Example sentences of "be [vb pp] all [prep] the [noun sg] " 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 | Table 7 gives some idea of the many Friesian derivatives which have since been developed all over the world . |
| 3 | Counties are designated all over the south . |
| 4 | When the rabbits are removed from the net I always toss mine belly upwards to the ground so that the white hair on the underside makes the rabbit more visible in the darkness and I can then collect it later once the killing operation has been completed all along the net . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | In more recent times , the present owners turned the old peasants ' houses , which are scattered all over the estate , into pleasant apartments . |
| 9 | The aims of the new mental health task force , set up in January to monitor the mental health service modernisation programme ( p 000 ) , seem sensible , but if central data on the programme had been collected all along the team would not now have to go to the districts for information . |
| 10 | oh , right oh then , she said it 's been done all over the country |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | His drawings and paintings have been exhibited all over the world . |
| 13 | It reveals all that has been said in the many policy launches and the speeches that have been made all over the country . |
| 14 | And th th th they 're known all over the world . |
| 15 | They 're spread all over the country , which is why I have to travel so much and why the Consulate had difficulty tracing me . ’ |
| 16 | It 's a well known fact that aircraft are sold all around the world , this can have a bearing on the capability and also a bearing on their cost and therefore saleability . |
| 17 | ‘ They are used all over the school . ’ |
| 18 | Ford ( 1988 ) by contrast believes that the insights of counselling are needed all along the way . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Over the last year thousands of films have been produced all over the world . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | His work has been sold all over the world and he recently held a successful one-man exhibition in Paris . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Based on original sheep shears , 82 different models are exported all over the world . |
| 25 | At midnight the church bells are sounded all over the city and the sky is full of all varieties of fireworks . |
| 26 | As it grows dark , fires are lit all around the stockade . |
| 27 | It took him nearly an hour to assemble the rest of the stick who had been dragged all over the desert by their parachutes . |
| 28 | His predecessor in the position commented : " He 's been dragged all over the company . |
| 29 | Here the usual export formalities occur before the guitars are shipped all over the world . |
| 30 | The method has been imitated all over the world , in places as diverse as New Zealand , Italy , Russia , England , California , Australia , Spain and India , and that list is by no means complete . |