Example sentences of "[vb past] all [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if you came from a chapel and puritanical background of dark and moral mills where the only promised warmth was hell-fire , then — given the opportunity — you skidded all over the field like a jackpot rabbit . |
| 2 | Most of the rest of the iodine reached the population via milk , produced all over the country , that was not banned . |
| 3 | The pots of paint lay splattered all over the carpet . |
| 4 | ‘ Ca n't read a sodding map , gets his human body splattered all over the street , then takes off without a by your leave or kiss my elbow . |
| 5 | They are high speed and fun , cutting through the water with little wake , and are raced and cruised all around the UK . |
| 6 | ‘ When I first had Sammy he peed all over the blimmin' place . |
| 7 | Material draped all round the walls and swords and things hanging on them . |
| 8 | On the motor bike we rode all over the countryside , to Bathampton , Bradford-on-Avon to see the old tithe barn , to Bristol to visit the Llandoger Trow , and as far as Cheltenham Spa , Leamington and Gloucester . |
| 9 | Chucked all over the place . |
| 10 | They twinkled all over the hull in patterns which raced backwards and forwards and disappeared . |
| 11 | The proposals were due to be considered by Cabinet ten days later and ministers do not like seeing what they are to discuss plastered all over the press beforehand . |
| 12 | Similar incidents occurred all over the Old City and the manpower Owen could command was stretched to its limit . |
| 13 | He was said to have had a family in Belgium at one point , known Janke Adler , met Gauguin in a park , scribbled all over the statues at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts when a student in Paris , and lost all his money when the Japanese had the bad taste to conquer his rubber plantations sometime during the confused struggle for Manchuria during the opening stages of the last big one . |
| 14 | Spiritual congress of this kind is , in fact , found all over the world and throughout history — as the biographies of famous Christian and other mystics confirm and occurs more often than is generally supposed in our own contemporary Western world . |
| 15 | She wandered all over the stave and produced a curious counterpoint to the tune . |
| 16 | At the opening service in Canterbury cathedral ( 3 July 1958 ) Ramsey muddled his instructions and wandered all round the cathedral looking for where he was supposed to sit and stand . |
| 17 | These new towns proposed all over the country have been called ‘ a solution in search of a problem ’ by the CPRE — in other words a solution to a non-existent problem , as enough land has already been put aside for people to be housed . |
| 18 | He squeezed the trigger and the echo of the shot blasted all around the stairwell . |
| 19 | You 've inspected the washroom , taken away a cupboard , photographed all over the place . ’ |
| 20 | Small blooms of fire exploded all around the sandbagged post and the steel door , the defenders huddling down for cover . |
| 21 | Played all over the place ai n't he ? |
| 22 | Throughout the year therefore emissaries from the congregation drove all over the place , from Kirkcaldy to Bonnyrigg , Carricknowe and Musselburgh , and on their return had |
| 23 | Mrs Calzini spent £2,000 on phone calls , drove all round the country and took out a quarter page advert in the Horse and Hound magazine . |
| 24 | In the stillness there was the buzz of bees , bird sound — royal bluebirds darted all around the mountain — the hum of the Urubamba twisting far below . |
| 25 | When will the Prime Minister apologise to the British people for the disgraceful inequities and sheer misery caused all over the country by the poll tax , which he was one of the first people to promote ? |
| 26 | He took a deep breath , then slammed the piano lid down so hard the notes reverberated all round the theatre . |
| 27 | The adventure takes place in our world ( Earth , that is ) and Luigi can find himself transported all over the world . |
| 28 | In the east and centre of the county we find a close network of narrow , winding lanes , wandering from hamlet to hamlet and farm to farm , churches standing alone , isolated houses dotted all over the map , many of them called Hall or Old Hall — significant names . |
| 29 | From this superb site , the hotel overlooks both Lake Garda and the colourful shops , restaurants , bars and boats dotted all around the shore line of the lake and in the harbour . |
| 30 | I suppose they saw their company name blazoned all over the media . |