Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] all [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sailing conditions were perfect all the way , and we were back there again an unbelievable thirty-six hours later . |
| 2 | The streets were busy all the time , great crowds milling around , all day and through the night , as the people of Russia tried to understand what was happening . |
| 3 | After the plague years , we were busy all the time . |
| 4 | The training was hard because we were hungry all the time and extremely tired . |
| 5 | He was moody all the time , with a flashing temper , and when Changez was at home , nursing his bad arm , Anwar came to me as I worked in the store-room . |
| 6 | It was possible all the jewellery removed from the display had been recovered , although a few items might still be missing , he added . |
| 7 | Tina never felt guilty about anything , but Cecilia was guilty all the time . |
| 8 | What was that all the talk about |
| 9 | Whereas Predator was flawed by poor programming , Red Heat was abysmal all the way from the design board . |
| 10 | I did n't like the beer factory all that much — it was wet all the time , but in the yeast factory I quite liked that , because I was working with machines … |
| 11 | Well for slings , getting bags out of the hold see the whole job was so interesting , when you were doing these jobs that was interesting all the time . |
| 12 | GUIL : No … it was light all the time , you see , and you opened your eyes very , very slowly . |
| 13 | I 've had my reservations about all three of these acts at one time or another , but , standing here , gripped and pulsing , in Chicago University 's Mandel Hall , my veins pumping nothing but Dr Pepper and fatigue , it become obvious that I WAS WRONG ALL THE WAY . |
| 14 | She was afraid all the time . |
| 15 | Or was this all a mistake ? |
| 16 | In a prison-camp the world you wanted to get to was visible all the time and , although you did not live in it , you knew that it was only a matter of some barbed wire and a few yards away . |
| 17 | The monkey had plenty to eat , it was warm all the time and the monks in their saffron robes were very kind . |
| 18 | ‘ It was scrappy all the way through and both of us can play a lot better . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ It was scrappy all the way through and both of us can play a lot better . ’ |
| 20 | And because she was conscious all the time of his pride in his own daughter Jenny , so much brighter , her diffidence and lack of self-confidence increased . |
| 21 | I had boils and chilblains all over my hands , had had two days food poisoning ( when I had vomited over the Sergeant-Major 's jeep ) , and was tired all the time . |
| 22 | He was unpenalised all the way , but the blotted his copybook with a dab on the very last section . |
| 23 | But I thought Susan was tough all the way through . |
| 24 | Not that he was dotty all the time . |
| 25 | Kalchu was busy all the time , working the land from dawn to dusk . |
| 26 | It all sounded like one big , never-ending party , and the climate was wonderful all the year round . |
| 27 | but in fact it was bad all the way through |