Example sentences of "ran the whole [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My reporting for the Times-Herald under the avuncular guidance of Fred Workman ran the whole spectrum of events , incidents and activities : I spent days at the annual Wild West Rodeo and Stampede absorbing as much of the cowboy lingo as possible ; I acted as Master of Ceremonies for a fox trot competition sponsored by Cal Temple and Trudie , his business-like wife ; I interviewed all visiting celebrities including MacKenzie King , the Prime Minister , and R.B. Bennett , the Leader of the Opposition in Ottawa ; I interviewed Jimmy Gardiner as Minister of Agriculture , after he gave up his post as Premier of Saskatchewan ; I covered celebrity concerts and the annual Chatauqua programmes , among many other things . |
| 2 | The brightly lit passage with its floor of encaustic tiles and its white painted walls ran the whole west end of the church . |
| 3 | They were shown into a room which ran the whole depth of the cottage , bright and chintzy , the indoor equivalent of a herbaceous border . |
| 4 | Staring rather blindly at Gwen , she ran the whole conversation through her head again . |
| 5 | He led the way into the room , which ran the whole width of the house . |
| 6 | Although he had marvelled at it many times , Ludovico had never become blase about the stupendous vista from the Villa Battista and its famous terrace that ran the whole length of the low , pale yellow house . |
| 7 | The room in which they found themselves ran the whole length of the house and was obviously both the formal dining-room and library . |
| 8 | Roman roads ran the whole length of Dalmatia , linking Salona with the main seaports . |