Example sentences of "[vb pp] by all " in BNC.
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| 1 | Murren perches high on a sunny shelf in the Lauterbrunnen Valley , surrounded by all the glorious beauty of peaks and glaciers . |
| 2 | The result was that on his arrival at Baden Napoleon III found himself surrounded by all the German rulers : the Kings of Württemberg , Bavaria , Saxony and Hanover , the Grand Dukes of Hesse-Darmstadt and Saxe-Weimar plus the Dukes of Nassau and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha . |
| 3 | To be a girl surrounded by all these men , it was sometimes wise to pretend to be deaf . |
| 4 | The windows range from minimalist efforts — a hand-written ‘ Bognor welcomes the clowns ’ poster — to life-size mannequins in full motley surrounded by all the paraphernalia of clowning . |
| 5 | It 's awful being surrounded by all these talented people . |
| 6 | Standing small and shaky before that vast desk , surrounded by all the trappings of success and power , I felt very helpless and the cigarette seemed about as much of a morale-builder as a pocket-handkerchief is a protection against a firing-squad . |
| 7 | After being very much the king/queen of the castle at secondary school it was a great eye opener to find herself surrounded by all these brilliant and clever people " . |
| 8 | How could they have the nerve , surrounded by all these real men ? |
| 9 | ‘ It must be difficult for you , ’ he said , ‘ surrounded by all these wogs . |
| 10 | When I went to visit him we sat in his book-lined study surrounded by all the trappings of an academic career but in his garage there were untreated specimens and a range of specialist tools . |
| 11 | Back at work , in her studio , surrounded by all her friends and workmates . |
| 12 | It would surely have been impossible for anyone to stay morose when surrounded by all these excited , giggling children , and frankly , seeing the problems some of the handicapped youngsters had to contend with had made her horribly ashamed of her own self-absorption . |
| 13 | You know he 's surrounded by all these mountains . |
| 14 | For this reason , the announcement this Thursday of the recommendations of the Murray committee for the future structure of county cricket from 1993 onwards will be keenly awaited by all in the game . |
| 15 | As all Iraqis know , Saddam himself is Sunni , despite his claim to descent from Ali ; and the putative victory over Iran was presumably won by all Iraqis , Shia and Sunni alike . |
| 16 | From The Great Train Robbery ( 1903 ) onwards , the Western has been informed by a species of bitter nostalgia , looking back to the wild days of the West and questioning the value of the civilisation won by all that exciting gunplay . |
| 17 | This is achieved by collecting letters and words , but in the meantime you will be attacked by all manner of cleverly disguised robots from Prof Grimes lab . |
| 18 | The show , on 22 and 23 June 1983 , was deemed by all spectators to be a major success . |
| 19 | All estimates of population size must therefore allow for a large measure of conjecture , a fact stressed by all reputable modern historians who have worked on this intractable subject . |
| 20 | Meanwhile , Noah Claypole , amazed by all that he had heard , crept up the steps and ran for Fagin 's house as fast as his legs could carry him . |
| 21 | Just then a man , attracted by all the noise and commotion , came out of the jungle and began to climb up the mountainside towards Cassowary . |
| 22 | Our success in attracting more investment from the United States than has been attracted by all the countries of western Europe put together is proof that we have created a more attractive climate for investment than anywhere else in Europe . |
| 23 | It sounded as if her plans had changed at the last minute and , embarrassed by all the trouble Andrew had gone to on her behalf , she had taken the easy way out by returning the keys without a message . |
| 24 | This is a special project supported and organised by all the Protestant churches in the country . |
| 25 | TAKE a trip on the Teifi Valley and prepare to be charmed by all the romance of an archetypal country railway with its single track threading between bustling hedgerows , under bridges and over winking streams . |
| 26 | The main problem here is ammonia which is excreted by all fish and produced by the breakdown of once living matter ( plants , food , dead creatures ) in your tank . |
| 27 | Perhaps this is what happened in the neighbouring rooms , which were occupied by all different people . |
| 28 | Successes of the government would always be claimed by all its members , but failures would be left to the Prime Minister . |
| 29 | There 's an ecumenical consensus nowadays surely that it is by faith and baptism that one is made a Christian or becomes a Christian and we 've also inherited , many of us , another rite , with its origins in the New Testament , valuable in the making of a christian and the three strands in confirmation set out in the report before us would certainly be owned by all of us . |
| 30 | The freedom that a private property system brings is not the freedom to do things with property , but freedom from coercion , and this does not depend on property being owned by all . |