Example sentences of "his [noun] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's him on the white horse dropping his money all over the place , and those fellas with the funny bloomers following him . |
| 2 | In 1855 he built the first section of the Llanidloes- Newton line , and later extended his operations all over Wales . |
| 3 | ‘ Sir Charles had left his footprints all over that little bit of the path where he was standing . |
| 4 | Malcolm took note of the way he looked — with his hair all slicked back , a really avant-garde gesture in Glasgow when everyone else was in loon pants . |
| 5 | Chadwick arrives , breezing into the bar , looking well and happy , with a big grin and his hair all over the place . |
| 6 | The present owner of Miss Havisham 's house told of a fisherman she had met in Broadstairs one day who remembered ‘ Old Charley a-coming flying down from the cliff with a hop , skip and jump , with his hair all flying about ’ . |
| 7 | But even as she made the token protest she knew a longing almost painful in its intensity to feel the possession of his mouth all over again . |
| 8 | Browne has maintained his innocence all along , but he could be banned from all Britain 's racetracks and a friend said : ‘ They are just out to get him . ’ |
| 9 | His cajoling got him as far as the first landing , but then his legs all but gave out , and thereafter he had to climb using his one good arm to haul him onwards . |
| 10 | ‘ I opened his eyes all right and now those eyes only see Maria Luisa . ’ |
| 11 | Like a trapped animal being crooned out of its last redoubt , Harry , his mind all but blank with the terrible force of an unnameable fear , allowed himself to be coaxed out of the bathroom and into the small hall . |
| 12 | His hope was that Rab was through , his concentration all shot . |
| 13 | The imperialist attitude was accommodated in his books all the more easily because he put the emphasis on service and sacrifice rather than on nationalist domination or material gain : an approach that may seem hypocritical to present-day readers was sincere enough in a man who set out to be a philanthropist and reformer and became a best-seller . |
| 14 | His clients all rushed at him together . |
| 15 | His 19th C. biographer Charles Roeder tentatively puts it at 1000 finished pictures ; and the constant flow of visitors to his annual exhibitions in Ambleside and Keswick must have been responsible for carrying his work all over Britain . |
| 16 | The constant flow of visitors to his annual exhibitions in Ambleside and Keswick must have been responsible for carrying his work all over the country . |
| 17 | Cadfael went about his work all the more assiduously because a part of his mind was elsewhere , and he felt its absence as guilt , even though his concern was with a serious matter of justice , guilt and innocence . |
| 18 | But that slate quarry put him on his feet all right . |
| 19 | As Thiercelin backed to the window , Rannou , who had stood at his post all along , scrambled up and out . |
| 20 | Is his speedboat all right ? |
| 21 | During his second term changes in key advisers , the Iran-Contra scandal and Reagan 's growing inattention to his job all contributed to a less coherent administration . |
| 22 | Now that David has decided he wants to stay and fight for his place , he will have made his job all the harder . |
| 23 | He was only a little 'un , but he got one weight over his head all right . |
| 24 | Oh , she knew what was going through his head all right , and how careful she had to be not to say or do anything he might misinterpret . |
| 25 | By sixteen ten there were three thousand of his machines all around the country . |
| 26 | Gary doing his stuff all right in your vegetable garden ? ’ |
| 27 | But his career all but ended that August day in 1967 when the MCC announced he 'd been suspended from bowling suspected of throwing for the rest of the season . |
| 28 | Morley had the concept ; in Paul Rutherford 's words , ‘ Morley had his strategy all worked out , he wanted it to be like the Sex Pistols — all the outrage , controversy — but this time with all the sex ’ , and it was rumoured that he was first interested in Bronski Beat for the Frankie role — they turned him down . |
| 29 | Woolley sat beside her and wrote in whisky with his finger all along her back , starting from the neck . |
| 30 | The winner went by , toga flying , his helmet all cocked to one side |