Example sentences of "had [be] [v-ing] for all " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had found the one he had been searching for all those years — the one wavering on the brink of eternal damnation . |
| 2 | This was the moment Lynch had been building for all his life . |
| 3 | It was the one she had been rehearsing for all her life — that of martyr . |
| 4 | My flight path ended on a small ledge , my hands still grasping Olympus camera which I had been cradling for all my worth , regardless of the blows striking my body from every angle . |
| 5 | When she was most irritated by Caro 's holier-than-thou , most nearly offended by how stupid/insensitive Caro must think her , with her ‘ what a world you live in ’ , and was thinking ‘ How young , how predictable , how limited you are , ’ came the twist in the conversation , the unexpected note , that looking back along the line of the conversation , was the note Caro had been heading for all the time . |