Example sentences of "was [verb] all [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was pursued all over Galloway , Carrick and Kyle , and given little respite , but still he preached at well-attended conventicles , baptised children , and officiated at weddings . |
| 2 | And then we had the er the battledress was issued , the khaki , and erm we was had our head headquarters were started , the headquarters were started in an office at , one of the office rooms at the at the Bloxwich Lock and Stamping Company by the , the top offices we used to call them , by the gates , we had one of the rooms there for and it eventually became the armoury when we got some equipment because rifles etcetera was in very short supply after Dun Dunkirk So eventually we had a few rifles and er when the er we got a few rifles and er the sirens went it was the practice at the beginning when the sirens went in this area for everything to stop and everyone down the shelter but it happened four or five times , everybody realized how non-productive this was , that the time that was lost and there was nothing happening in this area so it was decided by the R T B that we , the , the people off the shop floor would n't stop work until the attack was really imminent or it had started because if this , this was happening all over the Midlands area and of course if you , if you multiply that by the number of people at work you can imagine how much production was lost erm and also when the sirens went Major at the factory used to get the chappies out from off the shop floor , get the few rifles we 'd got , take we in to King George 's playing fields there was a , a brook running across King George 's playing fields then , it had n't and a trench which was extended to stop er aircraft from landing in King George 's cos it was just a big open space . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ The letters also show that , at the end , Elvis knew what was happening all around him — that he was being used by a lot of people . |
| 5 | She turned her attention to what was happening all around them , the laughter , the gossip , the spontaneous singing of a Rossini aria . |
| 6 | The conversation was dying all around her as she looked in the direction that had been indicated . |
| 7 | Tommy was climbing all over it ! |
| 8 | The dried blood from my nose was smeared all over the front of my mouth and it cracked when I tried to move my lips . |
| 9 | By 1800 the new Shorthorn was Britain 's tallest breed , the bulls standing 152cm at the withers ; the famous Durham Ox was 165cm tall and weighed 3,024 pounds as a five-year-old in 1801 when it was exhibited all over the country , remaining a star travelling showpiece until it dislocated its hip in 1807 . |
| 10 | One minute he was busking away on the cabaret circuit , the next he was on late-night TV , and then suddenly he was grinning all over the tabloids . |
| 11 | ‘ There were none left , ’ he protested but Mum had moved on and Linda Paterson was grinning all over her face . |
| 12 | But nobody coaches or motivates quite like Barrington and his personality , almost as much as Parke 's burgeoning promise , was written all over this enthralling match . |
| 13 | As William and Harry boarded the 10.30am BA255 flight , excitement was written all over their faces . |
| 14 | Though Jackson was the first to congratulate Olympic champion McKoy , the disappointment was written all over his face . |
| 15 | Were there times when it was written all over her face ? |
| 16 | It was written all over your face . |
| 17 | Though Jackson was the first to congratulate the Olympic champion , the disappointment was written all over his face . |
| 18 | Though Jackson was the first to congratulate the Olympic champion , the disappointment was written all over his face . |
| 19 | He returned for five days in November 1991 when Selena Scott made a TV film A Prince Among Islands , which was shown all over the world . |
| 20 | Yeah , but it was pouring all over the forecourt . |
| 21 | Brighton set a pace which was copied all over Britain , usually , as in Kent at Margate , with more popular results . |
| 22 | Lavender 's use can be traced back to the Greeks and Romans and it is more than likely that it was used all round the Mediterranean by Egyptians , Arabs , and Sumerians for a variety of domestic , cosmetic and perfumery needs . |
| 23 | It seemed the aroma of him was growing all around her , damp and masculine , the smell of rain in a forest . |
| 24 | English parchment was needed all over Europe , whilst in England French wines would always be sold . |
| 25 | And he was bitten all over his face , everywhere . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | One minute I was in Holland working as a clerk in a police station and the next I was zooming all around the world . |
| 28 | That pattern was duplicated all over the subcontinent . |
| 29 | However the cry was raised all over the floor : " They 've removed their team leader " Some thirty young dealers applauded the courage of these two . |
| 30 | Both Jarlshof and Ness of Burgi have been covered in the thin film of oil which was deposited all over the southern part of Shetland . |