Example sentences of "have [be] all [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He added : ‘ Lee was outstanding as he has been all season .
2 Busy is something Graham Myers has been all season with all Forest injuries Ward with a free kick gets it clear straight to Thomson though Greyson Thomson Gemmell closes down the room immed that 's a very good ball .
3 Conditions were better for fishing now than they 'd been all night .
4 Pulling the tabs on the thermal cans to heat up the food , she glanced over at him but he was exactly as he 'd been all day , close yet remote , unreachable .
5 Rachaela could imagine Emma would have been all congratulations and the joys of womanhood .
6 He thought of sitting down to wait for a break in the storm but that could have been all night so he struggled on downhill , angling a little to the left , until he met the treeline at the bottom of the meadow .
7 It was n't , it definitely was n't the tablets because i if , if it had done that to you , it would have been all day .
8 ‘ But that noise need n't have been a retch — could have been all sorts of things . ’
9 ‘ The contributors we had are all kind of double-0-seven , cloak-and-dagger types ’ , explained Krishna Littledale , one of the enticers of funds ; ‘ … if you talk very quietly and tell them they ca n't tell anyone about this conference , they will give you a lot more money . ’
10 Instead , as we walked down to the bar this evening , he had been all smiles and indulgent gallantry , complimenting us on our appearance , an arm lightly circling each of our waists .
11 when she had been all hugs and trust for her father .
12 It was barely five a.m. and dawn was just breaking , but she was wide awake , as she had been all night long .
13 It was shimmering under the surface as it had been all afternoon .
14 He had been all kinds of fool .
15 She climbed down , aware suddenly of how close he was to her , closer than he had been all morning , and when she turned , it was to find him looking down at her , a strange expression in his eyes .
16 ‘ Leith , ’ he said , but his look was no warmer , no less arrogant than it had been all morning , ‘ you do n't … ’ he went on , and seemed slightly stuck for words .
17 It had been all whispers and lies till they got to the shop .
18 was but , what you expecting that , obviously is n't called for a lot of night life , otherwise it would be there , there 's been discotheque , they 've been all sorts of things , but they 've closed down because they have n't made enough money
19 When I get back Lucker wonders where I have been all night .
20 Rovers have made enormous strides in the past 14 months and we were totally committed today — as we have been all season . ’
21 We 're all on air , we have been all morning
22 He 's been all sweetness and light , promised nothing and done ditto . ’
23 Go on , ask her where she 's been all afternoon , dressed up like a tart and missing for bloody hours .
24 It 's been all trouble since you stopped . ’
25 I do n't I mean I know I I 'm very busy , I 've got stuff that I should have done , months and months ago , that I have n't got round to doing yet , cos there 's been all sort of interruptions .
26 There 's been all sorts of problems with regard to paying cleaner 's wages , because I become her employer ,
27 It 's been all hands to the deck at this tyre fitters .
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