Example sentences of "all [vb past] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And suddenly the kitchen door — we all lived in the kitchen — burst open , and standing there was my father with the most effulgent smile on his face . |
| 2 | The French elaborated a lot of wonderful nonsense in the nineteenth century about the climate pauses of the British character , they said that because we all lived in the fog we were incapable of clear and distinct ideas , a sort of bogus science that you as a scientist would see through more quickly than people like me . |
| 3 | The stonemasons almost all lived in the San Giovanni district and most belonged to the Opera del Duomo , as did the mirror makers and enamellers . |
| 4 | Late on the evening prior to the presentation we all met at the Studios . |
| 5 | At the end of October they all met at the Daytona Raceway , opposite the B.B.C. Television Centre in West London , and spent the morning watching and acting in humorous scenarios presented by each of the branch teams . |
| 6 | We all met in the foyer where we were soon joined by Evelyn Laye , ‘ Boo ’ to her intimate friends , who looked wonderful in a navy blue dress , and went round greeting everyone . |
| 7 | Silently , we all got into the car . |
| 8 | They all got into the train , though Dean 's idea had been to head for Epping , but it was as well to be on the safe side . |
| 9 | ‘ We all agreed after the dinner that George was obviously under the influence of drink , but that does not excuse saying that the greatest footballer of all time ‘ was n't bad for a nigger ’ . |
| 10 | Cullam shook one of his daughters , cuffed his elder son on the head , and then they all plunged into the showroom . |
| 11 | It was a long drop from the balcony of the games room ; the castle apothecary carried a line of lethal poisons and draughts ; there were ways out of the castle , a postern or two , and a narrow winding path through the fractured rocks and fallen masonry all tumbled round the castle 's plinthed base like scree , then a long cold walk into the snowy silence … |
| 12 | ‘ There appear to be similarities in the devices and indications that all emanated from the Aberdeen area . ’ |
| 13 | Then they all moved to the front of the house to watch the road and wait . |
| 14 | Then we all moved to the dinner tables where everyone had been placed , Barbara Sinatra sat on James Hanson 's right and Frank Sinatra at a nearby table next to Geraldine Hanson . |
| 15 | They all abided by the umpire 's decision , whichever way it went . |
| 16 | The city law firms all clustered within the boundaries of the square mile have dominated the market in legal services . |
| 17 | The other children , my playmates , meant little to me ; so little that one day they all rose from the field and vanished , like angels . |
| 18 | And she clapped her hands together , and suddenly they all rose in the air , man , woman , house , glass flasks , heap of dust , and found themselves out on a cold hillside where stood the original little grey man with Otto the hound . |
| 19 | They all headed for the door , with that slightly stiff gait of people who are in a tearing hurry , but who are trying not to break into a run . |
| 20 | The three major trials mentioned by the authors as being part of the second wave — those of International Times ( November 1970 ) , The Little Red Schoolbook ( March 1971 ) and OZ 28 ( June 1971 ) all occurred before the publication of The Longford Report or the launch of the Festival of Light , put forward as being part of the first wave . |
| 21 | He got kicked in the head by his own player Mike Whitlow there but I do n't think he 'll mind because er it all contributed to the goal . |
| 22 | Everyone made mistakes , but they all contributed to the team effort , which was a satisfying aspect of the game . |
| 23 | It all stemmed from the work of Irwin Schrödinger and his celebrated wave equation , which gave a direct quantitative predictive method for most , if not all , chemical phenomena . |
| 24 | It all stemmed from the fact that England had tried for almost a century to conquer Scotland — and failed . |
| 25 | As they all bent over the chart , the shop door pinged again , and , as one , they all swung round to look , and Hilary froze in disbelief . |
| 26 | ‘ They all reported to the police station they 'd been assigned to and they all went on to stand trial . ’ |
| 27 | She was continually amazed and depressed by the way that the neighbourhood accepted and appeared to respect her mother 's self-erected authority ; none of them did as her mother did , and yet they all deferred to the solidity of her principles . |
| 28 | Peat wastes as a result of shrinkage , oxidation , and bacterial action , all triggered by the drying effect of drainage upon peat . |
| 29 | And when the toasts had all been made , and the cutting of the magnificent four-tiered cake was over , the photographs taken , they all spilled into the rest of the house while the tables were cleared . |
| 30 | As we all dropped to the floor the shifty-eyed character bolted out of the front door and into a cloud of dust and pieces of masonry , caused by the explosions . |