Example sentences of "have all [be] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd all been kind enough to Felix in the hospital . |
| 2 | It had all been Mum . |
| 3 | Ralph had planned it but they had all been party to his evil . |
| 4 | Then it had all been defeat and misery . |
| 5 | It had all been rubbish , all of it . |
| 6 | This view is not based on logic but is greatly influenced by the programming to which we have all been subject from day one of our lives . |
| 7 | Murder , drugs , a bombing and shootings have all been part of a saga directly involving members of the family . |
| 8 | ‘ And Rhoda Brocklebank and Roxie Farmer and Shirley Place have all been spending money , ’ said Coffin . |
| 9 | Between 1979 and 1989 the reduction in public-sector employment , extension of private home-ownership ( up from 55 per cent to 65 per cent ) and share-ownership ( up from 7 per cent to 22 per cent ) , increasing scope for private provision of services , and run-down of trade union membership ( down from 54 per cent to 46 per cent of the workforce ) have all been government objectives . |