Example sentences of "all [verb] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that the South East contains a disproportionately high number of professional and managerial inhabitants , that transportation is generally quicker and easier because of the flatter terrain , and that industry and population from London have been relocated to surrounding satellite towns have all conspired to spread the ex-urban population far out into the metropolitan hinterland . |
| 2 | The most stupefying performance , however , came from Cecilia Gasdia , a voice of evidently limited power ( the second part , made up of arias , showed her physical limitations , notably in ‘ D'amor al dolce impero ’ from Tancredi ) , but her dash , her sinewy vocalization , her miraculous phrasing , the skill with which she marshalled the resources of her voice , all conspired to make the first half ( La Separazione , Mi lagnerò tacendo , Bolero above all ) a miraculous experience . |
| 3 | So that when you introduce yourself , you are seen as a haulier , was the phrase you used , er , and we , we 'd all need to spend an awful lot of time and an awful lot of effort into raising ourselves above that image , I mean there 's nothing wrong with being a haulier , all I 'm saying is that we have to raise ourselves above that image . |
| 4 | The fish all appear to relish the extra attention they get indoors . |
| 5 | Yesterday , at the railway embankment , he and a group of friends all reckoned to know the two youths who abducted two-year-old James . |
| 6 | We would brave the icy blast , stagger down the hill and stuff ourselves to the gills with scrambled or poached eggs on buttery toast , or light-as-air omelettes , followed by giant sized mugs of good , strong tea and thick slices of bread and farm butter , all priced to suit the hard-up airman 's pocket . |
| 7 | It was all going to take a good deal of sorting out . |
| 8 | You mark my words , we 're all going to miss the old doctor at Thrush Green . ’ |
| 9 | We 're all going to have a terrific time together , you know that , do n't you ? ’ |
| 10 | But we 're all going to have a proper dinner by candlelight . |
| 11 | I know they are all going to get a great deal out of this experience , I am deeply grateful for all the help that is being given them , they have had such a worrying time , I do not think one of them could have had a holiday this year without help , but I have faith to think it will be a good investment for the WEA . |
| 12 | The discriminatory policies of Poland , which had been prompted by Germany 's boycott of Polish coal in 1925 , had by this time developed into a fully-fledged trade war , and this , combined with the effects of the new port at Gdynia , the increasing Jewish population , the irritating presence of Danzig Poles and the continual clucking of the League of Nations , all helped to shift the political perceptions of the local population towards simplistic , populist , nationalist and ultimately racist solutions — namely those offered by the Nazi Party . |
| 13 | Economic changes , the growth of commuting , and migration movements have all helped to modify the social structure of rural areas . |
| 14 | During the reign of Nicholas II , the speedy industrial growth , the transformation of peasants to small proprietors through the emancipation and Stolypin 's reforms , the spread of education local government through the Zemstovs and the Duma all contributed to create a constitutional climate in Russia . |
| 15 | He was all set to take an early bath from his marriage to have an affair with soccer writer Suzannah Dwyer . |
| 16 | He looked as if he was all set to strangle the forty-four-year-old assistant bank manager . |
| 17 | That was enough for Huberts to be able to fulfil his promise and Zeelenberg was all set to start the 1990 season as a full factory rider . |
| 18 | Moran , O'Neill and Mick Deegan all attempted to curb the in-form Brolly with no success , and his blistering pace will give Cork manager Billy Morgan something to ponder over in the week ahead . |
| 19 | So , on a rainy Sunday in June , my husband , sister , brother-in-law and father all attempted to catch the little waif . |
| 20 | The surveys we have discussed so far in this chapter have all involved taking a single cross-section sample of a particular population . |
| 21 | ‘ The wonderful crowds , the garden setting , the cry of the gulls all helps to provide a special feeling . ’ |
| 22 | The appearance of a famous face in the show rooms always caused a stir amongst the girls , who all longed to hook a wealthy husband — and if he had a title , like the Aly Khan , or was a film star like Omar Shariff , then so much the better ! |