Example sentences of "all [pers pn] [vb past] be [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 All I understood was one word : Chagall . ’
2 I was too frightened , all I heard was 3 shots , a bump and a scream .
3 All I needed was 10 pence — which was what you had to pay in those days if you said you came from the previous stop — but I did n't even have that .
4 They may be matched but then all you got is two turds instead of one !
5 They may be matched but then all you got is two turds instead of one !
6 And this was the one opportunity and all you got was one pervert ringing you up .
7 And I think that a lot of shoppers tend to forget that every time you buy anything from a shop , even if all you spent is ten pence , it does n't matter how little money you 've spent , but every time you buy anything from a shop you have a contract with the shop and the shop has a contract with you .
8 All we heard was one scream for a bobby like you know , and they turned the lights on .
9 Apprentice boy , my mate he er our friend dead and gone , he 's a good turner that runs er er reels , yet erm that 's all he got was five shillings a week after er no seven year 's apprenticeship .
10 ‘ He says all he saw was two men in the front when it arrived .
11 most of us had eaten our lunch by then on the coach because we were so hungry , after all it had been seven hours since we had last eaten .
12 It was carved with very competent lettering , but all it said was 15 April 1945 and a list of names .
13 All it contained were two envelopes .
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