Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [adv prt] all [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pressure which had been building up all weekend was nearing some sort of explosion . |
| 2 | Although some have done this display before , the tension 's been building up all week . |
| 3 | Tension 's been building up all week . |
| 4 | ‘ We 've been walking around all night . |
| 5 | We 've been prowling around all day on a level with earthworms and rusty , broken down appliances , pressing our ears against the hot wooden trapdoor to the cellar and hearing the silence of ghosts . |
| 6 | I wish you 'd ring in when you 're staying out all night , you know you 've said you will . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ If they 're running about all day in the fresh air , that 'll make them hungry , I should think ! ’ |
| 8 | Cos I mean if you look at it , you 're laying down all night and relax , do you see what I mean ? |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been waking up all night every night covered in sweat , just the whole bed dripping in it . |
| 10 | I 'd been going round all morning and never seen him . |
| 11 | The Old Stager was on to a theme which he had clearly been bottling up all season . |
| 12 | From behind the door that swung closed against her back , the guests heard Fru Møller tell Fru Gertlinger to put more coffee on to brew : ’ They 'll be sitting about all morning in weather like this ! ’ |
| 13 | So no does n't well you know what he 'll be like , he 'll be messing about all day . |
| 14 | Spring is also the ideal time to do all those jobs you have been putting off all winter . |
| 15 | And now , just as I was giving up all hope … |