Example sentences of "they [vb past] [prep] all [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Treaty in so far as they applied to all owners , charterers , managers and operators of British fishing vessels and to 75 per cent .
2 They entered for all parts of the competition , but submitted a Jacobean design for the War Department and the block plan separately .
3 They entered for all parts of the competition , and their designs for the Foreign Office and the War Department were both placed seventh on the assessors ' lists , but Burn did not put them so highly , and in the end both designs were rejected by the judges , and their block plan , which had not even been seen by the assessors and presumably never tested against the conditions , was awarded third prize .
4 Well then as the unit got bigger , as I said , the room at the offices in the Lock was n't big enough so we moved from there to Alma Green Infant School , that 's the school now they used for all kinds of social activities during the day and th on that side by the car park .
5 They came from all parts of the kingdom and abroad .
6 They came in all shapes and sizes ; and all of them claimed to have become permanent partners .
7 THIN , fat , young , old — they came in all shapes and sizes as the TODAY Cellulite Roadshow was launched yesterday .
8 Those two crooks must have been killed and resurrected about seven times when they fell into all Kevin 's traps and things .
9 When 16 Mediterranean states signed a similar ‘ framework treaty ’ in 1976 they considered it so insubstantial that they insisted on all parties to the treaty also signing at least one of the more detailed and binding protocols .
10 Throughout the proceedings people were conscious that they spoke for all Zuwaya , addressing each other formally as ‘ You , Zuwayi there ’ and referred to themselves collectively as ‘ We Zuwaya ’ .
11 And yesterday they marched to All Saints Church in Grange Road , Middlesbrough , for a dedication service .
12 Andy Lloyd believes they ultimately failed last year because of the onerous programme confronting them , as they competed in all directions for an elusive honour : ‘ There was so much concerted effort and no reward .
13 They ran in all directions to do his bidding .
14 ‘ Fine streaming ’ — the allocation of pupils , according to their general ability , to classes in which they remained for all subjects — declined in favour .
15 Mr Burgreen was not able to offer his department 's critics the reform they wanted above all others : improvement of San Diego 's unusually weak system of investigating police shootings .
16 Brooke J. observed that if such a residual jurisdiction did not exist , then the judges would be left with a duty to perform but without the power to perform it in a way which they considered in all cases to be just .
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