Example sentences of "[pers pn] be all [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh yes , I 'm all favour of dipping , but I want a safer dip for the operators . |
| 2 | Malc and I were all part of the same gang when we were 14 , sort of ‘ paired off ’ when we were 15 , and started putting our biology theory into practice at 16 . |
| 3 | But outwardly I was all sweetness and patient understanding , continually being congratulated on my competence in the role of ‘ little mother ’ . |
| 4 | They never got here , I was all morning . |
| 5 | First because in Prisoner desire and fantasy seem transformed into nonsublimated social identification ; as he puts it in relation to one group of black students in America , ‘ while I never desired any particular person , I was all desire for the group as a whole . |
| 6 | ‘ We know that , stupid , but where have you been all night ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Where have you been all afternoon then ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Where have you been all day ? ’ |
| 9 | You are all woman ! |
| 10 | ‘ You are all mystery . |
| 11 | You 're all day inside in school . |
| 12 | ‘ You both have that golden skin , but yours makes one think of lovely geometrical planes , you 're all bone , she 's got bone too , but what one sees most is contour and colour — no , you are not remotely the same type , she could never be painted by a Modigliani or a Loulou , or a Piero for that matter , she is something between a Titian and a Gainsborough . ’ |
| 13 | I think handouts ma you you 're all sort of absolutely your eyes lit up when the little handouts came round . |
| 14 | You 're all crap . |
| 15 | Secondly of course there are opportunities and limitations to your , the resources that you have and I 've mentioned resources before , they can be economic , military , your education system erm you know at the moment the government 's expanding higher education , going up , well we 've , we 've touched already I think thirty percent now in higher education one of the reasons for that is not just to , for self-fulfilment for those who are erm involved in higher education as I 'm sure you 're all self-fulfilling yourself here today , it 's because of what is perceived to be a national need for a highly educated workforce . |
| 16 | Yes , I know what you 're all thinking — shame it turned out to be me — Andy Harris . |
| 17 | As a mere male , what can I do but worship , you 're all woman every bit of you , the funny silly things you say and do . |
| 18 | ‘ I knew you were all heart really Joe . |
| 19 | Did you not find that er the work them became very sort of com compartmentalized if you like , very specific people were doing bits of jobs rather than a feeling that you were all part of a much larger thing ? |
| 20 | I suppose you were all sweetness and light , were n't you ? ’ |
| 21 | When I , when you were all doing nights |
| 22 | ‘ You were all fishing . |
| 23 | But to Gloria she said , ‘ She 's all skin and bone . |
| 24 | When he 's around she 's all sweetness and light . ’ |
| 25 | She 's all mouth . |
| 26 | She is all style , all form , all impeccably dressed dandy and wit , with never a tear out of place . |
| 27 | But she is all wickedness ! |
| 28 | Eliot does so much , she is all game for it herself . |
| 29 | She was all intellect . |
| 30 | Suppressing her excitement at her own news , she was all concern for Constance . |