Example sentences of "[was/were] all to [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was all to no avail . |
| 2 | But it was all to no avail . |
| 3 | She hung up on me , This was all to the good . |
| 4 | True , it was astonishingly heavy when one came to lift it , but — as the philosophical cook observed — that was all to the good , as one slice would be enough ! |
| 5 | João had been out with Fernando for most of the previous night and looked pale and tired , but Maria Iñes said this was all to the good , because it made him look older and readier to take on the responsibility of a wife . |
| 6 | Well , perhaps that was all to the good . |
| 7 | Even the photograph , she had to admit , was a good one : Hilda would never look attractive , Viola thought to herself , but at least she looked dignified , which was all to the good . |
| 8 | But that was all to the good . |
| 9 | Still , if he wanted to formally emphasise the gulf between them , it was all to the good . |
| 10 | Well , it was all to the good ; after he 'd finished skiing for the day they 'd return to the cottage , and she 'd set out for home . |
| 11 | It looked like somebody 's curtains cut up — which was what it probably was — and if it provided a talking-point — well , that was all to the good , was n't it ? |
| 12 | This meant all trains had to stop and , as Lydham Heath was our station , this was all to the good . |