Example sentences of "all [verb] at [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were all laughing at such ineptitude when Wainfleet telephoned . |
| 2 | This had them all looking at each other . |
| 3 | Black , No. 199 , cold grey 1 and 111 , sap green , No. 167 , geranium red light , No. 121 , light blue and rose carmine , were all used at this stage . |
| 4 | But erm Idris said , in effect , which is an expression which we 've all used at some time or another , he did nothing for me . |
| 5 | The colours all yelled at each other ; most of the furniture was cheap and shabby and it was in a clutter of smelly untidiness , but the general effect was of a room somebody had made the best of according to their taste , and enjoyed living in . |
| 6 | This of course was a common point of view but none the less irritating because we were nearly all conscripted at this stage of the war and would have preferred to have been left alone to get on with our nice , comfortable civilian lives in peace . |
| 7 | They all glanced at each other in dismay . |
| 8 | I squeeze between a pleasant-looking , well-built car repairer called Bob and an enormously furry small-businessman who 's name I fail to ascertain , and we all smile at each other . |
| 9 | ‘ We were all saddened at this news , ’ writes Mrs Harrison . |
| 10 | Pale with fright , they all stared at each other . |
| 11 | It all coincided at that point . |
| 12 | They all looked at each other . |
| 13 | They all watched the door as it opened and Donald 's face poked round the edge , and then they all looked at each other and they all thought the same thought : Now ? |
| 14 | St John gave them the letter to read , and then they all looked at each other , smiling rather tiredly . |
| 15 | and they 're all waving at this helicopter and |
| 16 | Quite honestly , I think the whole species should be locked up , or banished to a penal colony in the South Seas where they could all shout at each other to their heart 's content and charge each other £32.6O for writing a letter . |
| 17 | There is help available : we all need at some stage to avail ourselves of it . |