Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] all [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next day the news of the murder was all over London . |
| 2 | At first , the talk was all about King James and his court . |
| 3 | A man called him the devil , some parents shouted ‘ We Want Joe ’ and the talk was all about condoms , AIDS and innocence . |
| 4 | In Total Recall ( with Schwarzenegger ) the scene was all about manipulation , about gaining power over him by being sexual . |
| 5 | Raymond Floyd might have suggested that the match was all about sportsmanship and camaraderie but there was no disguising the feeling in the American camp when someone as eloquent as Tom Watson could state that he was " over here to kick some butt " . |
| 6 | ‘ I would have said , however , that the ill-feeling was all on Alain Gebrec 's part . |
| 7 | His body was all in pieces . ’ |
| 8 | Anyone outside looking up would think the room was all on fire . |
| 9 | The next day the news was all over Fontanellato that the woman had been found dead with a rope round her neck . |
| 10 | Soon the story of the scandalous exhibition was all over Paris and , ironically , the unlooked for publicity did make his work more saleable — although when Zborowski offered Jacques Lipchitz four nudes from the show for five hundred francs , he refused . |
| 11 | I used to think sex was all about condoms and fellatio and getting girls to show you their underwear . |
| 12 | Then , the message was all about freedom , flexibility and legs , bared to the thigh in pelmet skirts , streamlined in skin-tight Lycra , or flashing in black opaque tights . |
| 13 | Then she discovered that it was Travis she had to thank that the news of her engagement to his cousin was all over Vasey 's , as , still smiling , he stated , ‘ Hope you do n't mind , Naylor , but I came in earlier to have a quick word with Leith , and could n't resist telling her assistant that a possible reason for Leith being late this morning could be her getting engaged to you at the weekend . ’ |
| 14 | But this win was all about tactics , not times , and the way she demolished a field including two women who have beaten Liz McColgan in major championships — Elly Van Hulst ( who still holds the world record she set in taking the 1989 title ) and Lyn Jennings , the world cross-country champion for the last two years — must have whetted her appetite for Stuttgart and the ‘ real ’ world championships in August . |
| 15 | The introduction was all about X and Y chromosomes in embryology , and I fell asleep . |
| 16 | The pressure was all on Pippa Nolan then … she could n't afford to make one slip … one fence down would have lost it … her heart must have stopped when they rattled one but they kept their nerve and the lead to win Blenheim 's International Horse Trials |
| 17 | My childhood was all about manners and how to hold your knife and fork and which glass to drink out of , and we had to curtsey , and as for my father , well , if I was looking like this — with blonde hair hanging down and the red lipstick — he would say I looked like a slut . |
| 18 | Their own staff had become acutely discontented — they were understaffed and overworked , and after the hype was all over Oxford DHSS was closed down by a strike lasting two months against understaffing . |
| 19 | The course was all down hill . |
| 20 | Only two matches were played and the Swedish second seed was all at sea in the 32-minute opening set , losing his service three times in five attempts . |
| 21 | ‘ Remember when you meet the press , to say that your speech was all in fun , and that you are really a serious person . |