Example sentences of "be all an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've always been good at painting ; I 'd nearly finished my picture — which included the ark and a mountain when Miss began telling us how rainbows were all an illusion caused by sunlight and raindrops . |
| 2 | They were all an experiment . |
| 3 | ‘ This is all an illusion . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's all an act , my dear . |
| 5 | But it 's all an illusion . |
| 6 | While the pop princess ' disappointment at finding a wedding ring firmly on his finger seemed real enough to viewers ( and is confirmed by those who witnessed it at first hand ) , Banderas likes to believe it was all an act for the cameras . |
| 7 | So do n't tell me you knew full well he was n't , it was all an act . |
| 8 | Later that night , drinking champagne at the first night party , he gave me his usual disclaimers ; how it was all an illusion , everything was an illusion , all life was an illusion , and how he , Sir Tom , was the master of illusion , but how his dear children were real because they alone could not be spawned from the imagination . |
| 9 | It was all an oven to me . |
| 10 | Mind you , I think we 've managed to avoid that self-conscious ‘ world beat ’ kind of feel , because we did n't do it on purpose — it was all an accident ! |