Example sentences of "[v-ing] all [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We turned the light on The room was full of funny little animals whizzing all over the floor . |
| 2 | You just shot up , whizzing all over the place , erratic but really zooming , and that partly compensated for any lack of technique . |
| 3 | perceiving through reflecting all as will . |
| 4 | And what 's more , everyone 's apologising all over the place except for one vile journalist who says it 's possible a misguided vigilante thought getting rid of Harry the only path to real justice , and I want Harry to sue him , it 's truly vicious . ’ |
| 5 | The name of the house means , literally , water running over stones , and a moment 's quietude brings to life the sound of many waterfalls tumbling all around the 800-acre property . |
| 6 | Nearly all rack effects have their connectors at the back and I find it looks very untidy having cables hanging all over the front of an amp . |
| 7 | A short distance south of Trondheim we turned off down a side road to find a quiet spot for lunch , and in a grove of trees we saw redwing , fieldfare and chaffinch feeding young while siskin , blackcap , chiffchaff and willow warbler were singing all around us . |
| 8 | She could see the thunderheads building all along the edges of her one perfect summer , and she shivered apprehensively . |
| 9 | At the end of the evening , an African headmaster commented , ‘ If we can multiply this kind of gathering all over the country , our political differences will vanish . ’ |
| 10 | You could spend all day pulling the plastic-covered coil , the skin coming off your hands , sweat gathering all over you . |
| 11 | She could feel them now — dangers everywhere — gathering all around the churchyard wall , biding their time until a door should open , just a crack , and let them in . |
| 12 | Coal tits are among the birds which will feed from these , but they do cache seeds , and so be prepared for sunflowers germinating all over your garden and beyond . |
| 13 | Your eyes were darting all over me , you could barely speak , your face was burning up with heat … ’ |
| 14 | And that , to me , is such a logical , straightforward position to take when you 're dealing with someone who is basically pissing all over you — on a whole range of issues from world trade , to agricultural policy , to monetary union , to the social charter . ’ |
| 15 | Give a bully an inch and he 'll end up walking all over you . ’ |
| 16 | He was used to walking all over the city , as if searching , as if dedicated to the act of searching , every single day ; and now he came to The Bar every single night , and did his searching there . |
| 17 | That sense of right and wrong , preventing those in power walking all over those weaker than themselves . |
| 18 | What was worse , within minutes people would be walking all over her back-breaking work — it did not bear thinking of . |
| 19 | You will be feeling ruthless and ambitious and walking all over those who drag their heels . |
| 20 | And he 'd be walking all over the place seen anywhere , Tommy on the wall and they 'd shout Tommy on the wall |
| 21 | Walking all over the grass that I have n't cut yet . |
| 22 | I can remember from my recording days walking all around a sting quartet , for example , to locate the perpetrator of odd sniffs or swishes of silk sleeve lining to see if they could be eliminated in some tactful way — often without success . |
| 23 | And that started a landslide of children scrambling and shoving and pushing and pressing all round Miss Harker , almost knocking her over in their haste for a sweet or a pat on the head . |
| 24 | Jesus was aware of her touch even though the crowd were pressing all around him . |
| 25 | We got Government bastards crawlin' all over us out here with their beggin' bowls at the ready . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , that makes sense , but if it means takin' the engine out and havin' engineers crawlin' all over the place so we ca n't get on with the job of takin' on stores and equipment — ’ |
| 27 | Would you have her dragged up by a succession of au pairs and housekeepers while you went gallivanting all over the world ? |
| 28 | Or you can simply sabotage the thing by coughing loudly and exploding all over the place and then of course they simply ca n't use it . |
| 29 | During the engagement A.A. bursts were exploding all round me , my port plane received a near miss which made a large hole and spattered the aircraft with splinters , which injured my left elbow . ’ |
| 30 | Caspar had gone mad , leaping all over the beet and sending it rolling . |