Example sentences of "have all been [adj] [prep] " in BNC.

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1	Ever since the Mountbatten thing , they 've all been nervous of the publicity .
2	‘ And my feelings are telling me that we 've all been wrong about what I want to do .
3	‘ I know now that we 've all been wrong about what I want to do with my — ’
4	‘ You were very tired , ’ Adam said , ‘ and we 've all been worried about Elinor . ’
5	We 've all been worried about her .
6	After dinner in the drawing-room the children , fierce now with the determination to stay awake on such an evening — for even though dinner had been very early to accommodate them , they had all been awake since dawn — clamoured for games .
7	But then , those few of Elise 's men friends whom Merrill had met had all been charismatic in one way or another .
8	The various people mentioned , such as Ned and Barley , had all been involved in the operation in one way or another .
9	It had all been stage-managed by the Mossad .
10	My clothes , hair , ears , trainers had all been full of broken bits of twig …
11	Before the 1967 war Syria , Egypt and Jordan had all been concerned with the issues of Arab nationalism .
12	They had all been hard at work ever since .
13	They had all been lucky to be seen out with him .
14	They had all been dead for several days .
15	One thing I can be certain of is that we have all been involved in rows , misunderstandings and quarrels .
16	Edinburgh , Glasgow , and London ( particularly Imperial College ) universities have all been involved in major research projects in this area , although the major structural problems had been elucidated in 1906 by scientists from the then Geological Survey of Scotland ( Peach and others .
17	Departments in Fife , Aberdeen , Strathclyde , Shetland and Dumfries and Galloway have all been subject to criticism and controversy regarding their handling of child care and protection during and since the late 1980s .
18	‘ The irony is that it 's all been dead for us lately .

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