Example sentences of "[conj] were all [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The vertical and the horizontal structures of Germany were locked into a system of finance , into a particular sense of ‘ Kultur ’ and the drive to expand eastwards , that were all connected with the development of industry and the logic of capitalist modes of production . |
| 2 | They had scornful eyes and superior expressions and were all called by sensible names like Susan . |
| 3 | We were staying with my in-laws and were all invited to a New Year party by the Wragg family next door but one . |
| 4 | Margaret , daughter of the illustrious Lord Florent Count of Holland and Mathilde , daughter of Henri Duke of Brabant , Sister of William , King of Germany , being forty-two years of age , was delivered on the Friday before Easter , at nine o'clock in the morning , in the year 1276 , of 365 babies male and female which ( in the presence of several great lords and gentlemen ) were arranged in front of the font and were all baptized by a bishop , the males being christened the same name , namely Jean , and the females Elizabeth . |
| 5 | There was no cinema , no dance-hall , not even a café , and as we had no centre in which to foregather ( save The Galleon ) , and were all working on different shifts , it was impossible to take any initiative in organising group entertainment . |
| 6 | In the Sejm elections contests for 65 per cent of the seats were restricted to candidates from the then ruling Polish United Workers ' Party ( PUWP ) , and from its traditional coalition partners the United Peasants ' Party ( ZSL ) and the Democratic Party ( SD ) or from three lay Roman Catholic organizations ; the remaining 35 per cent were contested by candidates from opposition or independent groups , and were all won by the Solidarity Citizens ' Committee ( the electoral platform of the recently relegalized Solidarity trade union ) . |