15 | It called on all sections of society , including the armed forces , to join a patriotic movement " to stop the chain reaction of disastrous disintegration " . |
| 16 | On Jan. 22 , however , a group of exiled Saudi ulema based in the Iranian city of Qom called on all countries in the region to " rise up " and " uproot the USA " . |
| 17 | Soviet sources referred to a Kuwaiti Minister of State who ‘ called on all Gulf countries to support the Soviet proposal ’ , to Syrian official circles where ‘ the Soviet proposals were received with satisfaction ’ , and to the approval of the head of state and government of the PDRY for ‘ the constructive Soviet initiative ’ . |
| 18 | They therefore called on all parties to co-operate in allowing the safe passage of aid [ see p. 39225 for Somalia aid crisis ] . |
| 19 | Add the koftas and fry until lightly browned on all sides . |
| 20 | So he made sure she failed on all counts . |
| 21 | Of course I failed on all counts and so I was ignored most of the time — passed over . |
| 22 | She switched to London Weekend because it went on all night and watched another film , then a comedy about a Los Angeles police precinct . |
| 23 | That went on all night . |
| 24 | The banquet went on all night and ‘ by six in the morning Braque and Derain were dancing with the bones of the lamb ’ . |
| 25 | And what a snore he had … strong , long , thick and hard , it was a snore that went on all night long , a snore that never let up , baby ! … a snore that reached the highest heights and the deepest depths , a snore that took you up among the stars and down into the very inside of yourself . |
| 26 | Oh it was a hard working night for all the women and the dances went on t four o'clock in the morning and a wedding nearly went on all night . |
| 27 | The highlight of the Festival for us was really the International Violin Competition , which went on all day for 4 days ; 28 competitors played three different programmes , the ‘ survivors ’ being whittled down at each stage . |
| 28 | Mr Abbott arrived to brief Mr Branson on the talks , which went on all day at BA 's offices in St James 's Square , central London . |
| 29 | And that was something that went on all year |
| 30 | ‘ I 'd been to a party at Cipriani 's in The Strand which went on all hours . |