Example sentences of "[vb past] all over the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | And if you came from a chapel and puritanical background of dark and moral mills where the only promised warmth was hell-fire , then — given the opportunity — you skidded all over the field like a jackpot rabbit . |
2 | Most of the rest of the iodine reached the population via milk , produced all over the country , that was not banned . |
3 | ‘ Ca n't read a sodding map , gets his human body splattered all over the street , then takes off without a by your leave or kiss my elbow . |
4 | The pots of paint lay splattered all over the carpet . |
5 | On the motor bike we rode all over the countryside , to Bathampton , Bradford-on-Avon to see the old tithe barn , to Bristol to visit the Llandoger Trow , and as far as Cheltenham Spa , Leamington and Gloucester . |
6 | Chucked all over the place . |
7 | They twinkled all over the hull in patterns which raced backwards and forwards and disappeared . |
8 | The proposals were due to be considered by Cabinet ten days later and ministers do not like seeing what they are to discuss plastered all over the press beforehand . |
9 | Spiritual congress of this kind is , in fact , found all over the world and throughout history — as the biographies of famous Christian and other mystics confirm and occurs more often than is generally supposed in our own contemporary Western world . |
10 | She wandered all over the stave and produced a curious counterpoint to the tune . |
11 | These new towns proposed all over the country have been called ‘ a solution in search of a problem ’ by the CPRE — in other words a solution to a non-existent problem , as enough land has already been put aside for people to be housed . |
12 | You 've inspected the washroom , taken away a cupboard , photographed all over the place . ’ |
13 | Played all over the place ai n't he ? |
14 | Throughout the year therefore emissaries from the congregation drove all over the place , from Kirkcaldy to Bonnyrigg , Carricknowe and Musselburgh , and on their return had |
15 | When will the Prime Minister apologise to the British people for the disgraceful inequities and sheer misery caused all over the country by the poll tax , which he was one of the first people to promote ? |
16 | The adventure takes place in our world ( Earth , that is ) and Luigi can find himself transported all over the world . |
17 | In the east and centre of the county we find a close network of narrow , winding lanes , wandering from hamlet to hamlet and farm to farm , churches standing alone , isolated houses dotted all over the map , many of them called Hall or Old Hall — significant names . |
18 | The record shows that it happened all over the country . |
19 | On that day , various poptastic things happened all over the world , all to convince you that AIDS is a terrible thing , that safe sex does n't mean no sex and that we must all love one another and usher in a new era of positivity etc etc . |
20 | ‘ When the tram passed Springfield Park , you know , by Alder Hey Hospital , I could see trenches dug all over the park . |
21 | Nails bit his tongue and slithered all over the place . |
22 | After work the same evening , my husband and I walked all over the golf course and were eventually rewarded by spotting the dog in the distance , although we failed to coax her towards us . |
23 | The man calmly walked all over the child 's body with his heavy boots , and left her screaming on the ground . |
24 | He walked all over the city , looking for windswept gateways and corridors with notice-boards in them . |
25 | She had heard that parents like this existed all over the place and that their children turned out to be delinquents and drop-outs , but it was still a shock to meet a pair of them in the flesh . |
26 | Geoffrey Wilkinson 's deputy was Peter Bardon who joined the RAF soon after the Second World War and served all over the world , particularly in the Far East . |
27 | The Glosters served all over the world and we sample life in India during the 1930s . |
28 | In Munich , the Stalingrad disaster prompted the group of students who , largely inspired by moral and religious idealism , had the previous year formed the ‘ White Rose ’ movement and circulated anti-Nazi leaflets in Munich University , to stage a suicidally brave public demonstration of their detestation for Hitler and Nazism in a defiant manifesto displayed all over the university buildings : |
29 | There was a youth dance during one conference I staged and at six the next morning I did an automatic check on the adjustable lectern , Only to find graffiti-covered papers stuck all over the front . |
30 | The bang of the door resounded all over the house . |