Example sentences of "[noun pl] have been [vb pp] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Yorkshire Television switchboard in Leeds with its myriad lines had been jammed all day with calls about Hannah . |
| 2 | Childless women declaimed prayers to the Virgin in Latin while tears rolled down their faces ; and the parents of idiot children danced with them in the market place , swearing that their little brains had been set all to rights . |
| 3 | Could it be that some machines have been neglected all summer ? |
| 4 | The flat was sweltering although curtains had been drawn all day to keep the sun out . |
| 5 | Until these issues have been resolved all patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy should be regarded as at risk of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism . |
| 6 | The six men and six women have been questioned all day by detectives : |