Example sentences of "was [adv] all [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 We escaped just in time and it was downhill all the way to Narvik .
2 This route would necessitate only one climb to the ridge above the village , from where it was downhill all the way to Rainbagh , whence I could complete the journey to Naini Tal by car .
3 From that point on it was downhill all the way , fitting and fielding panels , gluing the assembly , treating with wood preservative , umpteen coats of wax polish .
4 From now on it was downhill all the way , with a marvellous view of Lake Vyrnwy and the possibility of finding goosander , dipper , grey wag tail , sandpiper and kingfisher on its shores and waters to entice us on .
5 It was downhill all the way to the hotel , and as such , was easy walking .
6 From then it was downhill all the way .
7 Sometimes she had to pinch herself to make sure it was not all a dream .
8 The French replied that the devastation and terrorism that continued was not all the fault of ‘ dissident ’ nationalist Vietnamese or bandits and although it might not have the status of an ‘ official ’ armed struggle the results were indistinguishable .
9 It 's hard hard to say how much that would have helped the situation out there I mean it definitely would have helped in some degree , but I mean there was still all the oil that was present on the platform in the separators except those which were left under pressure all that would have had to burn .
10 It was probably all the worry over his unfeeling attitude , his intention to evict her , that had rekindled the dream in the first place .
11 Her guard was up all the time and she lacked a sense of humour .
12 Whatever I said , any public discussion left people ( including , I feared , our own staff ) with a confused idea that it was really all a matter of who slept with whom .
13 Er that was really all the advice we could give .
14 it 's not the illusion it promised to be the answer was here all the time .
15 ‘ But I was here all the morning .
16 ‘ I was here all the evening . ’
17 Once or twice I 've wondered whether it was n't all a trap .
18 It 'd be just like the country if there was n't all the noise from the traffic .
19 After winning the Yorkshire Amateur Championship in 1973 and playing in the Walker Cup it was uphill all the way topped off with Ryder Cup success during the Eighties .
20 And the insects were not disturbed because organic farming was then all the rage and Keton-Etone-Methyl-Tri-Di-Meta-post-Oxy-Chlorane had been banned , with the result that the tree gave rise to more apples ; out of the downtrodden and digested came beauty and increase , and fruits of the earth , and all sorts of parable lessons which children are taught at their mothers ’ knee in sweet little story-books .
21 At the siege of Belle-Isle I was there all the while ; All the while , all the while , At the siege of Belle-Isle Until last month these lines were only a nursery-rhyme to me , accompanied in my memory by a crude illustration of a tower by the sea and square-rigged warship balancing on humped waves .
22 And the vicar was the the Reverend K G , he was there all the while .
23 It was there all the time but I had turned my back upon it in a sense , so when I got converted , and of course I was listening to the Big Man 's comments on events and I recognized the validity of what he was saying .
24 None of us spoke of the war , in which ( I think ) none of us much believed ; but it was there all the time like ? nagging pain .
25 In my opinion , it was there all the time .
26 My mother was there all the time — "
27 I thought of all the possibilities , and it seemed to me it was there all the time , but I had n't seen it .
28 So I mean , now it 's apparent why he was there all the time is n't it , you know ?
29 It was there all the time
30 It was there all the time ?
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