Example sentences of "[was/were] all [verb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they were all haemorrhaging at the back . |
| 2 | Apparently they do a commemorative gig every year at the same pub where we were all based at the time . ’ |
| 3 | Local authorities , housing associations , community groups , government agencies , private developers and building societies were all represented at the launch , where they were told how Middlesbroughwrought experience and expertise could be applied to similar schemes nationwide , with the SkillBuilding social enterprise company offering guidance on planning , funding , construction and long-term management and also able to act as developer or sub-contractor . |
| 4 | ‘ Sometimes , when there are three thousand people hanging on every note , I find myself wishing they were all stood at the bar and facing the other way . |
| 5 | He was saying , ‘ Now we 'll go over to the bees , ’ and he went over and they were all lying at the bottom . |
| 6 | The males were all bunched at the bar with their pretty pints . |
| 7 | The authors put the materials together while they were all working at the University of Strathclyde , primarily on the Programme in Literary Linguistics . |
| 8 | They kept running into one another because they were all staring at the sky . |
| 9 | The audience were all staring at the stage — as though not daring to miss one moment . |
| 10 | Of course this was all photographed at the time , and they found the oldest plough in Europe . |