Example sentences of "they all [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could have felt superior and thought them all fools for pitying him for getting what he wanted . |
| 2 | She thought them all cowards . |
| 3 | I offered them all glasses as well , and Angelica took one and went on bellyaching to all around her about how Steve had let her down and she should never have trusted the louse , and it was a tribute to her acting that there was a distinct drawing aside of skirts in the pursed mouths of those around her who were fed up with hearing about it . |
| 4 | Suffering badly — as usual — from boils ( he gave them all nicknames ) — ‘ it 's the badness coming out , ’ they would say — disenfranchised in the great educational paperchase , neither a macho miner nor a successful exception , he was a nobody in the middle of nowhere with no prospects . |
| 5 | I call them all ducks , but there you are . |
| 6 | And it is that each local church , of whatever sign should be invited to nominate from amongst their elder division those elders who district council might consider and recognise as dividing elders for a stated period of years with authority to do , provide them all services of worship and meetings of that local church , as the need arises . |
| 7 | The press may have labelled them all Brats , but not all of them had any great desire to raise hell and make headlines . |
| 8 | He probably told them all lies like that . |
| 9 | ‘ We are all men of the world ’ — he excluded the Archdeacon from eye contact and addressed himself exclusively to the Dean — ‘ so of course we know , do we not , that problems of that sort for young clergy bring with them all kinds of undesirable connections . |
| 10 | And as part of the deal , I had some petty cash with which to buy them all sandwiches and coffee so they could get changed or dressed while they ate and I took them to the next job if they had one , or wherever they wanted to go . |
| 11 | Yes , if it comforts you to play with words like that , you can call them all dogs . |
| 12 | Al any mark or a white spot on them all tricks of the trade . |
| 13 | Then when it was realized that things had taken a turn for the worse and somebody was going to get killed the vicar stepped in and bought them all ice-creams . |
| 14 | ‘ He 's had trouble with campers , who 've broken down his fences and left fires that have caused a lot of damage — not Guides or Scouts , of course , who you know are taught to leave behind nothing but their thanks but he puts all campers together and calls them all nuisances . ’ |
| 15 | and it was really a happy life , I enjoyed that and then when they , we found them all jobs . |
| 16 | Andy Kiwomya 's pace caused them all sorts of trouble as Dundee made the early running . |
| 17 | The Driver in the case of a light engine then goes to the telephone to inform the Signalman each end of the tunnel and give them all particulars and if blocking both lines . |
| 18 | Are they all students or |
| 19 | Are any of these calamities which need not have occurred , or where they all acts which were very unfortunate but occurred with basically goodwill all round as it were ? |
| 20 | Twenty , blimey , are they all blanks then ? |
| 21 | Are they all blanks ? |
| 22 | Newcastle , York , all them big places use to be what they all specials . |
| 23 | Toby , on the other hand , just looked in on the way to the boarding annexe , and popped straight out again , while Corbett Farraday had no particular fear of the boys — were n't they all boys together at Burleigh ? and stayed in the Staff Common Room for no other reason than to work himself up to an approach to Penny . |
| 24 | Are they all cottars and tinkers ? ’ |
| 25 | Are they all tights ? |
| 26 | Are they all portraits ? |
| 27 | In no sense were they all Cossacks . |
| 28 | ‘ Good grief — are they all caves ? ’ |
| 29 | what type are they all doves are they ? |
| 30 | A real friendly fellow he were by all accounts , bought 'em all drinks . ’ |