Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] all [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jed was n't so sure , he did n't like the idea that the future was all decided already and he did n't know anything about it , but he indulged her , and the bloodstains remained , and grew . |
| 2 | BOY soprano David Brennan was all set to give the performance of a lifetime — when his voice broke . |
| 3 | ‘ The caravan site at Coatham was all boarded up , waiting for Easter and the sunshine , nearby the steel works were going seven days a week while people walked their dogs and others rode ponies along the sand . |
| 4 | The wedding was all arranged . |
| 5 | Davide was still committed to preferring it to the alternatives , the vendettas , the feuds , the bloody score -these ways were for barbarians , for people like Sicilians , or Neapolitans , people whose own blood was all mixed up with Spaniards ' . |
| 6 | The scene was all set for a pitched battle . |
| 7 | ‘ Roxburgh was all set to watch Falconer before his knee injury last September . |
| 8 | One pub regular told the Echo : ‘ The pub was all locked up and it was obvious that something was wrong . |
| 9 | The regenerative equipment was all removed by 1909 after which Nos. 36–51 were identical . |
| 10 | Her make-up was all applied , and she surveyed her reflection with an objective eye . |
| 11 | But the supercharged 1.5-litre V16 engine was all wailing noise and no go . |
| 12 | He said the seats was all ripped . |
| 13 | She turned the pages of the fashion magazine over , but her eyes did n't take in any of the models so enticingly displayed in its pages ; her attention was all focused inwards on herself . |
| 14 | She could feel his hard member pushing into her spine , the sweat on his face as it rubbed against her neck , and her own need was all consuming . |
| 15 | ‘ Her nose was all bashed in and she had clearly been badly beaten . |
| 16 | This business was all set to flood the club scene with Ecstasy capsules worth around 25 million . ’ |
| 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 | ‘ Charlie 's head was all bashed in . |
| 19 | When the sweetness was all sucked out they murmured that their legs were tired , and cried until they were picked up and carried home . |
| 20 | They were trying to back it into a stable but the magnificent beast was all set to charge . |
| 21 | He had forgotten his grace was all gone . |
| 22 | Lopped off brambles lay around and the long grass was all trampled . |
| 23 | Don Watson was all dressed in black and hiding in the dark room , I heard . |
| 24 | The Kop were all doing the moslem arm-worship thing chanting ‘ Newsome-Newsome ’ and even waving Newsome 's picture in the Kop ( he was this week 's pinup ! ) |
| 25 | It meant his leg was all skewed in and pushed against the other one . |
| 26 | Human life was all ripped and torn . |
| 27 | The presence of Prince Charles , Prince Andrew , Prince Philip , Princess Anne , her new husband Tim Laurence and her son Peter was all to help a BBC Panorama team film how hard done by the royals are during their holidays . |
| 28 | The auctioneer was all smiles once more . |
| 29 | When the luggage was all brought in , we managed to get seated on boxes and bags , etc . |
| 30 | In 1943 he suffered a disaster when the stock of his now famous book was all destroyed in the London blitz . |