Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [be] 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 Her mood had changed , it seemed , and she was all lightness and joy .
3 Cos er , all the ones they have on the trains have got like Strawberry Hill and all the , that 's all included , but then you buy a general map and we 're all sort of cut off .
4 ‘ There 's four big trucks in my convoy and we 're all double crewed .
5 Now , there 's an , there 's an alternative being put forward as a compromise , but a a compromise is n't a compromise , the compromise as it looks er involving us , and we 're all Party members , as already indicated , as individuals and saying top up , let's top up , we 're already paying are n't we , the political levy , let's pay a bit more , right , is actually one that reduces our input as an organization .
6 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 .
7 you see the desert is a bit , the way , the planes in the desert in America , there 's over three in the , sort of billion dollars ' worth of planes all brand new , that companies ca n't afford to buy any more and they 're all mane in a sitting desert oh there we go , aha , aha , there we go
8 And they 're all sort of brummie type people you know ?
9 And , and they 're all sort of preserved and they 're all to bring down clean .
10 Right , they 're having a row , now Vicki storms in and they 're all rowing .
11 ‘ He gave six reasons why I was getting the push , and they 're all crap .
12 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 .
13 ‘ There was the parents ' estate , his father 's estate , the Doors ' estate — and they were all fighting .
14 Erm , I 'm I 'm never sure about Bishops and Archbishops , erm I remember Archbishop Runcie once commenting about er , an activity that took place at the installation of a Bishop and it 's , I gather , I mean I 've , I have n't actually been to one , but if you 're Bishop or an Archbishop when they act to the triumph and act of installation took place there were you 'll find that the person was surrounded by Bishops and they were all sort of looking in on this er , this body that was gon na be installed and somebody once asked what are they doing ?
15 That 's our single biggest cost , cos as I say , I had three quotes in total , and they were all sort of between thirteen and twenty three .
16 We had dinner in the Village : a french restaurant where the provençal dressing is warm ketchup , and it 's all candlelight and striped aprons and waiters with waxed moustaches who talk like Maurice Chevalier .
17 Well , this is an issue which is sort of under debate and it 's all part of the training thing , 'cause we are going to talk about it at the Training Committee tomorrow .
18 It 's the same with most women I said , and it 's all paper talk .
19 Well , I suppose it is constructive in a way , but you never really see anything for it and it 's all routine .
20 And it 's all imagination , this — ’
21 Be be because you know it , it really is , it 's erm er it is sort of really we see it as sort of part of the confirmation programme really and your involvement in it , and it 's all sort of quite erm special to confirmation so it would be nice if you could be involved .
22 I 've got a large carrying case for an electronic organ keyboard er I want to sell , it 's it 'll take a keyboard erm forty one inches long by forty inches wide and four and a half inches deep and it 's all sort of shaped inside with the lining to the shape of the keyboard and nice strong box .
23 Did a little bit for the radio this morning in , Radio and Radio , and it 's all grist to the mill .
24 It 's new , and it 's here , and it 's all news .
25 ‘ She came over to America to promote her book pretending to be royal and it is all rubbish .
26 In the event , Burnley won and it was all sweetness and light . ’
27 And it was all girdle scones scones muffins cream scones currant scones pancakes crumpets treacle crumpets treacle pancakes and all this .
28 but we , we set off in a big building , well a building about four times the size of this these houses and it was all sheet steel wrapped in polythene packages
29 She said there was this female , that the other thing , and there was a whole long list of things that pointed to this interpretation , and it was all part of a , as you say a great mass of data , that erm , is , is quite mind-bogglingly large , if you actually erm , see it in words .
30 But there were certainly trolley buses when I went there in nineteen thirty one and trolley buses first came in in nineteen twenty three and it was all trolley buses by nineteen twenty six .
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