Example sentences of "a [noun] [prep] [noun] all [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Algal , lichen and moss communities grow wherever there is a hint of moisture , in a variety of habitats all over the continent . |
2 | Now in its third year , the RUNNING Magazine/Sports Tours International Challenge has firmly established itself as a favourite with competitors all over Europe . |
3 | No time to get to the shelter , there was a noise of metal all around us . |
4 | And she 's dropped a tin of paint all over her trainers . |
5 | You keep meeting the same people in a sector of industry all over the world . ’ |
6 | A tiny creature which cuts a tracery of lines all over the surface of floating foliage . |
7 | This game is based on the Simon game that was a hit with kids all over the U.K. a number of years ago . |
8 | ‘ Racing is almost a taboo subject if we 're having a barbecue or something , ’ explains Webster who managed to share a pit with Michel all through their 1990 title battle . |
9 | In the reception foyer there were two large teddy bears sitting under a tree with flowers all round them , and two plates of fresh summer berries in front of them ! |
10 | ‘ It 's disgusting , ’ contributed Mrs Harper from time to time , presenting her flat , mean , worthless little counter simply because she could not bear to remain silent , to sit back where others played , although she recognized herself temporarily outnumbered , ‘ disgusting , I call it , ’ and Shirley , hearing this phrase for the millionth time , had a vision of households all over Britain in which censorious , ignorant old bags like her mother-in-law , who had never done anything for the public good , who had nothing positive ever to contribute to any argument , passed judgement on others while stuffing themselves with goose and roast potatoes and sprouts and apple sauce . |
11 | They have built up a list of people all over the world who have been sending them football songs and now send Beatles covers as well . |
12 | ‘ We have lost a lot of ponds all over the country , so the ones we do have are even more important as wildlife habitats . ’ |
13 | And the worst thing you can do is to screw it all up by putting a lot of technique all over it ! ' |
14 | I know that there are no easy answers , but if we do not at least attempt to act decisively , Zagreb , Dubrovnik , Vukovar and Osijek could be just the first names on a ghastly roll call resembling those unending , poignant first world war memorials that are such a feature of life all over the continent of Europe . |
15 | CHEMICALS which have been found in the River Clyde pose a threat to otters all over Britain , the World Wide Fund For Nature warned this week . |
16 | a load of feathers all over his face . |
17 | The day had got off to a bad start as it was ( late for work , lost the shop key , spilt a load of fish-food all over the floor and then cracked my head on a shelf while clearing it up ) . |
18 | The National Bowl is one of what we hope will be a series of venues all over Europe and we hope this one will become the first stop for major artists as they come to Europe |
19 | A series of alerts all over the mainland came as the IRA yesterday declared a 72-hour Christmas truce for Northern Ireland . |
20 | From 1904 he was Connexional Evangelist and conducted a series of missions all over Ireland . |
21 | He talks about news of the education cuts in England , and is aghast when there is such a thirst for education all around him . |