Example sentences of "be [vb pp] all over " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The Museum , although having a modern exterior , was originally built around a Moorish bath-house Commemorative plaques of the Rock 's historical past have been posted all over the streets and buildings . |
| 3 | The identifying symbols had been placed all over her dress , and included one in an area which seemed anatomically surprising . |
| 4 | Dashing new treatments of the Savoy operas have been cheered all over Britain , and the company 's current tour has seen an even greater departure from tradition . |
| 5 | Table 7 gives some idea of the many Friesian derivatives which have since been developed all over the world . |
| 6 | Counties are designated all over the south . |
| 7 | Families are like constellations of stars : we see each one as an entity , because they make some recognisable design , yet the individual stars are scattered all over the universe , apart . |
| 8 | The teaching faculties and administrative offices are scattered all over the city but , forming a wonderful backdrop to King 's Parade , stands the Senate House . |
| 9 | The first 20 live closest to the hospital that is to do the transplant , the next 20 are somewhat further afield and the remainder are scattered all over the country . |
| 10 | In more recent times , the present owners turned the old peasants ' houses , which are scattered all over the estate , into pleasant apartments . |
| 11 | Since their receptive fields are scattered all over the visual field the rabbit 's brain is kept well-informed about movements all around it . |
| 12 | Only problems were that one of them had had been snapped off at the legs and been reglued direct to the base , presumably in an effort to replicate Bremner 's short stature , and also in an effort to simulate Albert Johanneson ( or was it Gerry ? ? ) brown paint had been splurged all over one player , rendering his kit a mucky pink . |
| 13 | oh , right oh then , she said it 's been done all over the country |
| 14 | Bottle bins and cages for newspapers and cardboard have been positioned all over the centre and the scheme will be inaugurated at 2pm on June 17 . |
| 15 | His drawings and paintings have been exhibited all over the world . |
| 16 | It reveals all that has been said in the many policy launches and the speeches that have been made all over the country . |
| 17 | And th th th they 're known all over the world . |
| 18 | They 're spread all over the country , which is why I have to travel so much and why the Consulate had difficulty tracing me . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ They are used all over the school . ’ |
| 20 | In the last 21 years the British state has developed a range of counter-insurgency techniques which have been exported all over the world : ‘ special units ’ such as the SAS , sectarian shoot-to-kill squads , political laws , special courts , media censorship and new styles of torture which leave no mark . |
| 21 | Over the last year thousands of films have been produced all over the world . |
| 22 | His photographs of both Irish and international artists have been used all over the world , in books , newspapers , magazines , tour programmes , films , advertisements and on record sleeves . |
| 23 | His work has been sold all over the world and he recently held a successful one-man exhibition in Paris . |
| 24 | These circumstances are mirrored all over the country and are linked with the lack of a firm policy framework at school , local authority and national level . |
| 25 | Based on original sheep shears , 82 different models are exported all over the world . |
| 26 | At midnight the church bells are sounded all over the city and the sky is full of all varieties of fireworks . |
| 27 | Within the sludge there is a clear black horizon , only an inch or so thick , which has now been recognised all over southern Britain . |
| 28 | It took him nearly an hour to assemble the rest of the stick who had been dragged all over the desert by their parachutes . |
| 29 | His predecessor in the position commented : " He 's been dragged all over the company . |
| 30 | Here the usual export formalities occur before the guitars are shipped all over the world . |