Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [be] [v-ing] [prep] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | The voices had been going on all evening . |
| 2 | This was the moment Lynch had been building for all his life . |
| 3 | The practice of selling honours had been increasing under all governments and it was becoming more marked in both parties . |
| 4 | When she was most irritated by Caro 's holier-than-thou , most nearly offended by how stupid/insensitive Caro must think her , with her ‘ what a world you live in ’ , and was thinking ‘ How young , how predictable , how limited you are , ’ came the twist in the conversation , the unexpected note , that looking back along the line of the conversation , was the note Caro had been heading for all the time . |
| 5 | The convoys had been coming through all week . |
| 6 | Our problem had been landing at all . |