Example sentences of "all [prep] it [verb] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had been a lot of talk among the customers about Harry Pascoe 's venture to the Americas , and not all of it had been complimentary . |
| 2 | His charm , his little anecdotes , even this scene played in the velvet darkness — all of it had been to answer the challenge she 'd so foolishly set before him . |
| 3 | John Delaney knew now that all along it had been hunting them , that it was still hunting them , waiting for the right moment to pick them off at will , one at a time . |
| 4 | Delaney had a split second to realise that all along it had been setting up a trap for them . |
| 5 | They had brought in some greasy foreigner as partner when all along it had been promised to him . |