Example sentences of "be [vb pp] all over " in BNC.
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| 61 | ‘ There are about 90 teams in the competition , so the Company 's gesture will be known all over the county . |
| 62 | The result of committing the breach would be known all over the neighbourhood and seriously affect the value of the premises . |
| 63 | ‘ We are told that unless we make peace with these noblemen , candidates are to be run all over the country . |
| 64 | Some of the men who took part in this , like Sir Walter Raleigh and his brother-in-law Sir Humphrey Gilbert , were also attracted by the idea of getting lands on the other side of the Atlantic , and the success of the Spaniards encouraged them in the widespread belief that an immense amount of gold and silver was waiting to be discovered all over the Americas . |
| 65 | You would n't like to be chased all over the place the whole time would you ? |
| 66 | Gudok pointed out that such an exploit could not be repeated all over Russia , so staff on individual railway lines would have to keep their eyes skinned for military or criminal activity . |
| 67 | In nineteen forty two The Lady proudly announced that the president of the Board of Trade had cut his large bath towels in half and he hoped his sacrifice would be repeated all over the country . |
| 68 | If you can not make this , do n't worry , as it will be repeated all over the country on a weekly basis . |
| 69 | When you find that your head has n't actually been bitten off and that you can actually speak , join one of the local societies whose activities are bound to be plastered all over your library 's noticeboard . |
| 70 | STRUGGLING tycoon Donald Trump 's bedroom secrets are to be plastered all over American TV . |
| 71 | Meetings began to be held all over the West Country in village halls and school gyms to debate the issues . |
| 72 | 200 walks organised by The Ramblers ' Association to be held all over England , Scotland and Wales . |
| 73 | Almost concurrently , a report came from Bombay that the Odonata had been observed all over India , feeding on the corpses of Parsis . |
| 74 | Erogenous zones , the ones that respond quickest to sexual stimulation , are dotted all over the female form and in some of the most unlikely places . |
| 75 | There are six , two in one department and four in another , I believe it is. erm if you look at erm the way our departments are dotted all over the City , on expensive leases in fact , we 've taken property after property to accommodate our staff and they all need cleaners , so on and so forth . |
| 76 | But , but , genes themselves are spread all over the perimeter , so you might well find that er genes there 's more of them |
| 77 | We 've got 37,000 members who are spread all over the country . |
| 78 | Rather grudgingly a voice said , ‘ The Prime Minister ’ , and supporting voices were heard all over the room . |
| 79 | Savings groups were formed all over the country and children ran their own campaigns in schools . |
| 80 | Vaulting was being developed all over Europe by the later eleventh century , but in Italy the wooden roof and/or the domical covering were the usual method . |
| 81 | During Friday 20 May and Saturday the 21st the fierce chase continued , during which some of the French ships were scattered all over the Channel ; a few , like the Spanish Armada before them , only escaped by sailing right round the British Isles . |
| 82 | He loved Meli so much his ashes were scattered all over her grave |
| 83 | Every St Kildan family owned a number of cleits and they were scattered all over the island , many of them convenient to the bird cliffs because ‘ fresh ’ birds were much heavier than those that had dried out , and everything had to be carried back to the village eventually . |
| 84 | The floor was covered by a large mosaic and I was really getting interested in some of the antics of the guys with beards who were scattered all over it , when I heard the tap-tap of her feet in the distance together with a heavier , more measured tread . |
| 85 | He was standing next to her pebble , yelling through a megaphone at the other beetles who were scattered all over the sheet measuring up circles drawn round all the various pebbles . |
| 86 | On the other hand , its members were scattered all over the United Kingdom , which made a northern town central . |
| 87 | Now that the horses are turned out to pasture again after the winter , the Fargelanda ‘ home guard ’ is again mobilised , and others are being organised all over western Sweden . |
| 88 | Many windows were shattered all over Edinburgh , including many at Donaldson 's — its most grievous loss was perhaps the oriel window in the chapel famed in Scotland as one of its earliest figure-stained windows . |
| 89 | Vast amounts of capital and capacity were installed all over the world in expectation of continuing rising demand and no technological change . |
| 90 | Not that he could have avoided his post-breakfast greeting — they were daubed all over South Africa 's team bus , parked far too handily outside their Leicester hotel . |