Example sentences of "[vb past] all been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , it was n't till the Tuesday of the week after when we 'd all been to the funeral at the crematorium that Inspector Bush came in again . |
| 2 | For this one date they were supported by the Billy Harper Trio with Peter Stuart and Adrian Tilbrook on bass and drums and they fitted in as if they 'd all been on tour together . |
| 3 | Perhaps they had some kind of masonic understanding , they 'd all been through the same initiation . |
| 4 | The coeliac patients were originally diagnosed according to the procedure recommended by the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition and had all been on a complete gluten free diet for at least five years and did not present symptoms indicative of active disease . |
| 5 | The remaining five had all been on suspension for about 12 months following an incident which resulted in police and internal disciplinary inquiries . |
| 6 | My mother and Marie Claire and Lili had all been at school together in Egypt . |
| 7 | The 12 member country heads of government attending the Maastricht meeting had all been at the Rome summit and at Luxembourg in June 1991 [ see pp. 38295-97 ] . |
| 8 | It had all been for nothing ; the fear , the guilt , the deaths … . |
| 9 | The mad drive up the M4 with pain like barbed hooks turning in his arm had all been for nothing . |
| 10 | All of her sweet , loving nature that she 'd turned in on herself , waiting for this one moment in her life , this moment of truth , and it had all been for nothing . |
| 11 | So it had all been for nothing ! |
| 12 | He said he had thought they had all been fighting on the German side because they had all been under a German commander when surrendering . |
| 13 | After a weekend of brooding silence and no service , Nigel began to think it had all been worth it . |
| 14 | Oh yes , it had all been worth it . |
| 15 | His dreams had all been about home . |
| 16 | The three women who were still alive after 10 years had all been in the therapy group . |
| 17 | We had all been in Hawaii with Youth With A Mission ( YWAM ) taking part in the Crossroads Discipleship Training School , YWAM 's basic entry course for full time workers . |
| 18 | The implication was that the slaughter had all been in vain . |
| 19 | They did not pause on her arrival , though Alix , ever polite , waved obliquely to welcome her back : watching them , it occurred to Liz that perhaps in all the years they had all known one another , this was one of the very few occasions on which they had all been in the same room . |
| 20 | The remainder had all been in favour of killing her . |
| 21 | But that had all been in the future that morning . |
| 22 | And she had n't got whatever it was he wanted , so it had all been in vain . |