Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] all over the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | There were American military bases scattered all over the Islands : they were there to protect the Pacific . |
| 32 | There were incendiaries scattered all over the airfield for days , being picked up and made safe — another job for the armourers . |
| 33 | Rock'n'Roll explodes all over the scene . |
| 34 | The case burst open , the contents flying all over the place , and with a cry of astonishment the man fell , his face bleeding . |
| 35 | Fishermen scurry all over the seas catching anchovies ; quarrymen have long made a living scraping guano from the bird-rich islands . |
| 36 | She raised it high in the air and brought it down with a crash right on the top of the wretched Bruce Bogtrotter 's head and pieces flew all over the platform . |
| 37 | The Greater London Association for Pre-Retirement ( address on page 154 ) publishes Something Different To Do which lists unusual interests and organisations to contact all over the country . |
| 38 | Freya 's letter looked as though she had written it in a great hurry : reams and reams of handwritten scrawl , with sentences crawling up the side of the page and ideas jumping all over the place . |
| 39 | Needless to say I was not allowed to forget this incident and cartoons appeared all over the ship . |
| 40 | The English heritage is rich and , of these buildings standing all over the country , many retain a considerable Romanesque portion . |
| 41 | Schoolkids are the latest target in a sales ploy that has set tills ringing all over the country . |
| 42 | He then explained in a hushed voice how these bloody insects roamed all over the place . |
| 43 | Miliary er i it it refers , well you 've heard of millet seed and it 's it refers to a seeding of many different lesions er , around the body it means the disseminated form of of tuberculosis where the lesions occur all over the place . |
| 44 | What we 've done , won one of the points I think that is worth er making perhaps is that on er over the last few years we 've seen a complete change in world export philosophy where not only are the Russians exporting all over the place but clearly er there are a number of western aircraft in different parts of the world and therefore what we have also done is to , in comparing er our aircraft against other western ones , we 've also looked at them as potential threats because it 's possible that er erm western aircraft in certain hands could end up being used against us so we have also compared those . |
| 45 | There 'll be bombs popping all over the place . |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | The ball flies all over the place . |
| 48 | He looked down at the scatter of handwritten pages spread all over the table , and tensed his body as though anticipating a blow . |
| 49 | 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 . |
| 50 | I wonder if it will catch on here , and fantasise about enormous Khat raves all over the country : ‘ Mastication — featuring DJ Chewing Tunes and MC Yorker , 100K lasers , 60K sound system , gyroscopes , brain machines , Yemeni massage and solid silver spittoons . ’ |
| 51 | The company sent the editor a gift of a new product , with his name emblazoned all over the top . |
| 52 | I suppose they saw their company name blazoned all over the media . |
| 53 | ‘ When the tram passed Springfield Park , you know , by Alder Hey Hospital , I could see trenches dug all over the park . |
| 54 | Fox hounds get all over the place if you 're not careful . ’ |
| 55 | The Glosters served all over the world and we sample life in India during the 1930s . |
| 56 | Armed only with a sketchbook , Olwen travels all over the country in search of botanical gardens and interesting conservatories . |
| 57 | Amphibians have moist skins and keep them so with slime produced from small glands distributed all over the body . |
| 58 | According to Anwar , Jamila would become pregnant immediately , and soon there 'd be little Anwars running all over the place . |
| 59 | He left the bathroom in a terrible mess , with water slopped all over the floor and the towel sopping . |
| 60 | With its combination of beauty , beaches , culture and history , it has been long been a favourite holiday destination and its hot temperatures have drawn sun seekers form all over the world . |