Example sentences of "be all [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This popularity has not been all to the good , but having said that , the Rottweiler has now made friends who are concerned with his welfare . |
| 2 | In the old days this would have been all to the good . |
| 3 | If she knew he was near , watching her from that distant , unimaginable place , then these past months of playing her part , of continuing Mark 's glorious laughter and zest for life in a sort of living memorial to his spirit — well , then it would have been all worth it . |
| 4 | The very same women who had been all for their daughters travelling abroad seemed suddenly to get bored with the idea . |
| 5 | As the Doctor gives the conventional lore of his day , a blend of ethics and medicine : we see that we are also those ‘ deaf pillows ’ , that the masking and unmasking has been all for our sake . |
| 6 | Harry had been all for building a full-blown ship of three hundred tons or more , with four masts , three decks , two castles and ten brass pieces into the bargain , but Sam Gristy had insisted upon a more modest outlay , and a three-masted bark had been agreed upon . |
| 7 | She felt humiliated — and because she 'd been so attracted to you during that first meeting , it was hard for her to realise the attraction must have been all on her side . |
| 8 | So in reality they need never have been all at exactly the same place , only very close together . |
| 9 | He 'd been all over town and had a few vocals left , a few guitar bits , and was rather disenchanted with the studio he was using . |
| 10 | ‘ Do n't be so flamin' cheeky , ’ said Otley , ‘ we 've been all over the place looking for you . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ No , I 've been all over the North , so I 'm leaving it this time . ’ |
| 12 | Most of my friends have n't been outside Australia , let alone been all over the world . |
| 13 | Your Uncle Jack would have been all over him . ’ |
| 14 | By that I mean book-signing sessions — I 've been all over the place , from Darlington and Beverley in the North , to as far as Nottingham in the South , and met some wonderful people — and literary luncheons , plus what I suppose you could call ‘ personal appearances ’ at all kinds of functions . |
| 15 | I 've been all over the moors looking for you ! |
| 16 | Josephine , Cynthia , and Agnes had been all over the place . |
| 17 | As they say it would have been all over the village the smell and everything it is wrong . |
| 18 | It 's been all over the Pink Paper . |
| 19 | We 've been all over the place but Blackpool 's my favourite . |
| 20 | With a brass section that cheerfully joined in any chorus they could remember complete with formation instrument swaying and excellent drums , double bass and guitar , it was easy to see that this band have been all over the world together . |
| 21 | I 've been all over England , Wales and Scotland too — though not Northern Ireland … |
| 22 | She 'd been all over the Far East |
| 23 | Ben 's been all over the world since then |
| 24 | Oh that 's been all over the fucking floor ! |
| 25 | And we 've been all over the place have n't we Arthur . |
| 26 | The 80s had been all about obsessional lifestyles , body consciousness , diet fads , work-out videos , designer leotards , Reeboks and Aqua Libra . |
| 27 | ‘ Then what else has today been all about ? ’ |
| 28 | Further , Curtis had informed Grant that the word on the streets was that the recent outbreak of violence and killing had been all about a territorial dispute between rival Triad and Mafia gangs . |
| 29 | We have been all around Britain to put to them the intimate questions teachers and parents were too afraid to ask . |
| 30 | sorry I 've been all round the |