Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] all [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | so er and I 've er been pursuing all sort of avenues . |
| 2 | Increasingly , we are seeing all sorts of societal activities migrate into cyberspace . |
| 3 | They are using all sorts of means to raise the cash , and despite the sacrifice and the lack of vacancies today , I am convinced that those who join now will all get jobs when they are qualified . |
| 4 | ‘ We are using all means at our disposal to help people to work towards genuine democracy , ’ the organisers said . |
| 5 | But to the extent that rationality continues to prevail , we have long since been submitting all codes to ‘ Be aware ’ , without noticing that this imperative is creative of values as well as destructive . |
| 6 | It had been raining all day and by the time I got to the inn I looked like a pink sponge in a cagoule . |
| 7 | It had been raining all night and in the stillness of morning the clouds and mist had not yet cleared . |
| 8 | I think it 's been raining all night which is hardly April showers . |
| 9 | The weather was fine on the day , a lucky day as it had been raining all week . |
| 10 | Durrant , such an influence when they overcame Leeds in the previous round , had been struggling all night as the makeshift partner for Mark Hateley , in the absence of the injured Ally McCoist . |
| 11 | Southend have been struggling all season … just as well because Town could have been punished by a better team … |
| 12 | Southend have been struggling all season … just as well because Town could have been punished by a better team … |
| 13 | Or , I 've been scrubbing all morning and they wo n't come any cleaner . |
| 14 | I 've been coughing all night ! |
| 15 | I says , I 've been coughing all night . |
| 16 | When they landed there was no choice but to start the ten-mile journey to Achnacarry Castle on foot , so they set off , even though they had been walking all day . |
| 17 | ‘ We 'd been walking all day , brushing through great webs of giant spiders , and at one stage I looked back at Adrian Arbin , who I was with , and it was like a horror film — his face was running with blood , blood running into his eyes , down his neck , staining his shirt . |
| 18 | Chloe seems to have inherited it and the pair of us are wheezing all night long . ’ |
| 19 | The industry leaders are pressing all operators to adopt a standard geomagnetic field model for use in the North Sea , and the Department of Energy is supporting the modelling activities of BGS . |
| 20 | It 's been banging all day because I ca n't be bothered to go out there and shut it . |
| 21 | The gunman is still believed to be at large , police have sealed off the area and are checking all cars . |
| 22 | But birthday boy Wright was waiting to break the deadlock with the goal he had been seeking all night . |
| 23 | I beg to move , That this House deplores the Government 's economic policies , which have caused the severe and continuing recession and which are damaging all parts of the economy and all areas of the nation ; and calls upon the Government to initiate without delay an investment based recovery including financial incentives for investment in manufacturing , tax credits for the enhancement of technology , assistance for regional economic development and a major programme of education and training to tackle Britain 's continuing skills crisis . |
| 24 | Mrs Abigail , similarly affected , believed that what she 'd been dreading all day had now come about : the parents of some child had arrived at the bungalow . |
| 25 | hello , hi Matt , alright I did an absolute steamer , excellent , did it really well , it only took me an hour and ten minutes it took me an hour and ten minutes I have n't no I knew , I knew vaguely , knew vaguely enough I mean I have , perfect question came up just describe er the youths portrayed in the er book and there was only two , there was the main character who I got most of the stuff from , from what Katie told me and the rest was the other bloke was called Carston Corsalius and basically all we knew about him was he fancied this other one , the main character , and erm was a journalist , that was it ah put it in nine times , no , I , I do n't know what it means eh , er Matt did n't come in , er a bit of a shame could n't no yeah , what did you really want ? or was that it ? yeah yeah , fixed , flexible and managed yes fixed , flex , fixed , flexible and managed oh right yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah , do n't they and er advantages and disadvantages of indirect tax was , untax and direct was the other one , you know it indirect taxes yes yeah I ca n't remember , I really ca n't remember , like a colour yeah , you wan na know both of those , I 'd , I , I could n't remember all of demand pull , I put down the wage , price , wage spiral or the waged price spiral , that 's a stinker that is , that 's a beauty , I put that down , its ' a beaut , that 's my best diagram and I did three diagram' in four essays I hate doing diagram' yeah he 's here now , we 're about to go for a quick drink like , he says he 's been revising all day so erm , and I shall , I shall brief him , just as you would expect , I shall tell him all he needs I do n't , I do n't want to leave him in the lurch okay see you in French yeah , bye , bye , bye |
| 26 | She would walk the ten-mile round trip over the Downs to Charleston without demur , striding out in an afternoon , often rapt in thought , puzzling over the next scene in the novel she had been writing all morning . |
| 27 | Now police are warning all women in the area to be on their guard . |
| 28 | Sir Stafford had been searching all night and finally came so close that he heard the child crying : |
| 29 | A YORKSHIRE terrier saved a dying pensioner after police tracker dogs had been searching all night . |
| 30 | They have drawn up a Strategy for Success , which will be outlined at a meeting on Thursday , when they are urging all members to attend . |