Example sentences of "[noun pl] had [be] [verb] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Yorkshire Television switchboard in Leeds with its myriad lines had been jammed all day with calls about Hannah . |
| 2 | A YORKSHIRE terrier saved a dying pensioner after police tracker dogs had been searching all night . |
| 3 | Childless women declaimed prayers to the Virgin in Latin while tears rolled down their faces ; and the parents of idiot children danced with them in the market place , swearing that their little brains had been set all to rights . |
| 4 | The flat was sweltering although curtains had been drawn all day to keep the sun out . |
| 5 | But others had been celebrating all night . |