Example sentences of "all [verb] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naturally , the distinction is not as clear-cut as these simple definitions imply : current items do not all disappear on the initial day of consumption ; and neither do all capital items last for generations . |
| 2 | These are all justified by the dramatic context Orpheus 's happiness as he sings to the shepherds , his effort to impress Charon , his triumph as he marches off to fetch Eurydice — but they also gave the audience music to remember . |
| 3 | Do n't you agree that you never know what you are going to find there but on the other hand if you ignore the expiry date and crunch it all up with a lot of jam , or even a lot of Nivea , it all goes down the red lane and things start to brighten up ? |
| 4 | the close-up , fast cutting , the sophistication of modern make-up and special effects techniques , the heightening effect of sound effects and music all combine on the large screen to produce an impact which no other medium can create . |
| 5 | ‘ The thing is , ’ she said , ‘ that he still thinks I 'm the person he used to know when we all lived in the old hole in the bank . |
| 6 | The ten rooms were all situated on the first floor . |
| 7 | That has much to do with the bringing together of all participants in the one place — all staying in the same hotel , all competing at the same venue , all joining in the same events , culminating in the Barbarian Easter Tour-style tradition of each nation providing a ‘ cabaret ’ turn at the farewell banquet . |
| 8 | They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in foreign tongues as the Spirit gave them the gift of speech . |
| 9 | For the Piaroa , reproduction , production , and language are all placed on the same level as basically predatory capabilities , or the means for predation . |
| 10 | They all met for the international meeting at Salzburg in 1908 , having corresponded from 1906 onwards . |
| 11 | They all met for the first time on the show . |
| 12 | Clinton agreed and we all met in the great hall just before dusk . |
| 13 | We all got into the covered cart and made our way off into the countryside . |
| 14 | And it all sits on the fabled Chariot last . |
| 15 | By the time he had managed to crawl on to the bed , dragging such scarves as he could find to shield his eyes , for the curtains were only flimsy cotton of a summer rented house , all annoyance , all regret for the wasted day , all intentions , all straining for activity , was gone , absorbed into the panic that connected — as if there was a piston rod — his throbbing head , the lights crossing behind his eyeballs and his churning stomach . |
| 16 | Avocado , pineapple , coconut and kiwi-fruit , water melon , lychees and other exotic delicacies — all flown from the furthest corners of the globe to quench our insatiable Western appetite for the unfamiliar . |
| 17 | All change in the second half . |
| 18 | The absconding muleteer , the swindling innkeeper and the devious customs-house officer were all treated to the same display of unthwartable will . |
| 19 | Traditionally bureaucracy has been described as a role culture , but there is no reason to suppose that the different cultures can not all exist within the same organisation particularly if the organisation is as large and diverse as a government department or a local authority . |
| 20 | ‘ We 're all fascinated by the dark side , ’ said Oscar-winner Anthony Hopkins , 54 . |
| 21 | He revels in the physical quality of the paint and that sheer primaeval force and energy is there for all to see in the late works . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've denounced facts which are there for all to see in the RAI accounts , and the public prosecutors are looking into some of them . |
| 23 | The fact that such debates about sex could even be envisaged at all testifies to the growing strength of sexual politics . |
| 24 | And since it looks as if we 're all goin' to the same place , why do n't we take our kit to the left luggage then see if we ca n't find that canteen ? ’ |
| 25 | When speeches are made after seated dinners at lengthy , formal wedding receptions , they begin after all eating at the formal meal has finished , and are preceded by the announcement from the toastmaster , ‘ Ladies and Gentlemen , you may now smoke . ’ |
| 26 | The bar chart below shows the figures for unidirectional composites , in which the fibres are all aligned in the same direction . |
| 27 | ‘ There have been occasions when there were three different speakers all preaching at the same time , attempting to drown each other out . |
| 28 | Insects , birds and animals are all implicated in the nutritional cycles , the propagative processes and the sex life of plants . |
| 29 | The representational aspects of the five theories differ widely , but all suffer from the same problems of knowledge acquisition and inefficiency when implementations are attempted . |
| 30 | In saying that an event c caused an event e , or that e was the effect of c , we typically have in mind but do not say that a set of things including c , but not necessarily all occurring at the same time , was required for e . |