Example sentences of "[art] [noun] had all " in BNC.
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| 1 | It turned out that the forms had all been filled in correctly but the DSS had n't read them properly . |
| 2 | The remainder had all been in favour of killing her . |
| 3 | Now the hotel , the railway , and the labourers had all gone . |
| 4 | Because of rising costs and the import of cheap foreign lead in the late 1800s , the market collapsed and by the early years of this century the mines had all closed . |
| 5 | The signs had all been there if only she 'd had the gumption to read them . |
| 6 | The ghouls had all been sent away and under the fierce new glare of naked lights , caretakers were clearing up while someone pushed a trolley of glass-eyed computer-monitors that got into everybody 's way . |
| 7 | The houses had all gone too . |
| 8 | Until now the commanders had all reported upward to the Shah , who himself made all decisions . |
| 9 | The implication was that the slaughter had all been in vain . |
| 10 | This break with the past was in some ways more apparent than real , for the first members of the college had all served in its predecessor . |
| 11 | There was severe disruption to the gas , water and electricity supplies ; the schools had all but disappeared . |
| 12 | At Wolverhampton the carriage had all but emptied , leaving only a sleeping woman cradling a badminton racket . |
| 13 | As well as the letters that poured in , the other guests on the programme had all said privately that they would do what they could to help ; Ian Hislop , the editor of Private Eye , had already printed a Friends of John McCarthy ad for free , and Gerald Scarfe had agreed to design a programme cover for the upcoming Benefit . |
| 14 | Another tangled virgin called on her for help against a dragon , called on her though she had thought that her time was past and the dragons had all departed . |
| 15 | It was because the parties had all analysed the nature of the problem we had to decide in the same way that it was agreed at the outset of the hearing before us that the central question we had to answer was this : in what capacity are High Court judges sitting when they sit as visitors to the Inns of Court in disciplinary cases ? |
| 16 | The words had all tumbled out , one upon another . |
| 17 | Defending Hinkin and Plumb , solicitor Bob Booker told the court that the offences had all taken place within a fortnight in early March . |
| 18 | The parents had all departed into the warehouse with Uncle Knacker to ‘ knock up a few looseboxes ’ . |
| 19 | But the artistes had all long since departed , and smashed-up mechanical pianos cluttered the abandoned music-hall . |
| 20 | And the mists had all solemnly risen now , and the world lay spread before me |
| 21 | By the time the hunter caught up with them , the dogs had all been skewered by the goat . |
| 22 | Mrs Fairfax had written to me while I was at Gateshead , telling me that the guests had all gone , and Mr Rochester had gone to London to buy a carriage for his wedding . |
| 23 | The Rejects had all turned up to see me . |
| 24 | The eggs had all died before hatching , and Boulenger was led to question whether Kammerer had ever managed to get eggs to hatch at all , let alone re-evolve nuptial pads in adults . |
| 25 | The lights were fading — the lights had all gone out . |
| 26 | It was possible that , like many of the casual spectators , the key members of the crew had all been frozen into temporary immobility by the looming presence of the ovoid , but Rostov was inclined to suspect the convenience of such a coincidence . |
| 27 | Donald 's wife Aileen looked upset and redeyed , without a minister the occasion seemed rough and ready , no better than a ceilidh , unlawful even , and her misgivings about the McLaggans had all revived . |
| 28 | When her mother came into the room the picture was completed but the grass had all been coloured blue . |
| 29 | Then just before 9pm ( was it timed to make the national news ) came the announcement the cast had all feared — this show wo n't go on . |
| 30 | At nine-thirty the soup had all evaporated . |