Example sentences of "of [noun pl] all over " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ During the spring Cry hopes to gather many thousands of signatures all over real Yorkshire in order to convince the Local Government Commission that Yorkshire people wish to see their county made whole again , ’ he said . |
| 2 | Now this situation is multiplied thousands of times all over Scotland ! |
| 3 | You must have had hundreds of mistresses all over the world — ’ |
| 4 | Piles of books all over the floor : Agatha Christie , Dick Francis , P. D. James . |
| 5 | Perhaps you have shelves full of books all over the house . |
| 6 | If you ask me , it looks like a load of picture of heads all over the bloody place ! |
| 7 | With friends , and sometimes with sister Dannii , Kylie , like millions of youngsters all over the world , acted out her fantasies of pop stardom in front of her bedroom mirror . |
| 8 | When the Prime Minister said in Blackpool recently that the trendy liberals in education ’ have had their say and had their day ’ hundreds of thousands of parents all over the country let out a huge sigh of relief . |
| 9 | Now four English teenagers are dead following a canoeing accident off the Dorset coast , intensifying the concerns of parents all over Britain as they watch their children set off with their mates , while wondering what the chances are that something might go horribly wrong . |
| 10 | A tiny creature which cuts a tracery of lines all over the surface of floating foliage . |
| 11 | He had very red hair and a pale complexion with masses of freckles all over his face , he was very popular with everyone and lived for the day when he could join the Army , particularly the Camerons . |
| 12 | Not only can we use the considerable buying power of Guinness to get the best prices , but we can use our knowledge of suppliers all over the world to ensure the highest quality product . |
| 13 | Much of the syllabus has become part of the training of dancers all over the world . |
| 14 | ‘ We have lost a lot of ponds all over the country , so the ones we do have are even more important as wildlife habitats . ’ |
| 15 | a load of feathers all over his face . |
| 16 | And with the help of breeders all over the world , they 've made a dramatic comeback . |
| 17 | Blacks are pouring out of flats all over Deptford . |
| 18 | So , there are these sort of centres all over the country , er but this is the first time that there has been one that has arts and science under the same room . |
| 19 | Algal , lichen and moss communities grow wherever there is a hint of moisture , in a variety of habitats all over the continent . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . |
| 21 | Nearly 30% of Americans all over the country surveyed by the Washington Post said they feared their city would be subject to a terrorist attack . |
| 22 | The South West Region plays host to a vast number of divers all over the country . |
| 23 | Questions similar to this one seem to occupy an inordinate amount of the energies of scientists all over the world , not to mention grouses about the shortsightedness/injustice/lack of imagination of a straight thumbs down to a researcher 's pet proposal . |
| 24 | I recall that we showered thousands of leaflets all over Czechoslovakia but I doubt if one fell on Prague . |
| 25 | A series of alerts all over the mainland came as the IRA yesterday declared a 72-hour Christmas truce for Northern Ireland . |
| 26 | The significance of the birth of Christ is not the sudden appearance of angels all over the place , but the fact that such an important person was born in the most humble surroundings — in a poor and lowly stable . |
| 27 | 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 |
| 28 | If the changing rooms were full , girls would undress in the middle of the shop leaving piles of clothes all over the floor , such was their desperation to find the print and the style of their choice . |
| 29 | We were lucky and had survived , unlike so many others we had known and thousands of others all over the world . |
| 30 | The suburban housewife was the dream image of the young American women and the envy , it was said , of women all over the world … |