Example sentences of "all over the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't like these sockets to be on the front , because it means cables trailing all over the amp ( and there 's so much empty space at the rear ) , although it does save having to crawl around the back before and after the gig . |
| 2 | ‘ They looked all over the state . |
| 3 | If he lay there until the morning , assuming he did not pass out , or drown , or spew up and choke to death in the meantime , he would be found when the boys came in to wash ; the humiliation would be unbearable and the whole story would be all over the school by breakfast . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's all over the school , ’ Tina replied abruptly . |
| 5 | After leaving the potion laboratory , she soon discovered that Mildred was not in her room and set off to look all over the school where , of course , she did not find the missing pupil . |
| 6 | ‘ They are used all over the school . ’ |
| 7 | This would be all over the school tomorrow . |
| 8 | Then she noticed the lights going on all over the school but thought no more about it . |
| 9 | Next day it was all over the school . |
| 10 | The spider affair as it was called went all over the school before the day was out , it caused a great deal of laughter . |
| 11 | The visible stars appear spread all over the night sky , but are particularly concentrated in one band , which we call the Milky Way . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Er what I have chosen to do is to do what we were doing in the nineteen eighties , which is to take the simplest measure of the maximum flow and the detrusor pressure at that volume and when we do that , you can see that these patients , instead of being a single group of patients with a single kind of bladder pressure and flow , these patients are all over the map . |
| 14 | It involves nothing more than putting up 80-foot masts all over the land . |
| 15 | George Claridge Druce came from Northamptonshire and travelled all over the land for almost 60 years . |
| 16 | ‘ And so it came about that all over the land children were assembled in groups of 40 and made to learn the facts set out in the books written by Messrs Hall & Stevens , Warner & Martin , Durrell & Palmer , and Potter and Ridout . |
| 17 | Hundreds of trials followed all over the land in the wake of Chelmsford . |
| 18 | He 's appeared at folk festivals all over the land and is in constant demand for club work . |
| 19 | He is one of the less famous victims among the tens of thousands of small businessmen who are suffering all over the land as a Tory dream turns into a nightmare . |
| 20 | Holy shrines and elaborately carved Moghul palaces are spread thickly all over the land , from India 's largest mosque , the Jama Masjid , in Delhi , to the splendour of the Palace of the Wind in Jaipur and the greatest , most massive mausoleum of all , the Taj Mahal near Agra . |
| 21 | Liturgically , its significance is shown by the increasing numbers of people who attend as pilgrims and depend upon its availability all over the land for their prayerful refreshment . |
| 22 | I have visions of bosses all over the land going hot under the collar as they see yet more of their staff enjoying the antics of this old salt — it could take over where Leisure Suit Larry left off . |
| 23 | all over the bar for you start playing now they 'll |
| 24 | There were incendiaries scattered all over the airfield for days , being picked up and made safe — another job for the armourers . |
| 25 | Since she had been secretary to a bishop ( she learnt to type by trial and error ) , and also chauffeur to a bishop ( she learnt to drive by trial and error ) , she knew a lot of the clergy and their wives and had visited them all over the diocese , often in the black-out , and sat with the wives while the husbands talked to Bishop Owen , so she was good at remembering about them and their children and found the wives of the clergy to be fun . |
| 26 | Angling for the deal that it has sought for some time now , UK firm IXI Ltd , Cambridge , is starting to cast groundbait all over the water in an attempt to land its catch . |
| 27 | Messing about in boats is more fun in Venice than anywhere , if rather more precarious , and on such an afternoon as this people are enjoying themselves all over the water . |
| 28 | He has asked questions all over the village , but none of the answers have solved this dreadful crime . |
| 29 | I heard you playing your bagpipes in the church and when the Germans started to throw shit all over the village green , I knew that some bastard would be having a word with you . |
| 30 | Suggestions are asked for from the family and friends all over the village . |