Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] all [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My legs were all over the show and I 've got to stand tall tomorrow . ’ |
| 2 | Her talk was all about the recent fine weather , the record yield , the completion of harvest — all but the linseed . |
| 3 | The talk was all about the plague , which was coming back again into London . |
| 4 | Delta had taught him that fear was all in the mind . |
| 5 | Her lines were all over the place tonight . ’ |
| 6 | But the hard work was all in a good cause . |
| 7 | ‘ She met some guy in there that day , some guy she used to go with , and he must 've said something because the next thing anyone knew , she was screaming at him , Pete was in the bar the morning after , he said the window was all over the floor , apparently she 'd thrown an ashtray at the guy and it had missed and taken the whole window out instead , and when he took her by the arm and tried to calm her down , she shook him off and ran out of the bar , right out in the street , and like I said , it was the bottom of a hill and there was a truck coming — ‘ |
| 8 | A moment later , the contents were all over the floor , and the woman gave a cluck of annoyance . |
| 9 | Religious paintings were all over the walls . |
| 10 | ‘ Could 've been , but nothing to suggest that it was : her prints were all over the car and nobody else 's . ’ |
| 11 | The guns were all along the river bank as far as I could see . |
| 12 | Owen was all for the Agreement . |
| 13 | But the event was all in a good cause . |
| 14 | But you were easy enough — your name was all over the papers recently . ’ |
| 15 | In the first series the emphasis was all on the very street-sussed young women who went out and solved all kinds of crimes , problems and so on . |
| 16 | Within minutes my offer was all over the Docherty suite , and I became the source of hysterical laughter , ridicule and abuse . |
| 17 | The young stars were all over the newspapers and fan magazines , and Nicholson loved to read and hear about their adventures . |
| 18 | A row was all in a day 's work for her , and at the end she 'd feel pleased with herself and at peace with the world . |
| 19 | ‘ First class , ’ said Cornelius , once the green canvas portmanteau and his personal baggage was all in the boot of the taxi . |
| 20 | I had got what I wanted — his registration number and , in no time at all , the police were all over the place . |
| 21 | Then this morning , the police were all over the college again and , by lunchtime , the master knew . |
| 22 | The moor was all round the saucer in which Chesney lay but the best views of it were from his house , the last house before the road curved round . |
| 23 | Broken glass and dishes were all over the floor mixed with what had been served for dinner — steak , corn and potatoes . |
| 24 | Miguel Rafaelo 's conversation was all about the village surgery , and the clinics he had set up there . |
| 25 | Come along , " Aunt Tossie was all for the fun of the fair . |
| 26 | On 30 minutes , Farnham 's defence was all over the place at a free-kick and the ball fell at a perfect height to an unmarked Lamboll who struck an unstoppable volley past Cann . |
| 27 | But Pound with his invaluable naïveté really believed that the United States was ‘ a land of opportunity ’ ; that his nation 's glory was all in the future , and would be achieved if only Americans would sort out those achievements of European culture ( and of non-European cultures also ) which were worth their emulating and trying to surpass . |
| 28 | The money was all in a pot . |
| 29 | It operated in many markets , and its competitors were all over the world . |
| 30 | She said erm her marks were all over the place . |