Example sentences of "[verb] be [adv] [prep] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this is to happen then there must be far greater participation than there has been hitherto by all members of the school staff in the establishment of general philosophy and purpose of the school . |
| 2 | He 'd had himself painted and sculptured again and again , and he 'd been there for all the world to see . |
| 3 | I mean , you were n't even sure she 'd been there at all . ’ |
| 4 | Well done you and a very , very special thanks to the Princess Royal , without whose leadership it would not have been possibly at all . |
| 5 | I gather there was a defender on the goal line so Strachan could n't have been offside at all . |
| 6 | Pumpido had to make two saves while neither of the Italians need have been there at all . |
| 7 | At the very genesis of all feeling and awareness one thought held sway which should not really have been there at all : that to be grown-up , to be a man , meant losing a great part of me . |
| 8 | The first thing that strikes me is that my aunt — an almost complete stranger as far as I was concerned — should have been there at all , within the family circle where no friend or neighbour was allowed , and thus in a privileged position to make personal remarks of the type which would not have been tolerated from any other quarter . |
| 9 | But you had to remember the circumstances they were there under — they should never have been there at all . |
| 10 | To be able just to walk , or drive , wherever you want ; Christ , I 've been away from all this for less than a week and I feel like somebody coming out after thirty years . |
| 11 | ‘ I have been most of all impressed by the contention that removal to such an area would be damaging to the morale of journalists . ’ |
| 12 | You think of the people , I mean , these people have been there for all those years |
| 13 | I bet nobody 's been there at all . |
| 14 | The price that is paid is once for all ; there is a transfer of ownership ; the new owner has no enduring relationship with the previous owner . |