Example sentences of "be all [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , if they maintain their attitude expressed freely to the Official Solicitor 's representative and to their mother , it would be all to no purpose , since no court would make a residence order in favour of the foster mother against the wishes of the children concerned who are of an age to know their own minds . |
| 2 | One can reckon that to be all to the good , from a stranger . |
| 3 | His presence , of course , will make things rather difficult for Canaris which will be all to the good . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Yon lawn in t'front must be all on a couple o' acres , ’ stated Jonadab . |
| 5 | I 'd be all for the change because there 's logic in it . |
| 6 | ‘ Thank you , Madame , that will be all for the moment , but , ’ he bent his head close to her ear as they moved towards the door , ‘ I would ask you to act as my eyes and ears when I am not present . |
| 7 | ‘ That 'll be all for the moment , ’ he said . |
| 8 | In any case , ’ he added , turning to look at her intently , ‘ the fact that I was in your room at this hour will be all over the hotel by morning . ’ |
| 9 | It would be all over the organisation in minutes . |
| 10 | If he lay there until the morning , assuming he did not pass out , or drown , or spew up and choke to death in the meantime , he would be found when the boys came in to wash ; the humiliation would be unbearable and the whole story would be all over the school by breakfast . |
| 11 | This would be all over the school tomorrow . |
| 12 | The criterion also makes a claim about localization ; the changes can not be all over the brain but must be concentrated to some specific region . |
| 13 | No wonder , living in voluntary filth ; but it is all over the street — will be all over the town unless there 's some special mercy on the place ’ |
| 14 | This would be all over the town , whatever had I been thinking of , going down to the site , had n't I any sense ? |
| 15 | It 'll be all over the colony in no time . |
| 16 | They looked forward to that future time when God 's rule would be all over the earth . |
| 17 | He added : ‘ Johnathan 's photograph should be all over the world . |
| 18 | They should be all over the place — especially where least expected — halfway down a leg , on a collar , cuff or elbow for instance . |
| 19 | Otherwise , they 'd be all over the place under their own steam . |
| 20 | And I 'll do , I do n't know about the other they seem to be all over the place today . |
| 21 | Whatever the case , the story of Sister Jones 's ridiculous crush on Dr Tom Russell would be all over the hospital by the end of the day , and Belinda , feeling like a helpless little fish struggling in a vast invisible net , did n't know what to do about it . |
| 22 | If the gym was n't very full you were really conscious of the number of screws ; they 'd be all round the back , all round the perimeter , and there was apparently a spy hole over the basketball net which they watched through . |
| 23 | It will be all round the place in no time . ’ |
| 24 | Now it would be all round the hospital that Juliet Avery liked David Kent , and was probably jealous of the chidren 's ward staff nurse . |
| 25 | His threat to Newley must be all round the agency by now . |
| 26 | It would be all around the convent before bed time . |
| 27 | The air is heavy enough for the ambiguities to be all in the skill of the players . |
| 28 | It 'll be all in the Post tomorrow . |