Example sentences of "[v-ing] all [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | perceiving through reflecting all as will . |
| 2 | And that started a landslide of children scrambling and shoving and pushing and pressing all round Miss Harker , almost knocking her over in their haste for a sweet or a pat on the head . |
| 3 | St Teresa 's Hospice car stickers are now on sale at 50p each and should soon be appearing all over town . |
| 4 | Next door was a parchment maker , who had one corporal billeted on him , but we also know that 2 soldiers died in his house , and so it 's possible that he actually looked after wounded soldiers , which was , of course happening all over Oxford . |
| 5 | Pretty much the same sort of shit was coming down at AMS , if we 'd gone looking for it , and of course it was happening all over town at well-known locations : St Mary 's , St Andrew 's , St Anne 's . |
| 6 | Leonard stayed like Breavman at the International Student 's House , from whose lofty heights he could see across New York ‘ relieved that it was n't his city , ’ in the day wandering all over New York ‘ to stare and taste at will . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You saw it spilling all over Miss Trunchbull , did n't you ? ’ |
| 8 | With several well-attended Irish women 's conferences behind us , a well-resourced and staffed Irish Women 's Centre , many autonomous groups and campaigns operating all over London and in other parts of England , I will say with strength and pride that Irish women , whether heterosexual or lesbian , from Anne Devlin to Bernadette , remain the ‘ unmanageable revolutionaires ’ they/we have always been . |
| 9 | I wanted to see you again , but I was dashing all over Europe that week , and I did n't have time to chase you in person , so I thought I 'd say it with flowers . |
| 10 | It 's off to work for 16 pupils of Kilton Thorpe Special School at Brotton , who are going all over Cleveland gaining work experience in a variety of jobs ranging from police work , superstore and shop workers , dog handling to children 's nurseries . |
| 11 | Drastic action was indeed necessary to keep transport cogwheels turning all over Russia to supply the Volga provinces . |
| 12 | Hamburger joints and up-market American-style restaurants have been spreading all over Britain in the last few years , and their food has been getting more authentic and better all the time — at least in terms of taste . |
| 13 | Many of the stories were based on rumour , although others , like the ones about A&R men flying all over Europe to see them and high-ranking company staff jetting in from the States , were in fact true . |
| 14 | He spent the year immersed in student evangelical activities , speaking all over Scotland at weekends . |
| 15 | Damian lunged after Tony , his face dark with rage as he bit out thickly , ‘ You 're like a bloody wasp , stinging at me — driving up in your red sports car , honking your horn , taking her dancing all over town , kissing her behind my back , sending me a painting of her half naked for my wedding present ! ’ |
| 16 | Plants are closing all over Europe as recession deepens on the continent and particular industries make the painful adjustments to their own private new world orders , but the announcement that Digital Equipment Corp was to close its venerable 22-year-old manufacturing plant in Galway has drawn international attention that far exceeds anything generated by threatened closures such as the even more venerable truck plant that is almost the only employer in the Lancashire town of Leyland , and involved a threat to many more jobs . |
| 17 | Now retired she enjoys ‘ having all of life to use to whatever purpose I choose ’ — and one of her choices is voluntary work among relatives of people suffering dementing illness . |
| 18 | This gives me the terrible dichotomy of knowing that during the stalking season I would dearly love to ruin the day for the fat boors crawling all over Scotland , puffing in their tweeds , but I would hate to disturb Ted and his colleagues at their job , which pays their grocery bills and is their only source of income . |
| 19 | ‘ And have UNACO crawling all over Beirut ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Kill us and UNACO will be crawling all over Beirut , ’ Sabrina warned him . |
| 21 | Some of its fluid cinematic effects are highly successful , others are distractingly off-key : a non-Shavian sequence in which Eliza and Freddy Eynsford-Hill spend the night scurrying all over London , for instance , and a display of flashes and bangs and madly revolving loudspeakers as Eliza starts wrecking Higgins 's language laboratory . |
| 22 | Her inspiration also comes from abroad : having spent a month travelling all over Morocco , Ingrid tries to incorporate the dramatic colour combinations and designs used by Arab weavers . |
| 23 | Bloody Hitler and his crew of cut-throats tramping all over Europe . |
| 24 | By 3 p.m. , the explosions were so loud that they were audible 240 kilometres away ; by 5 p.m. they were so stupendous that the sound was carrying all over Java . |
| 25 | I was totally broke , fed up , and the news that racism is increasing all over Europe really made my day . |
| 26 | Last night there had been Christmas bells ringing all over London . |
| 27 | There 's a brilliant new musical called The Butterfly Children touring all over England . |
| 28 | Screaming all over Fleet Street . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ People robbing and murdering all over place , what sort of impression are visitors going to take away ? |
| 30 | Do n't want you craving all over Mr ! |