Example sentences of "they all [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did not travel to Tibet to seek enlightenment in high places and in an alien culture — though one at least knew the capacity of the literal pilgrimage journey to trigger an existential experience of this power , and they all believed some kind of solitude and withdrawal from the normal conditions of social life to be an enabler of such knowledge . |
| 2 | They all shared each other 's secret . |
| 3 | The scientists analysed their crystal structure by measuring how the coccoliths scatter light rays and electrons and found that they all shared common features of crystal organisation throughout their history . |
| 4 | On the question of disposals they all developed considerable skills . |
| 5 | they all signed this petition . |
| 6 | ‘ They all wore bleached Levis , Dr Martens , a short scarf tied cravat style , cropped hair . |
| 7 | To Mrs Rait 's yard-long list and all bakers and caterers , may be added this year two ‘ members of the general public ’ , as they described themselves , who volunteered , as also did some pupils of George Watson 's College through Roger Vandersteen , and the wife of an elder of Murrayfield Church ( they all made exemplary Indians ! ) . |
| 8 | Form 's ( 1973 ) study of car workers at various skill levels across four countries ( USA , Italy , Argentina and India ) showed that they all rejected political unionism in favour of job-related unionism concerned with raising wages and improving working conditions . |
| 9 | They all denied any responsibility and claimed that litigation costs forced an early settlement . |
| 10 | They all knew each other and was laughing and kidding around and I was scared cos it smelt so bad and was so big and bright and I did n't know where I was . |
| 11 | Inevitably , of course , there were occasions when all the children did play together , and they all knew each other well . |
| 12 | They all knew each other well before the war — all four of them . ’ |
| 13 | No , well they all said next time they 'll check , because some of them just just take it for granted . |
| 14 | They all had other things on their mind . |
| 15 | ( We only asked them to comment here if it did not meet expectations — either they all had low expectations or the conference was a high standard . ) |
| 16 | The human population , and the livestock , of a dozen townships was moving , like an organised but somewhat undisciplined army , from the cultivated area of the crofts to the summer grazings , or shielings , on the hill , where each township , and indeed each family , had its own special area , recognised and protected by custom , although in law they all had equal rights in the whole common , and had a joint committee to regulate its use . |
| 17 | They all had one dream . |
| 18 | The landladies found the Mites well behaved ; they all had separate tasks for the day , two doing the food shopping for the troupe which the landlady would cook . |
| 19 | where I went to work down there and in a month they put , it was amongst a shop of about sixteen men and they all had separate orders and the men had got little lads working for them , you know . |
| 20 | Every single guy I saw had torn jeans and docs and they all had long hair . |
| 21 | When the pie finally changed places with the cake on the sideboard and they all had second cups of tea , the dog , judging it would get no more scraps , came from under the table , stood on three legs to scratch its left ear , shook itself and clawed the door , whining . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'd formed the impression , ’ said Pooley , ‘ that they all had spartan bedrooms . ’ |
| 23 | But to my surprise I saw , as I got near them , that they all had broad smiles on their faces and were showing my mother photographs of their families . |
| 24 | They all had civilian markings and were German registered . |
| 25 | They all had appropriate degrees . |
| 26 | Having attended conferences with senior planning staff , they all had dangerous knowledge of the precise Allied intentions . |
| 27 | They all had more tea . |
| 28 | They all had this word . |
| 29 | you see , when this thing first happened , er all those old houses , they all had some sort of garden . |
| 30 | Most of the reinforcements could not inform me of the health of Colonel Vaughan , but they all had vivid recollections of the most unusual weather conditions in the Highlands , and at the moment regarded their situation here in Normandy as an improvement on Achnacarry . |