Example sentences of "be bursting at [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ground will be bursting at the seams and buzzing and we can be encouraged by the fact that have tended to produce our best form against the big sides . |
| 2 | The island could n't be bursting at the seams , surely ? |
| 3 | and somebody said it was because since the stockmarket flopped people drew out and put the money in building societies , building societies were bursting at the seams , did n't want to , and banks as well , did n't know what to do with all this money , so , somebody went in for a loan and asked for fifty thousand and come out with a hundred thousand , they could n't get it out , give it to people , a lot , a lot of people that really er were n't safe gambles |
| 4 | ‘ My dear good girl , the Dower House is bursting at the seams with furniture , not to mention Nanny . |
| 5 | Our house is bursting at the seams |
| 6 | What with the music and the conventions , the place is bursting at the seams — but we 'll do our best for you . ’ |
| 7 | The developers tend to argue that country living offers people a good quality of life , and that they are relieving pressure on towns which are bursting at the seams , such as Reading , Camberley and Swindon . |
| 8 | Since the Government came to power , my Pendle constituency has gained two new enterprise zones which are bursting at the seams , one new motorway and a brand new community hospital . |
| 9 | Malc 's large , happy family filled a quarter of the church , Pop and my Mom filled a quarter of a pew and the rest of the church was bursting at the seams with most of the council estate , curious as to whether I was ‘ showing ’ or not . |