Example sentences of "a [noun] of [noun sg] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | No time to get to the shelter , there was a noise of metal all around us . |
| 2 | And she 's dropped a tin of paint all over her trainers . |
| 3 | You keep meeting the same people in a sector of industry all over the world . ’ |
| 4 | And the worst thing you can do is to screw it all up by putting a lot of technique all over it ! ' |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |