Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] been [verb] all " in BNC.

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1 That might well have been true in the early 1960s but not in the 1990s , so let us not revive a distinction which has thankfully been eliminated All kinds of research in education have gone far beyond this narrow form .
2 It was as though she had secretly been waiting all evening for this moment , for this invitation to walk along the beach with him .
3 I 've just been watching all that Fields , that chap Fields .
4 Their so-called furnished accommodation had consisted of two old beds that had come from a second-hand shop , a brokendown settee , and a gas cooker that had probably been used all through the war .
5 ‘ If she had n't been screaming all that nonsense at the top of her voice , it would never have happened .
6 And then they had all hooted with laughter and teased him mercilessly when they 'd arrived , because she had n't been seen all evening and they knew he was deeply disappointed .
7 Finally , it should be pointed out that one of the grounds on which under section 432 the Secretary of State may appoint inspectors to investigate and report on the affairs of a company is that ‘ the company 's members have not been given all the information with respect to its affairs which they might reasonably expect ’ — whether or not that information is such that they have an express statutory right to be told it .
8 To the extent that such shares have not been purchased all shares of ABC issued pursuant to share option schemes of ABC or any of its subsidiaries prior to completion will be sold to [ ] Plc at completion for no extra consideration .
9 Do you think I have not been following all that you have done and all that has been done to you all these months ? ’
10 We 've er , he 's just been getting all the photos stuck down on those cards .
11 They have n't been fighting all these years to get rid of communism to see it re-emerge again so you , the confusion continues , as it is in Russia , and then you insinuate the idea that , with the breakdown of social order and so on , you must have a strong man , you must have strong arms and that 's where your Hitlers and your Mussolinis and all these people come through in that little vacuum in between of disorder .
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