Example sentences of "all [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , well you do anyway when you see them on telly and they 're all hanging round the , you know , the , the A N C meetings they all go up and down like this |
| 2 | Well they 're all circling over the roof . |
| 3 | That has much to do with the bringing together of all participants in the one place — all staying in the same hotel , all competing at the same venue , all joining in the same events , culminating in the Barbarian Easter Tour-style tradition of each nation providing a ‘ cabaret ’ turn at the farewell banquet . |
| 4 | The festivities started with a parade through the town led by the Houlton Silver Band and as I looked down from the windows of our bed-sitter I could see them all gathering in the street below . |
| 5 | And since it looks as if we 're all goin' to the same place , why do n't we take our kit to the left luggage then see if we ca n't find that canteen ? ’ |
| 6 | When speeches are made after seated dinners at lengthy , formal wedding receptions , they begin after all eating at the formal meal has finished , and are preceded by the announcement from the toastmaster , ‘ Ladies and Gentlemen , you may now smoke . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ There have been occasions when there were three different speakers all preaching at the same time , attempting to drown each other out . |
| 8 | For two pins I 'd send them all crashing to the bottom . |
| 9 | There are five of them , all small , all looking 12 , all crashing around the stage of the Camden Palace ( an unlikely , and certainly untypical , place to make a British debut ) like possessed battling tops . |
| 10 | I then went on to an Orion double bed , followed by a pink Passap ; I still wanted a single bed for speed — we ran a guest house and I was deprived of all knitting during the summer months . |
| 11 | In saying that an event c caused an event e , or that e was the effect of c , we typically have in mind but do not say that a set of things including c , but not necessarily all occurring at the same time , was required for e . |
| 12 | Covers non-recoverable travel and accommodation charges in the event of unavoidable cancellations or curtailment of the holiday due to your injury or illness , or that of your travelling companion , relative or close business associate ; or due to unemployment , all occurring after the date of issue of the policy . |
| 13 | Statistics show the younger a wife is when she marries , the more likely the chance of it all ending in the divorce courts . |
| 14 | They were all walking along the lane that led to Ferngrove Park , where they held their Pack Meetings . |
| 15 | Isle of Wight Isle of Wight , ferry , yeah , and we , we all buy , we all buy chips yeah , and the next minute , you know , we 're all walking into the arcade all these girls just come up to us and start taking chips . |
| 16 | When they came near the princess 's tower they saw a great number of people , all walking in the meadows , all searching for the princess 's lost keys . |
| 17 | Utility player Neil Cox , defender Ugo Ehiogu , goalkeeper Mark Bosnich and the German duo of Mattias Breitkreutz and Stephan Benlich are all itching for the chance to make their mark . |
| 18 | ‘ We were a jolly party , ’ wrote Beatrice Webb , wife of the President of the Board of Trade , ‘ all laughing at the joke of Labour in Office . ’ |
| 19 | All climbing up the stairs in one mad rush trying to get out of the hell-pit of the London Underground tunnels , after having escaped from the claustrophobic strangulating suffocating hold of the London Underground Tubes , marginally cleaner but less picturesque than those of New York . |
| 20 | That 's why everyone and their brother , DEC , HP and Sun , are all crowding into the week of November 10 for their anticipated launches , with the added expectation of getting coverage at Comdex Fall in Las Vegas the following week . |
| 21 | ‘ Anyway , ’ Sheila went on , ‘ it 's all happening at the universities and colleges , is n't it , Jenny ? |
| 22 | And the big band sound of the Alfreton dance orchestra , it 's all happening at the Leisure Centre Alfreton this Friday , eight till twelve , tickets are four quid , you can get 'em on the door , all organized by Rotary . |
| 23 | Now those are all happening at the Holywell Music Rooms . |
| 24 | Speaking to defence writers , he made clear he was against the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation taking over responsibility for all peacekeeping in the former Yugoslavia should a ceasefire and peace be agreed . |
| 25 | They are , I mean there 's only usually two or three there at a time , but you see it 's all bricking at the present |
| 26 | Added to the musty crypt smell there would be the stink of sweat and unchanged babies , all mingling with the stench of fear , because tonight everyone was more on edge than usual . |
| 27 | A thousand noises batter the attendant ear , calliopes and stridulators , cannonades and sirens , all mingling with the babble and slur of happy voices . |
| 28 | When they came near the princess 's tower they saw a great number of people , all walking in the meadows , all searching for the princess 's lost keys . |
| 29 | Furthermore , they were all writing in the aftermath of Darwin , and had learned from him two important things . |
| 30 | For example , a site may consist largely of a number of postholes , all dating to the Neolithic period . |