Example sentences of "to be [verb] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | Children will clearly need to be taught all these things and , as the Bullock report points out ( DES , 1975 ) , there ought to be little difficulty in teaching these things if , and it is a big if , they are taught in a practical manner so that children can see that they do actually help them . |
| 2 | In fact , as early as October 1 , when your ruler Neptune is challenged by Jupiter in Cancer , you will realise that money is really only half the battle or problem you 're facing this month — because someone appears to be breaking all the rules , if not breaking your heart . |
| 3 | Trial two consisted of crop dusting 21 males aged 22 to 50 years for three consecutive days ( only 12 men remained to be sprayed all three days ) . |
| 4 | However , whereas a conventional model will tend to go on flying , the model helicopter needs to be flown all the time and the risk of a crash due to disorientation is much greater . |
| 5 | These Paul I 'm supposed to be writing all . |
| 6 | Predictably , you seem to be getting all the flak for the Bill Davis/Alan Coren years of stagnation and complacency that led to the Punch you inherited a while back . |
| 7 | Michael was livid that Hemmings , in the cloakrooms , seemed to be getting all the way with one of the girls while Crawford/Ingram was off in a corner with another girl — ‘ simply practising how long we could kiss ’ . ’ |
| 8 | erm sort of , at fir , you know , at first I thought sometimes you know oh , you know what 's the matter with you like but , she admits herself , her I Q , you know how they judge your intelligence has gone right down , she has to have tests every now and again , er she ca n't concentrate on things , or , you know some things she just ca n't do any more , so she 's at , supposed to be getting all this compensation and it 's been going on now , it was two years ago , three years ago that we met them and she 's only just had the first part of her money , she 's had five thousand pounds , that 's all she can get for the time being all the rest is , cos all solicitors and everything and doctors having to come and check things , so she knows , she knows she 'll get money eventually , but er , it 's just when , but is n't it an awful thing ? |
| 9 | We seem to be gathering all sorts of things we do n't need . |
| 10 | Would you say that if this pattern were to be repeated all through the night we would run out of dry-roasted nuts just before the important watershed of midnight , whereas we would still have a surplus of the ordinary variety ? |
| 11 | It is your personality and your personal care that is going to be noticed all the time . |
| 12 | It has to be done all at once even if some need a little encouragement ! |
| 13 | IF the Health Service were to be given all the money it says it needs we should need to double every worker 's NHS contribution . |
| 14 | If the Health Service were to be given all the money they say it needs we should need to double every worker 's NHS contribution . |
| 15 | I said you would n't like to be chased all the time |
| 16 | Is my hon. Friend aware that needs and expectations in regard to special types of education seem to be rising all the time ? |
| 17 | A spokesman for the Swiss Justice Ministry insisted , however , that " criminal proceedings have to be conducted and the accused will have to be granted all the rights of defence provided for by the ( Swiss ) federal constitution and the European Human Rights Convention " . |
| 18 | In order for successful approval to be granted all preferred issues must be changed to either LATEST-ISSUE ( if the module is being changed via this package ) or SELECTED-ISSUE ( if the module is not being changed through this package ) . |
| 19 | With grave face and totally businesslike voice he began to talk about the beginnings of this place , of the way he had planned and discussed the enterprise , and how he had enabled the local people to be involved all the way through , so that they knew what he was planning , and they did n't feel threatened by him , but collaborated with him , knowing that it meant jobs , roads and plumbing and a higher standard of living for them all . |
| 20 | If it does , GPA 's unsecured debt is likely to be jostling all claims on Polly Peck International at roughly one half of one percentage point . |
| 21 | She seems to be taking all my time . |
| 22 | The message has to be reinforced all the time until the patient can wash himself properly and confidently , without losing concentration . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm meant to be riding all Ibn Fayoud 's horses . ’ |
| 24 | They 're supposed to be serving all of us . ’ |
| 25 | She coughed , and when her nose was plugged up it was difficult for her to suck properly ; she cried to be fed all through the night and Phoebe got more and more tired , more and more passive and despairing and guilty . |
| 26 | She did n't say anything , but the way she toyed with him suggested she wanted him to be demonstrating all day like a vacuum cleaner salesman . |
| 27 | Flames leaping to thirty feet in the air were reported just off the road at Wheatley causing a stretch of the road to be closed all day . |
| 28 | As it 's a special deal , the money will have to be paid all at once , and the sooner the better in case fares go up ; so I suggest 8th December ( ie one month from now ) as the provisional date for payment . |
| 29 | and everything over to me , he 's got to be paid all the loans completely off plus the mortgage that 's in arrear , that , that house got to be round to square one with a , with a fourteen thousand pound mortgage and that 's it before he can sign that house over to me |
| 30 | By dawn the trench would probably be little more than eighteen inches deep , but it had to be occupied all day , while the enemy gunners resumed their work of levelling . |