Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [adv] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was incredible … barriers were crashing down all around . |
| 2 | Yeah , swinging around us , literally big panes of glass and they were flying down and as soon as they got away from the houses , it opened up again , they were crashing down all over my drive and all over the road out there |
| 3 | ‘ We can eat later , ’ Leila called , trying to keep order over the group who were wandering about all over the place . |
| 4 | Not only madrigals but canzonette and balletti , under anglicized names , were modelled sometimes all too closely on Italian originals and printing at last gave them to the public . |
| 5 | So this car that was trying to get out was sitting there waiting and there was no driver in sight and people were rushing about all over the station trying to find the driver . |
| 6 | Purple and yellow crocuses were popping up all over the lawn , the hard winter outlines of shrubs and trees were blurred by new growth like the fuzz on an adolescent 's upper lip , even the rows of savagely pruned rosebushes at the front of the house , separated by concrete walkways like a cemetery of spider crabs buried upside-down , were shoving out shoots and buds . |
| 7 | If a block of Pycoma were lit simultaneously all over the top surface , say by a fast-running sheet-fuse , the combustion zone would travel slowly down through the block . |
| 8 | Then , quite suddenly , we were out of the jungle and into the daylight and the walls of the great fortress , as solid and immobile as stone elephants , were rising up all around us . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , they were coming here all right , ’ replied David grimly . |
| 10 | When the bell was sounded , people were running around all over the place , checking gates and doors . |
| 11 | Feelings were running high all round . |
| 12 | The Interflora boom and Smiths devotees were sprouting up all over the place with their obnoxious shirts and silly haircuts . |
| 13 | But her pulses were jumping around all over the place . |
| 14 | Although Wilhelm 's army was no match for the total power of the Waaagh , Grom 's forces were split up all over the Empire into many small armies . |
| 15 | Reform circles were springing up all over the country , calling for Mr Grosz 's dismissal . |
| 16 | Her clothes were spread out all over the bed , and at first she could n't figure out what they were doing there . |
| 17 | Clods of earth were thrown up all round him . |
| 18 | Commandos were digging in all over the place . |
| 19 | Fortunately it was dusk , and firing was dying out all along the line . |
| 20 | While he , Owen , was tearing around all over the place like a bloody lunatic ! |
| 21 | The Darling Buds Of May returned and suddenly Miss Zeta Jones was popping up all over the place . |
| 22 | Jenny 's hair was blowing wildly all over her face , evading all the effort of her hand to restrain it . |
| 23 | All the ink was all over his shirt , it was coming out all over the place . |
| 24 | I understand she was found not all that far from her parents ' house ? |
| 25 | Seven fire engines were called , and traffic was held up all over London . |
| 26 | His mapscreen was lighting up all over . |
| 27 | Kitchener 's ‘ Your Country Needs You ’ poster was plastered up all over Glasgow . |