Example sentences of "had been all " in BNC.
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| 1 | The traffic and the crowds were passing interminably in each direction , as they had been all the time . |
| 2 | It had been all those things , it had started as all those things , but now it was work and love . |
| 3 | It had been all whispers and lies till they got to the shop . |
| 4 | She was nervous before stepping onto the set of Delinquents , just as she had been all those years ago when she did the rehearsals for The Henderson Kids . |
| 5 | Gladly , willingly , he accepted and he again became a familiar figure at our ground as he had been all those years before . |
| 6 | She would be now , as she had been all that day , out praying for his soul . |
| 7 | Ever since he could think at all he had realised that the class which exploited the worker in every country would fight to the last ditch for the sake of keeping the worker where he was and where he had been all his life . |
| 8 | Instead , as we walked down to the bar this evening , he had been all smiles and indulgent gallantry , complimenting us on our appearance , an arm lightly circling each of our waists . |
| 9 | Since then , those had been all the places she 'd known . |
| 10 | Sebastian and I began to feel as close as we had been all those years ago . |
| 11 | He had been all kinds of fool . |
| 12 | But that had been all of thirty years ago , and very quickly these demands had multiplied , absorbing more and more time and energy , so that the moments of evening meditation were soon subsumed into the preoccupations and stresses of an active Christianity . |
| 13 | She climbed down , aware suddenly of how close he was to her , closer than he had been all morning , and when she turned , it was to find him looking down at her , a strange expression in his eyes . |
| 14 | ‘ When he was very small Helen had been all that he was not ; wise , mature , equipped with skills and resources . |
| 15 | Clare was a gullible girl , and a show of religious fervour had been all that was needed to make her quite infatuated with Underwood . |
| 16 | when she had been all hugs and trust for her father . |
| 17 | Mam would never guess how brave she had been all the way home . |
| 18 | Arthur had been all of those things himself : hunter , warrior , then king . ’ |
| 19 | She was becoming almost as sensitive to him as she had been all those years ago . |
| 20 | It was barely five a.m. and dawn was just breaking , but she was wide awake , as she had been all night long . |
| 21 | ‘ Leith , ’ he said , but his look was no warmer , no less arrogant than it had been all morning , ‘ you do n't … ’ he went on , and seemed slightly stuck for words . |
| 22 | It was shimmering under the surface as it had been all afternoon . |