Example sentences of "[verb] all over the [noun sg] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he 's travelled all over the world taking stills , Mexico and the Bahamas last year , Thailand and Kampuchea before that , of all the beautiful places he 's visited and the stunning scenery he 's witnessed , his favourite place is the bottom of the sea . |
| 2 | Footsteps are heard all over the building causing surprise and apprehension and expectancy in those visitors who have heard about the phenomena but have n't experienced it . |
| 3 | He was standing next to her pebble , yelling through a megaphone at the other beetles who were scattered all over the sheet measuring up circles drawn round all the various pebbles . |
| 4 | When he 's not in the office , he 's jetting all over the world clinching deals and making money . |
| 5 | On the one hand , they did not want working class hooligans swarming all over the country causing mayhem . |
| 6 | ‘ They travel all over the North-East watching matches , marking pitches and putting nets up , entirely voluntary the only payment they get is a match ticket . |
| 7 | Erm four point five talks about I mean we talked about everybody charging all over the country doing various visits . |
| 8 | I lived in the Department of Sonsonate but we went all over the place looking for work . |
| 9 | He went all over the place looking , but he could n't get hold of it I mean it was obviously it was something that he made himself but it was beautiful ! |
| 10 | selection of them went all over the world collecting trees . |
| 11 | He said : ‘ I would n't work 16 hours a day , seven days a week , chasing all over the country watching games as I did when I managed Plymouth , Manchester City , Crystal Palace and Middlesbrough . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm getting a little tired , ’ she added tetchily , ‘ of being shunted all over the place looking for your wretched cousin . ’ |
| 13 | Instantly he sprang out of bed , shouting her name , and ran all over the house looking for her . |
| 14 | Isis soon became aware of this outrage and travelled all over the country searching for the pieces of the body . |
| 15 | They travelled all over the countryside asking farmers if they could buy the rustic doors that were lying in the mud at the back of the barn . |