Example sentences of "a [noun] of [noun] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | Algal , lichen and moss communities grow wherever there is a hint of moisture , in a variety of habitats all over the continent . |
| 2 | No time to get to the shelter , there was a noise of metal all around us . |
| 3 | And she 's dropped a tin of paint all over her trainers . |
| 4 | You keep meeting the same people in a sector of industry all over the world . ’ |
| 5 | A tiny creature which cuts a tracery of lines all over the surface of floating foliage . |
| 6 | Acting as Port Agent for P&O Cruises for the first time , Ellerman & Bucknall were responsible for a range of activities all aimed at ensuring a trouble free visit for Canberra in both Durban and Cape Town . |
| 7 | This was a betrayal of Thérèse all right . |
| 8 | Yesterday , at the railway embankment , he and a group of friends all reckoned to know the two youths who abducted two-year-old James . |
| 9 | Each programme is operated by a group of people all working towards some organizational objective and headed by a manager who is responsible for their actions . |
| 10 | After a time I found a group of people all sitting on some narrow stairs . |
| 11 | Grandson Richard , 39 , was in a crush of people all heading the same way . |
| 12 | Here and there one may find a row of houses all having the same supply , but very often two adjacent houses are supplied differently . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's disgusting , ’ contributed Mrs Harper from time to time , presenting her flat , mean , worthless little counter simply because she could not bear to remain silent , to sit back where others played , although she recognized herself temporarily outnumbered , ‘ disgusting , I call it , ’ and Shirley , hearing this phrase for the millionth time , had a vision of households all over Britain in which censorious , ignorant old bags like her mother-in-law , who had never done anything for the public good , who had nothing positive ever to contribute to any argument , passed judgement on others while stuffing themselves with goose and roast potatoes and sprouts and apple sauce . |
| 14 | ‘ Knowledge within government of the project was like a number of people all holding pieces of a jigsaw without realising that they were the pieces of the same jigsaw , ’ the report said . |
| 15 | There then follows a list of matters all connected with ‘ services , accommodation or facilities provided in the course of any trade or business . ’ |
| 16 | They have built up a list of people all over the world who have been sending them football songs and now send Beatles covers as well . |
| 17 | No-one very serious about anyone else , just a crowd of friends all having a good time , walking up the mountain on a lovely day , drinking the spring water and having a picnic . |
| 18 | Peering past Terry 's shoulder , Ellie stared down at Feargal , the dog at his heels , confronting a crowd of people all waving their arms about — and Terry was right , he did n't look in the least fazed . |
| 19 | ‘ We have lost a lot of ponds all over the country , so the ones we do have are even more important as wildlife habitats . ’ |
| 20 | And the worst thing you can do is to screw it all up by putting a lot of technique all over it ! ' |
| 21 | I know that there are no easy answers , but if we do not at least attempt to act decisively , Zagreb , Dubrovnik , Vukovar and Osijek could be just the first names on a ghastly roll call resembling those unending , poignant first world war memorials that are such a feature of life all over the continent of Europe . |
| 22 | It would take you longer but every doctor is worth may be a couple of ads all right in terms of who he knows or she knows . |
| 23 | a load of feathers all over his face . |
| 24 | The day had got off to a bad start as it was ( late for work , lost the shop key , spilt a load of fish-food all over the floor and then cracked my head on a shelf while clearing it up ) . |
| 25 | The National Bowl is one of what we hope will be a series of venues all over Europe and we hope this one will become the first stop for major artists as they come to Europe |
| 26 | A series of alerts all over the mainland came as the IRA yesterday declared a 72-hour Christmas truce for Northern Ireland . |
| 27 | From 1904 he was Connexional Evangelist and conducted a series of missions all over Ireland . |
| 28 | This set of words is called the word-initial cohort , since it is a set of words all having the same initial sound . |