Example sentences of "were [det] [verb] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were all struck dumb for the moment . |
| 2 | Everyone was so tired out that we were all falling asleep on the way home . |
| 3 | The roads were all scrubbed clean by the frost and the snow . |
| 4 | When they were all sitting cross-legged in the corridor , huddled in their blankets , staring wide-eyed at the two tough looking armed figures he realised they must present , Grant called in one last time to Springfield . |
| 5 | Now and then he was obliged to curb it in order to give a chance to the bluebells and the wood anemones , which were both getting sparse to the point of extinction . |