Example sentences of "[be] all [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yon lawn in t'front must be all on a couple o' acres , ’ stated Jonadab . |
| 2 | I 'm all for a bit of gossip . |
| 3 | I 'm all in a knot , I 've got the runs , I ca n't keep anything in . |
| 4 | Finally , a worthwhile person is always coherent , in the sense of being all of a piece . |
| 5 | It was all about a woman who goes on holiday to a hotel in Switzerland . |
| 6 | I was 13 and it was all about a family living with lions , starring my mother , Tippi Hedren , and stepfather Noel Marshall . |
| 7 | It was all for a purpose , of course ; little that I do is not , one way or another . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The money was all in a pot . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | For Crawford , it was all in a day 's work , and split-second timing was the key . |