Example sentences of "there be [noun sg] [adv] over " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Was that why there were policeman all over the road ? ’ |
2 | ‘ There 's sky all over the place ! ’ |
3 | Then there was water all over the stairs and she 'd yelled ‘ Get me to the hospital ’ . |
4 | She drank thirstily and when she put the bottle down , there was milk all over her lips , the bright whiteness of it shining on her face . |
5 | Even gallons of Dettol ca n't mask celestial incense , and try as she might , there was incense all over the floor every bleeding morning . |
6 | During the attack on Wheeler there was pandemonium all over the base , men fought to move the parked aircraft before they were damaged by the air strike . |
7 | At Ferrari it waited for him to put a foot wrong and there was blood all over the walls . ’ |
8 | He bled … he tried to reach the door … there was blood all over the floor … pints of it . |
9 | ‘ She had been shot in the head and there was blood all over the sheets . |
10 | Mechanic Tommy Murray , 24 , who works in a garage on the corner of the road , said : ‘ There was blood all over the place . |
11 | He was very dead , and there was blood all over the floor . |
12 | There was blood all over the windows , too , and Magee had to wipe it away with the sleeve of his coat in order to see through the windscreen . |
13 | ‘ There was blood all over her shoulders . |
14 | When he stood there was blood all over the white shirt his mother had dressed him in that morning . |
15 | He said ; There was blood all over the floor and rings scattered around . |
16 | It was rather spectacular really — there was blood all over the place and covering my hand . |
17 | There was mud all over the place . |
18 | There was paper all over the car park again . |