Example sentences of "[was/were] all [verb] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were all looking for some direction in our lives and they gave us that direction . |
| 2 | We were all staying with some friends of Steve 's — that 's the man who 's organising the exhibition ; Rick shares a studio with him in London . |
| 3 | They were all staying in this Florida hotel … where postman Keith Thompson was shot dead after he refused to hand over his money to muggers . |
| 4 | The most outstanding collection of faience from the Minoan period is the one that was found in the Temple Repositories in the West Wing at Knossos , where cult vases , plaques , and the famous Snake Goddess statuettes were all treated in this way . |
| 5 | Whatever was happening at this time , we were all isolated from each other . |
| 6 | But once pounds and deutschmarks and francs and lira were all competing against each other in every high street , their exchange rates would always reflect what each currency could actually buy . |
| 7 | Peter Mason , senior , Peter Mason junior and his brother David were all acquitted on all charges . |
| 8 | I think that 's what was great about the Scottish explosion , we were all taking from each other , we were all in each other 's studios and there was a real community . |
| 9 | I think that 's what was great about the Scottish explosion , we were all taking from each other , we were all in each other 's studios and there was a real community . |
| 10 | The forty women were all assessed on this dimension of their approach to housework . |
| 11 | Western societies were still in the throes of an idealistic phase during which radical change seemed possible and very real social progress on the cards — the major advances in social legislation ( the legalization of divorce , abortion , and homosexuality , for example ) were all born in this age of this spirit . |
| 12 | Black , No. 199 , cold grey 1 and 111 , sap green , No. 167 , geranium red light , No. 121 , light blue and rose carmine , were all used at this stage . |
| 13 | F-BMSH , F-BMSS , F-BOED , F-BOEF , F-BOLX , F-BNRE and F-BOOA were all used in this scheme . |
| 14 | The Nielsons were all drawn to this country . |
| 15 | ( 8 ) in the kitchen there was a huge dresser and when anyone went in you see + the hats and coats were all dumped on this dresser |
| 16 | ‘ We were all saddened at this news , ’ writes Mrs Harrison . |
| 17 | They were all laughing at such ineptitude when Wainfleet telephoned . |
| 18 | At first they were very calm and at the end , at the end there was a big panic that they was , they were all talking over each other , there was no control , you know , it was a bit rushed at the end , but , that was n't because it was bad planning , it was just they were panicked at the end . |
| 19 | There were twelve people round that table and they were all known to each other , on kissing and Christian name terms , with the same background and interests in common . |
| 20 | It was all manhandled in those days . |