Example sentences of "the [noun pl] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | So then they have to fill out all the forms all over again and I get a stern warning against giving false information to police officers ! |
| 2 | And the flames all round the pontoon . |
| 3 | Lewis 's and Blackler 's burnt out , and Lime Street — you ca n't hardly move for the hosepipes all over the ground . ’ |
| 4 | One night , bumping into the doorway , and stepping over a colleague , I made my way out into the sleet , the toilets all being occupied , and as I crouched , steadying my cheek against the cold planks , I peered through the reeking shadows of Auschwitz and saw that the nearest ruins were fuming more than ever and had even begun to glow . |
| 5 | The dangers all around me did not seem so frightening . |
| 6 | Paul was singing to himself and asking questions of the type children tend to , such as why were n't the birds all blown away during the storm , and why did n't the sea fill up with water with the stream going so hard ? |
| 7 | The houses all looked alike . |
| 8 | In various ways the British , French , Italians , the Poles and the Russians all failed when seeking ‘ to buy Hitler off or use him to their own advantage ’ . |
| 9 | The harshness of those living-conditions , with the special emphasis on working-class housewives having to feed , clothe and generally look after a large family , was reflected by the lower standards of living , the deprivations all around , widespread poverty , with few families ever having experienced the beneficial effects of a holiday in the country or at the sea-side . |
| 10 | A villager who had played in the open fields as a boy , or watched the sheep in the common pastures , would have lived to see the modern landscape of his parish completed and matured , the roads all made , the hedgerow trees full grown , and new farmhouses built out in the fields where none had ever been before . |
| 11 | The instrument of resurrection was to be the turnpike. this custom prevailing , 't is more than probable , that our posterity may see the roads all over England restored in their time to such a perfection , that travelling and carriage of goods will be much more easy both to man and horse than ever it was since the Romans lost this island . |
| 12 | The blokes all put on frocks , like , an' the chicks get togged up in strides . |
| 13 | The turkey was defrosting nicely in the garage , the vegetables all prepared . |
| 14 | Cos you have to have it so the gas so high , it must be really boiling hot and you just stir fry the vegetables all round this |
| 15 | They decide to add a PostScript RIP and find , to their dismay , that they have to buy the fonts all over again . |
| 16 | With pressure from the market , the consultants and the manufacturers all weakened , then , any change in BEA policy would have to come from a change of heart at central headquarters . |
| 17 | ‘ That 's right ! ’ the animals all agreed . |
| 18 | The foreigners all exclaimed . |
| 19 | The ties all looked as if they came from a jumble sale . |
| 20 | The eyes all swung to the speaker . |
| 21 | The only inconvenience of the original interior was that the bedrooms all led into one another ( just as they had always done in houses past : passages were only deemed essential when the segregation of servants became the norm in the eighteenth century ) ; but this was overcome by making a gallery and rearranging the staircase . |
| 22 | Picturesque ‘ yards ’ ( courtyards ) behind the shops all too often petered out into demolished nothingness , with scraps remaining of stone walls , closed workshops , industrial debris and boarded-up cabins . |
| 23 | It is in the shops all round the world within two weeks of being recorded in Detroit and re-mixed in LA . |
| 24 | ‘ Denise and the kids all right ? ’ persisted Constance . |
| 25 | And all the kids all round about here seem to be quite upset by it as well . |
| 26 | Well it would n't matter because you see , the treasure hunt takes the kids all around the show ground . |
| 27 | But then , as if Waimea had prematurely taken its gloves off , the waves all round him eased and he took advantage of the lull to belt the last thirty yards to the beach . |
| 28 | Slowly , carefully , he pushed her away from him , flicking his lazy dark eyes over her nakedness before reaching to pull her swimsuit back up again , smoothing it over her body with a practised skill which left her weak at the knees all over again . |
| 29 | ‘ But I love you , ’ he says , in a low , unsuccessful voice , with the words all swallowed . |
| 30 | Using a brush dipped lightly in purple food colouring ( mixed with a little water for lighter shades ) , colour the windows dark purple and tint the bricks all over the towers different shades of lavender . |