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:
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*not every result will be ‘all‘ as an adverb.
1 ALL AROUND THE WORLD 26352
Television rights have been sold all around the world.
2 ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY 5978
Fifty million more will watch from homes
all across the country and around the globe.
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.
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:
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.
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