Example sentences of "had all been " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 The three women who were still alive after 10 years had all been in the therapy group .
4 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 ?
5 No one was ever able to see quite how it had all been managed .
6 They had all been there when Moran read out the telegram .
7 Then it had all been defeat and misery .
8 Bonn officials last night played down the extent of the last-minute rethink of their tactics at Strasbourg and one said that it had all been a ‘ silly misunderstanding ’ .
9 Those men who might have planned sensibly for the inevitable war with Germany had all been shot .
10 Notwithstanding current problems which they discussed lightly , it had all been wonderful .
11 It had all been very tame .
12 After a weekend of brooding silence and no service , Nigel began to think it had all been worth it .
13 They had all been lucky to be seen out with him .
14 It had all been settled between gentlemen .
15 As delirium receded , she knew it had all been dreams .
16 So , after that , he had decided to leave Salamanca for good and return to the United States by way of England , to say a final goodbye to me and my mother in the house where we had all been so happy at Christmas .
17 The patients had all been washed and set up in their chairs and most of them seemed to be almost asleep .
18 The cupboard doors had all been deeply hacked and scored with a knife , every crisp bag had been burst , every stick of rock shattered and splintered : it was a very thorough job .
19 Frank Sinatra , pacing the sound stage in his elevator shoes , explained they had all been up late the night before and that their performance might leave something to be desired .
20 And it was funny how he had looked at them all , during that funeral , and thought about them afterwards , but they had all been just strangers , not people he was ever likely to meet , or even see again .
21 However thirty-six hours before she died she telephoned for some of us to visit ; she knew we had all been worried and concerned but she had it all under control .
22 It had all been talked about by those involved .
23 I felt betrayed ; I had never thought of all my friends noticing my weight , and that they had all been thinking of me as a fat person .
24 An old broken bicycle frame , some rusted railings , an old disintegrating metal gate … it had all been lying here and there on the property .
25 In 1850 therefore the deer were officially banished , and in five years they had all been killed off .
26 The BR spokesman said an immediate inquiry had been launched but the barriers , warning lights and lights illuminating signs had all been working properly .
27 It had all been said on the track where both McLaren 's new MP4/7As , driven by Senna and team-mate Gerhard Berger , were non-finishers .
28 But it had all been real .
29 The specialist reassured him plans were being worked out by his colleagues even as they spoke , and it had all been taken care of .
30 The president claimed that only defensive weapons had been supplied to Iran and that it had all been legal .
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