Example sentences of "all some " in BNC.

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1 In all some 7,200 trading invoices were dealt with during the year and 1,500 stationery orders .
2 Three committee members drove from Geneva to be present and in all some 17 Members and Friends of the Swiss Branch gathered at Sussexdown in the late morning of 1 August .
3 No use trying to explain that all some people get is ten per cent of little or nothing .
4 It 's all some sort of optical illusion . ’
5 And when my grandfather came in he always had a pocketful of these tips , and he would give us all some sixpences and some threepennies . ’
6 You can lend us all some clothes to go home in , ’ Nutty decided .
7 Vocabulary : taller than — shorter than — tallest — shortest oldest — youngest — younger than — older than — looks like — longer — same as — straight lines — circles all some — fits too long — too short — too small — wide — long — tall — across — above — next to — together .
8 he roared , still not entirely convinced that it was n't all some Limey hoax .
9 However , there were never the trained navigators nor Royal Engineer specialists available to recruit this number , and in all some 11 teams were trained .
10 Most excitingly of all some lesbians and gays with disabilities are beginning to organize through groups such as Gemma ( lesbians with and without disabilities ) , Gay Men 's Disabled Group and the Brothers and Sisters Gay Deaf Group , to fight back from within the lesbian and gay movements .
11 Now , by this point Nick was n't sure if it was all some ghastly joke or not , and then he realized what had happened .
12 It was hot and the demonstration went on much too long , but it gave us all some idea of how caring the teachers were and it was a practical illustration of what the school was trying to do .
13 ‘ Anne , bring us all some coffee please , and ring Brian Harley wherever he 's billetted . ’
14 It was all some impulsive reaction to her father .
15 ‘ This is all some sort of joke , is n't it ? ’
16 Provided America does n't pull out of the alliance completely , that ought to give us all some protection . ’
17 Six of the side — Julie Hall , Helen Dobson , Elaine Farquharson , Catriona Lambert , Kathryn Imrie and Linzi Fletcher — are all some way short of their 25th birthdays , while Helen Wadsworth , 26 , and Vicki Thomas , 36 , are hardly in the Methuselah class !
18 We tried to tell ourselves that it was all some terrible mistake , and that we would soon be returning home .
19 No , he had thought this all some kind of clever ruse ; some way of shirking his verbal obligation .
20 ‘ I expect it 's all some sort of misunderstanding .
21 Miss Mates will make us all some tea , give you some sweet biscuits , and only when I am fully satisfied that you are fit again shall I allow you to leave .
22 His round had been long and arduous , and he was thinking how pleasant it would be to see and tease McAllister and ask her to serve them all some home-made lemonade .
23 It takes them all some time to understand it .
24 The visitor pressures at Younger , Dawyck and Logan Gardens are much less severe , since these Gardens are all some way from major population centres , and Younger and Dawyck in particular have the acreage to provide for visitor dispersion .
25 ‘ I 'm sure it was all some dreadful mistake , ’ I said , wanting to smack the pursed lips off her silly face .
26 Honestly , it sounded to me as if he was giving them all some kind of ultimatum . ’
27 She gave it all some thought .
28 This system worked very slowly and made secrecy virtually impossible : it has been calculated that in all some 2,000 people may have had some influence , direct or indirect , on the functioning of this cumbersome machinery .
29 of which we are all some part .
30 But all some villagers are worried about is their river .
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