Example sentences of "had all [verb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He presumed those men who had been on duty had all gone in the helicopter to help the others . |
| 2 | They had all reacted to the door opening , as if he 'd thrown a grenade into the room and they were frozen . |
| 3 | Mr. Waller said the aim of the quiz was to promote an awareness of other countries , their traditions , values and culture and that he was sure the pupils had all gained from the event . |
| 4 | The inaccessibility of rural areas , the lack of public transport facilities , the dispersed and sparse population had all contributed to the failure of many courses to enrol students at levels within the prescribed minima for grant-aid and the thresholds for the Board 's Regulations were demonstrably too high under such circumstances . |
| 5 | The Welsh had all vanished into the hills , as they always vanish , and Henry marched his army back through Shrewsbury empty-handed . |
| 6 | The parents had all departed into the warehouse with Uncle Knacker to ‘ knock up a few looseboxes ’ . |
| 7 | That had all changed with the arrival in her life of Adam Burns . |
| 8 | At first , it seemed as if the windows had all cracked under the impact of the strike . |
| 9 | They had all returned after the closing of the kitchen . |
| 10 | They had all disappeared into the abbot 's hall now , whatever chance had brought him visiting would soon be known . |
| 11 | But there had been no customer in the sweet shop for the last fifteen minutes , and the children had all disappeared from the window . |