Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [prep] all the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tamar had allowed Victoria to stay up late to watch the leading in of the last load , which was a ritual joined in by all the estate workers . |
| 2 | Obviously there are certain key factors to any sort of reasonable living space : walls and ceiling will have to be decorated along with all the woodwork ; windows and floors have to be treated in some way ; there must be light both to see by and to enhance the space ; there should be something to sit on and probably to eat from and almost certainly somewhere to work at times . |
| 3 | Just got a bit carried away with all the excitement of storming the building and everything . |
| 4 | In its earliest history the building housed the guardian of the eastern gate , but it was taken over by the Fontana family and completely remodelled , a reshaping that was carried out with all the grace of Renaissance art . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh no I 'm not , ’ Louisa had protested then with all the virtue of truth in her small voice . |
| 6 | He should not be nervous : by the time he arrives on stage just before the end of the first act the youngsters in the audience had been thoroughly warmed up by all the silliness created by Michael Barrymore and the Roly Polys ; the bruisers from Essex who turned up to see their hero had been thoroughly oiled with lager and were ready to send their love across the footlights . |
| 7 | Perhaps you or I might have got fed up with all the attention and been tempted to tell the crowds to go home and leave us alone . |
| 8 | I 'm fed up with all the talk about my job . |
| 9 | Commenting on the letter to Tolba , Mr Lapointe , who has previously insisted that his actions and those of his staff are entirely correct , would only say yesterday : ‘ My comment is that I am fed up with all the garbage . ’ |
| 10 | It must place most weight on the numbers of pupils in the school , and must be applied even-handedly across all the authority 's schools . |
| 11 | Molly had got out — got away from all the criticism and tantrums . |
| 12 | I would like to see a list drawn up of all the council 's assets . |
| 13 | Pope also confirmed that Miller was widely read in high circles because when staying in Bath in 1743 , he wrote to the Earl of Marchmont about a meeting there with Lord Chesterfield who had told him that ‘ your Lordship is got a-head of all the Gardening Lords and that you have distanc 'd Lord Burlington and Lord Cobham in the true scientific parts , but he is studying before you and has here lying before him those Thesarurus 's from which he affirms you draw all knowledge , Miller 's Dictionaries . ’ |
| 14 | She broke off as though to allow this to sink in then went on : ‘ Father knew perfectly well that my brother and I did n't agree , that we would part as soon as possible , so he made sure that we would be tied together in all the wrangling that would go on because of the joint legacy . ’ |
| 15 | I 'm worn out with all the go of the last days , ’ Rose said . |
| 16 | Labour Governments are always constrained by cost considerations and by the financial disasters brought on by all the spending commitments that they claim are priorities and then have to jettison one by one . |
| 17 | Mary will be tired out with all the excitement . ’ |
| 18 | I 've cut down on all the exercise I felt necessary to do and always have fourth helpings but nothing can bring back my third chin , I do n't know what to do , ’ said the man . |
| 19 | It could have been an interesting double act but it was bunkered immediately by all the showbiz flannel . |
| 20 | It could have been an interesting double act but it was bunkered immediately by all the showbiz flannel . |
| 21 | It could have been an interesting double act but it was bunkered immediately by all the showbiz flannel . |
| 22 | Eclecticism rules these days , and traditional patterns may be thrown together with all the flair for ill-assortment of current Top-Shop fashions . |
| 23 | You were n't put off by all the bawdry earlier , well done . |
| 24 | They had been recruited earlier on in the day after having been spotted out amongst all the mud , pulling shapes . |
| 25 | It 's taken essentially by all the engineering students in their first year , which are over a hundred students , and approximately fifteen physics students plus some overseas visiting American students . |
| 26 | They been held up by all the traffic and they ca n't get through . |