Example sentences of "[pers pn] were all [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Malc and I were all part of the same gang when we were 14 , sort of ‘ paired off ’ when we were 15 , and started putting our biology theory into practice at 16 . |
| 2 | ‘ I knew you were all heart really Joe . |
| 3 | Did you not find that er the work them became very sort of com compartmentalized if you like , very specific people were doing bits of jobs rather than a feeling that you were all part of a much larger thing ? |
| 4 | I suppose you were all sweetness and light , were n't you ? ’ |
| 5 | When I , when you were all doing nights |
| 6 | ‘ You were all fishing . |
| 7 | If we were all hay fever prone , then whenever we happened to be in a place where the pollen count was high , our eyes would start streaming and our noses running . |
| 8 | Well we were all union members , and everybody wanted to be together , if you are if you are in the union well we had to stuck together an the the more we stayed together the stronger we are , to keep out if we can stay out . |
| 9 | When we went , it was really funny , when we went to do the , the talk erm , afterwards when we were all sort of getting together and having a chat , they 're telling me about , they do artificial , they artificial inseminate pigs |
| 10 | James right like Mr right he did n't know right and we have this sort of erm water fountain and he was running towards it and he , and he filled up his mouth with it and he was spitting it everywhere and we were all sort of getting out the way and Mr told him if you do n't want to drink it then leave it alone and he sort of turned and walked away . |
| 11 | ‘ Until we all got the news yesterday , we were all Den O'Neil 's children . |
| 12 | It really put a damper on the whole house and straight away cheered us up and got rid of the edginess we were all feeling . |
| 13 | Oh yes , erm I think it was generally , er , they had to match the colouring of the rooms that they 'd got , the furniture they 'd got really because as far as the room was concerned er when , when the , new houses came onto the erm , ready for occupation , er they were all cream coloured inside and anyway and pale cream so they , they 'd got er any choice they wanted there it , really it was just to match their curtains , match their carpets , all their furnishings and erm , of course I suppose they , the rose coloured ones er went better than say the lemon coloured one and that because er people just er liked the idea of moving into a place that 's got a nice cosy glow in it , place sort of thing , but we never sell any at all , there 's , none of that type of fitting in , sold now . |
| 14 | It must be I was only thinking the other day the number of bakers but er the number of small bakers that were in Caldmore there was the two brothers one was in Road and one was in Street there was on the corner of Street , where the Co-op have that place now that was they were all bread bakers , were bread bakers er a bit further down Street going towards Street was bakery , they were a bakers and confectioners in Street |
| 15 | They were all country girls you know . |
| 16 | They were all crying . |
| 17 | They were all top of the ladder . |
| 18 | They were all part of the real or imaginary story of Argentina . |
| 19 | For the duke 's servants , as for Gloucester himself , there was a single connection of which they were all part . |
| 20 | Basil never stood aloof from such practicalities ; for him they were all part of being a professional Art Educator . |
| 21 | So I thought they were all part of a jokey game . |
| 22 | as if they were all part of some troubled dream I was having . |
| 23 | For the duke 's servants , as for Gloucester himself , there was a single connection of which they were all part . |
| 24 | They were all port Aye . |
| 25 | Oh aye , yes , they were all English speaking , |
| 26 | They were all a-bubble with the opera and the state of the arts in Cairo generally and Jane Postlethwaite was a bit out of it . |
| 27 | They were all fighter pilots and they got hit , you see . |
| 28 | Eventually they were all standing , dusting off crumbs and twigs . |
| 29 | And so the first memories is in the meadows of Nottingham , going to infant school about the age do n't remember starting , but perhaps I 'd be six years of age , and it was a little church school and they were all lady teachers and most of them Mrs and not the Miss which is nowadays er more common . |
| 30 | They were all rugby fans , on their way back to Biggin Hill after watching the England-Ireland match in Dublin the day before . |