Example sentences of "[was/were] [noun pl] all [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 The official last car was E/3 Class , No. 1941 , which left Purley terminus at 11.24 p.m. crowded to capacity and there were crowds all along the road .
2 There were bones all over the place .
3 There were pubs all over the place which served perfectly acceptable Sunday lunches .
4 Well as you know , in nineteen eighty one , there were there were troubles all over the country , which seemed to start from problems in Brixton .
5 There were mills all round the city that were grinding gunpowder or sword blades .
6 There were trees all round the Ezbekiya , most of them comparatively young .
7 Although there were stores all over the world , manufacturing and distribution were highly centralized ; most of the products were made in one giant plant .
8 There were mirrors all over the place .
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