Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [pron] all over [art] " in BNC.

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1 I must admit , I think it had been better if they 'd moved it all over the weekend and then just put it straight again on the Monday , that would be .
2 Since she had been secretary to a bishop ( she learnt to type by trial and error ) , and also chauffeur to a bishop ( she learnt to drive by trial and error ) , she knew a lot of the clergy and their wives and had visited them all over the diocese , often in the black-out , and sat with the wives while the husbands talked to Bishop Owen , so she was good at remembering about them and their children and found the wives of the clergy to be fun .
3 Like the Jews the Scots were a talented and creative people who had exported themselves all over the world ; there was hardly a country anywhere where a quorum of doctors , dentists , teachers , sailors , engineers , could not be assembled for a Burns Night supper or St Andrew 's Day dinner .
4 Fernando had driven her all over the island .
5 He wanted to hit him all over the face with his fists , to smash away his stupid smile , to stop him talking .
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