Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [vb base] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would have driven me mad to have been stuck behind a sewing machine all day , which some of my friends were . |
| 2 | He did n't as a rule greet all his guests , but this was different . |
| 3 | In many cases , members of a group ignore all the niceties and reject the deviant immediately . |
| 4 | It 's going to be a bum deal all through for poor Cliffy . |
| 5 | On a misty day when on a hill walk all you 'd see is your feet , in the valley acres of countryside can stretch before you . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh , of course , a piece of paper , a ring and a blessing make all the difference ! ’ |
| 7 | Tavernier was determined to avoid the convention of co-productions in which a polyglot cast all speak dubbed American . |
| 8 | If I ca n't get a job I wo n't stay in Slumptown — I do n't want benefit or a Youth Scheme' all that crap . |
| 9 | It is also to proclaim a message about Jesus — and therein for a feminist lie all the problems . |
| 10 | Parliament has now recognised that local authorities should be left to judge for themselves what local legislation is desirable , but in a tidying-up process all powers under local Acts in force on 1st April 1974 which were not preserved by subsequent general or local legislation automatically expired at the end of 1984 . |
| 11 | The taximan drove first to Old Street , where there was a garage open all night for the trade , and bought a tankful of petrol . |