Example sentences of "[prep] all [v-ing] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I then went on to an Orion double bed , followed by a pink Passap ; I still wanted a single bed for speed — we ran a guest house and I was deprived of all knitting during the summer months . |
| 2 | The best guide is nominal GDP , which measures the value of all spending in the economy . |
| 3 | What we do need is the co-operation of the residents , and I must say that we are beginning to get the co-operation now and in fact many people did phone in after the last incident when the officers were assaulted , first of all asking for the condition of the officers and showing concern , and secondly giving us information . |
| 4 | The latter gave the right to self-government and self-taxation to all living within the town walls or boundary , leaving the surrounding rural area under the control of the aristocracy . |
| 5 | But it was quickly becoming clear to all working on the film that Vivien was unwell . |
| 6 | With no daylight at all penetrating to the interior of the foundry , it looked more hellish than ever , its furnaces glowing fiercely in the smoky gloom . |
| 7 | It has operated on the rather inequitable basis of paying different amounts of money or none at all according to the source of disability rather than its extent . |