Example sentences of "all [verb] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were all laughing at such ineptitude when Wainfleet telephoned . |
| 2 | Alone on a holiday and trying to come to terms with his grief , he reflects that ‘ the most cruel pain of all occurred at such moments , when I tried to face the still unacceptable fact that I could never tell her anything again . |
| 3 | The work which our consulting engineers have done in conjunction with engineers from York City Council , show in very broad terms , that the existing radial routes within the Greater York area , were all in the period around about nineteen ninety one , all operating at more or less , design capacity . |
| 4 | This had them all looking at each other . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | all look at that , was it next year they got , somebody got er , what er , another date and it was next Febru who was it ? |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | They all glanced at each other in dismay . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ We were all saddened at this news , ’ writes Mrs Harrison . |
| 13 | Pale with fright , they all stared at each other . |
| 14 | It all coincided at that point . |
| 15 | They all looked at each other . |
| 16 | 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 ? |
| 17 | St John gave them the letter to read , and then they all looked at each other , smiling rather tiredly . |
| 18 | They all guffawed at that , with the exception of Maggie who nevertheless found it funny . |
| 19 | They all laughed at this , and began quacking about how they would surprise the dog when he least expected it . |
| 20 | Cor it 's all play at that bloody end in n it ? |
| 21 | We all smiled at that , because there was already a young man who was often a visitor at New Place . |
| 22 | and they 're all waving at this helicopter and |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | There is help available : we all need at some stage to avail ourselves of it . |