ALL + preposition + noun phrase – English Grammar Profiler
At A2, in the Oxford learner’s dictionary, when ‘All’ is an adverb, it can mean ‘completely’. Also, adverbs pre-modifying prepositions are found at A2, B1 and C1 in the English Grammar Profile.
We can search for ALL + prepositional phrases in iWeb corpus with:
_DB _II _A _NN
*not every result will be ‘all‘ as an adverb.
1 ALL AROUND THE WORLD 26352
Television rights have been sold all around the world.
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2 ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY 5978
Fifty million more will watch from homes
all across the country and around the globe.
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Here, the adverb “all” is used to modify the preposition “across”, forming the adverbial phrase “all across”. This phrase indicates that the action (watching from homes) is happening extensively throughout the entire area (the country and around the globe). So, “all” is intensifying the extent to which something (the watching) is spread out or distributed.
3 ALL IN THE NAME 4930 4 ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY 3268 5 ALL AROUND THE GLOBE 2664 6 ALL ACROSS THE WORLD 2612
7 ALL ALONG THE WAY 2392
But black girls are the only group of girls
who are overrepresented all along the way.
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8 ALL ACROSS THE GLOBE 1820 9 ALL IN THE FAMILY 1634
10 ALL TO NO AVAIL 1469 to no avail = idiom = without success
11 ALL ABOUT THE MONEY 1465 C1 Negation:
It‘s not all about the money.
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When someone says the above example, they mean that money isn’t the only important factor or consideration in a particular situation. There might be other aspects such as personal satisfaction, happiness, passion, or moral values that are equally or more important.
So, “all” in this context is emphasizing that there’s more to the situation than just money.
12 ALL FROM THE COMFORT 1287 13 ALL IN YOUR HEAD 1199 14 ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 1171 15 ALL ON THE LINE 1138 16 ALL IN AN EFFORT 1134 17 ALL IN MY HEAD 1132 18 ALL AROUND THE HOUSE 1033 19 ALL IN A DAY 977 20 ALL IN THE DETAILS 899 21 ALL AROUND THE CITY 847 22 ALL IN A ROW 823 23 ALL ACROSS THE NATION 725 24 ALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR 707 25 ALL THROUGH THE YEAR 673 26 ALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY 661 27 ALL ACROSS THE BOARD 648 28 ALL IN THE MIND 622 29 ALL IN THE PAST 610 30 ALL ACROSS THE STATE 587
31 ALL OVER THE PLACE 585 B2
My mind is all over the place these days.
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32 ALL ABOUT THE DETAILS 562 33 ALL ABOUT THE HISTORY 561 34 ALL ABOUT THE PEOPLE 551 35 ALL THROUGH THE DAY 543 36 ALL UNDER THE AGE 540 37 ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC 529 38 ALL AT YOUR FINGERTIPS 520 39 ALL AROUND THE ROOM 519 40 ALL IN A DAYS 472 41 ALL AT THE END 469 42 ALL IN THE WAY 419 43 ALL ROUND THE WORLD 413 44 ALL ABOUT THE FOOD 404 45 ALL AROUND THE EDGES 398 46 ALL ALONG THE COAST 397 47 ALL ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE 394 48 ALL ABOUT THE JOURNEY 382 49 ALL ACROSS THE CITY 380 50 ALL ON THE TABLE 379 51 ALL AROUND THE AREA 378 52 ALL THROUGH THE HOUSE 375 53 ALL IN THE SPACE 374 54 ALL ALONG THE LINE 357 55 ALL AROUND THE EDGE 349 56 ALL ABOUT THE KIDS 348 57 ALL AT NO COST 346 58 ALL IN THE FUTURE 337 59 ALL ABOUT THE PROCESS 326 60 ALL IN A MATTER 325 61 ALL IN AN ATTEMPT 324 62 ALL AT A PRICE 313 63 ALL IN THE CONTEXT 305 64 ALL AROUND THE ISLAND 303 65 ALL IN THE COMFORT 296 66 ALL ABOUT THE NUMBERS 293 67 ALL AROUND THE WEB 279 68 ALL IN THE TOP 275 69 ALL ON THE MENU 274 70 ALL ABOUT THE TEAM 273 71 ALL IN THE END 273 72 ALL IN THE WORLD 268 73 ALL AROUND THE PLACE 265 74 ALL ABOUT THE QUALITY 258 75 ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER 257 76 ALL IN THEIR POWER 255 77 ALL IN YOUR MIND 255 78 ALL ON THE FIELD 255 79 ALL THROUGH THE SUMMER 254 80 ALL ABOUT THE POWER 250 81 ALL IN THE GAME 250 82 ALL ABOUT THE CUSTOMER 248 83 ALL AT THE TOUCH 247 84 ALL IN THE SERVICE 236 85 ALL AROUND THE PERIMETER 235 86 ALL THROUGH THE WINTER 234 87 ALL IN MY OPINION 232 88 ALL IN THE HANDS 225 89 ALL ON THE ROAD 223 90 ALL FROM THE CONVENIENCE 221 91 ALL ABOUT THE ART 218 92 ALL IN THE ROOM 218 93 ALL IN THE HOPES 216 94 ALL IN THE MIX 216 95 ALL ALONG THE ROUTE 215 96 ALL ABOUT THE WAY 215 97 ALL WITHIN AN HOUR 209 98 ALL IN THE EYE 205 99 ALL FROM THE UNIVERSITY 202
100 ALL IN HIS STRIDE 196