Example sentences of "had all been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The brush was all brown as though autumn had come to these islands where there is no autumn but only a more dangerous summer , but that was because the leaves had all been blown away . |
| 2 | It had all been said on the track where both McLaren 's new MP4/7As , driven by Senna and team-mate Gerhard Berger , were non-finishers . |
| 3 | The original stuff had all been ripped out years ago , so when I moved in I thought I 'd go to town on the redecoration . |
| 4 | ‘ It was as if they had all been locked up for three days the way they rushed in , ’ said a security man who saw the 8.30am rush . |
| 5 | The Xinhua news agency reported on June 1 that Hu Qili , Rui Xingwen and Yan Mingfu had all been appointed as Vice-Ministers ( in charge of Machine-Building and Electronics Industry , State Planning Commission and Civil Affairs respectively ) . |
| 6 | He smiled , his eyes twinkling as he told Iain how he had had a glimpse of the lower decks , which had all been cut away in the centre and some sort of plastic covering installed . |
| 7 | Held , dismissing the appeal , ( 1 ) that the applications to the district judge and the application for judicial review of his decisions had all been made by the applicant in a criminal cause because they related to the manner in which the district court trials should proceed , and so his appeal was not from a judgment of the High Court judge in a civil cause or matter within section 13(2) ( a ) of the Ordinance ; and that , therefore , since no other provision had conferred jurisdiction on the Court of Appeal to entertain the appeal , that court had correctly declined to hear it ( post , pp. 256G , 260E–F , G–H ) . |
| 8 | Virgin 's payments had all been made on time , and as far as he was aware there was no problem at all . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | There was no more ugly brown wallpaper ; it had all been stripped off , and the walls were white-washed . |
| 11 | ‘ We kept everything quiet until it had all been confirmed and there was no risk of a repeat of what happened last time . ’ |
| 12 | Well , it had all been acting , of course . |
| 13 | The bacon and the cheese had all been transferred to the room-sized storage refrigerator behind the shop , and while her husband was out of the way Rennie Hamilton loaded all the groceries into the canvas bag and did a quick addition on the list and noted the amount on the end of the growing column in the credit book . |
| 14 | An official statement said that the functions of the departments of public works , labour and employment , local government , environment and natural resources , tourism , science and technology and social services had all been transferred to the Autonomous Regional Government . |
| 15 | H.G. Wells wrote a story about a traveller in South America coming across a community of people who had all been born blind . |
| 16 | In 1850 therefore the deer were officially banished , and in five years they had all been killed off . |
| 17 | It was therefore with great irritation that I noticed a day or two later that they had all been moved back to the ‘ General Interest ’ section . |
| 18 | On the flickering screen , one of the cell-like doors was ajar , yet he was sure they had all been shut . |
| 19 | The furniture had all been renewed , upholstered for preference in red velvet , and in all the state rooms the great ceilings , which had become grimy through neglect , had been regilded and repainted . |
| 20 | Rumour has it that The High had all been living separate musical lives — Andy in particular having just split with the Stone Roses — when they met in Manchester 's Hacienda club , and decided to put a new band together … |
| 21 | It turned out that the forms had all been filled in correctly but the DSS had n't read them properly . |
| 22 | Deferential coppers were a thing of the past ; they had all been conscripted into the House of Commons ' police . |
| 23 | The ironing , altering , re-tailoring had all been done against the clock and pushed through only because of the tyranny of Miss D'Arcy . |
| 24 | This morning I came back from doing the weekend shopping and it was — it had all been done over . |
| 25 | And what would you do if someone were to break down those pillars , Shae — scream and protest and say it had all been done against your will ? ’ |
| 26 | The irony was , thought Curtis bitterly , it had all been done in His name . |
| 27 | They had all been seen in the vicinity of the turnpike and the nearby Duncan Woods . |
| 28 | When they had all been seen to , and no call had come from the complex , Dr Rafaelo summoned Shelley to follow him . |
| 29 | The children — aged between four weeks and six years — had all been given the drug while under intensive care , a report in yesterday 's British Medical Journal revealed . |
| 30 | A year later and they had all been given a rise of one penny a day . |