Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] all [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My legs were all over the show and I 've got to stand tall tomorrow . ’ |
| 2 | Her lines were all over the place tonight . ’ |
| 3 | A moment later , the contents were all over the floor , and the woman gave a cluck of annoyance . |
| 4 | His bus-load of senior schoolboys were all over Aurae Phiala by this time , gushing downhill towards the river like streams in spate , and no doubt he was free for a minute or two to breathe again and care about his own theories and idylls . |
| 5 | As he tried to explain it later , when the ruins of arms-for-hostages were all around him , ‘ his heart and his best intentions ’ had ruled him . |
| 6 | Religious paintings were all over the walls . |
| 7 | ‘ Could 've been , but nothing to suggest that it was : her prints were all over the car and nobody else 's . ’ |
| 8 | If you like to think that we started discuss discuss this discussion by saying there was a demand after the war , you can see now that we met it in , over and over again cos these machines were all over America . |
| 9 | The guns were all along the river bank as far as I could see . |
| 10 | Trees were all around her . |
| 11 | Valerie 's got some wee ‘ do ’ on tonight and I popped over to Hyndland Road this morning because she was short of ramekins for her starters and the wee souls were all over Gran with their Selection Boxes , honestly any more would sicken me . |
| 12 | The young stars were all over the newspapers and fan magazines , and Nicholson loved to read and hear about their adventures . |
| 13 | His hands were all over you ! ’ |
| 14 | I had got what I wanted — his registration number and , in no time at all , the police were all over the place . |
| 15 | Then this morning , the police were all over the college again and , by lunchtime , the master knew . |
| 16 | The rich scent of the flowers was all around them . |
| 17 | Broken glass and dishes were all over the floor mixed with what had been served for dinner — steak , corn and potatoes . |
| 18 | It operated in many markets , and its competitors were all over the world . |
| 19 | She said erm her marks were all over the place . |