Example sentences of "it was [prep] all [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It was above all grandmothers who came to live with their children in this way : five times as many as grandfathers .
2 It was beyond all reason .
3 One was exceptionally heavy , laden as it was with all manner of climbing ironmongery , wire brushes and ropes .
4 Assessment of capital very much influenced that , and it was ‘ of the highest importance ’ that it was at all times a proper influence .
5 It was on the six o'clock nat well it was on all day , one o'clock , two o'clock , three o'clock
6 It was on all summer .
7 It was after all Bank Holiday Monday .
8 It was by all accounts a fairly heated debate , with interventions from the Government benches , including two from Nyerere .
9 It was by all accounts a good match and fair weather was maintained throughout .
10 He kept a kind of official silence on it , though it was in all men 's minds and considered quietly in private talk .
11 It was like all houses see there 's a main road
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