Example sentences of "have [adv] been all " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the year has n't been all doom and gloom . |
| 2 | In other words , more people are surviving to 60 , and enjoying the kind of lifespan which has never been all that rare , but which is now much more common , simply because so few humans die at or just after birth , in the first five years of life , and so on . |
| 3 | It had n't been all that friendly to me , but I let that pass . |
| 4 | My sausages had n't been all that satisfying , and I was feeling hungry again . |
| 5 | At first , Mrs Caswell had n't been all that keen , probably because she did n't want anybody dying on the premises . |
| 6 | It probably had n't been all that good-looking in any case — it was said that Zlorf had chosen a profession in which dark hoods , cloaks and nocturnal prowlings figured largely because there was a day-fearing trollish streak in his parentage . |
| 7 | But it 's not been all good news , as Chris Harbod of the R S P B has been explaining . |
| 8 | ‘ Billy 's never been all that interested in women , Annie , ’ she replied . |