Example sentences of "it [vb past] all been [adj] " in BNC.

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1 But it had all been real .
2 But what that picture was leading me to ask was something he had quoted Plato as asking — whether it had all been worthwhile , his whole life ?
3 Mark Whiteside ( 18 ) , said he had only recently started modelling but that it had all been good fun .
4 And it had all been such a long time ago !
5 The president claimed that only defensive weapons had been supplied to Iran and that it had all been legal .
6 It had all been stage-managed by the Mossad .
7 Notwithstanding current problems which they discussed lightly , it had all been wonderful .
8 She must have been quite a joker with that bantam on her head , pigeons fluttering noisily on her shoulders ; it had all been wonderful outdoor fun .
9 In his dream he felt relief because she had n't died , because it had all been some other dream , because she was smiling in the sunshine .
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