Example sentences of "[verb] all [be] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I just wonder whether it has all been a waste of time . ’ |
| 2 | I hope it is not too late to say yes , I 'd like very much to have dinner on Friday and I too feel we 've been rather silly and it has all been a misunderstanding … ’ |
| 3 | It has all been a fantastic myth exploded by grim reality . |
| 4 | Twenty-three years in the business has all been the build-up for this , as I take on my most challenging role ever — bloody prompter ! ’ |
| 5 | We 've all been a bit worried about you and I would love to see you . |
| 6 | Bonn officials last night played down the extent of the last-minute rethink of their tactics at Strasbourg and one said that it had all been a ‘ silly misunderstanding ’ . |
| 7 | He would come exuberantly into the office after ops with his crew tagging along behind him , to tell us that our weather forecast had been spot on , it had all been a piece of cake , bombs went down — Wham ! — right on the target , no trouble at all , good show ! , and here they were back on the old tarmac , cheating death again , etc . |
| 8 | Drugged again , they regained consciousness outside the valley in anguish that it had all been a dream . |
| 9 | Within Dotty 's hearing a home pirate remarked that he thought it had all been a storm in a teacup . |
| 10 | On some mornings the ducks on Three Island Pond would take off in great arcing flights against the sun , round and behind the Cages and out of sight , round again and behind the distant trees and then suddenly back again as if it had all been a mistake and they had never meant to fly off in the first place . |
| 11 | After so long thinking that the reason for our kidnap had been bad feeling between Britain and Iran , and knowing that , before the Rushdie affair at least , fences had been mended , it was hard to believe now that it had all been a mirage . |
| 12 | It had all been a dream ; perhaps she 'd never even left it . |
| 13 | And then I made a mistake , I felt it had all been a sacrifice in vain , I felt I had to make him appreciate what I 'd done , that he ought to let me go — so I tried to tell him . |
| 14 | Now she finally had to admit that it had all been a total failure . |
| 15 | But it had all been a sham . |
| 16 | Now he saw it had all been a sham . |
| 17 | He had rendered her almost mindless there and it had all been a cheap trick , not even part of his wish to get her to accept her father . |
| 18 | But it had all been a trick , a dreadful trick . |
| 19 | She had been convinced at first that it had all been a mistake , that she had indeed misread the unspoken message contained in the postcard . |
| 20 | Perhaps it really had all been a terrible misunderstanding . |
| 21 | But it had all been a bluff . |
| 22 | Surely they realised that it had all been a mistake once you explained ? ’ |
| 23 | It had all been a trick , all that sweet , hot loving , that tenderness , just a cruel device to help him find out what she knew . |
| 24 | It had all been a far cry from the excitement of her engagement to the handsome young houseman when the Stevenses had celebrated with a party in the garden of their home . |
| 25 | And as if it had all been a bad dream , Tara wakes up soon after . |
| 26 | Perhaps it had all been a dream . |
| 27 | That had all been an act , partly to lull the Men into trusting him but also , Creggan now realized , to hide the same feelings as they all had in captivity : a game to while away the endless waiting . |
| 28 | It had all been an enjoyable game , and she had always imagined that love would be an enjoyable game as well , except that there was nothing enjoyable about the pain eating away at her . |
| 29 | In a moment she would open her eyes to discover that it had all been an incredible , fantastical dream . |
| 30 | And it had all been an act , a ploy to save them both embarrassment after the mild indiscretions of the previous evening . |