Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] of [noun sg] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miss Jarman 's words dropped like a stone in a pond , causing ripples of protest all over the room . |
| 2 | As I stood up , I heard cries of astonishment all around me . |
| 3 | It 's pretty good here — they got photos of food all lit up over the counter so you can just point . |
| 4 | A good cook , evidently , though somewhat vulgarized by recent service with an American family who liked bits of pineapple all over things . |
| 5 | At night we 'd sleep in caves , huddled up in blankets with nothing to burn for firewood , while outside an icy wind swirled clouds of snow-dust all around us . |
| 6 | Nails had to admit that it was true he slept in his clothes every night ; he had bits of straw all over him and probably smelled a bit . |
| 7 | He had found himself trapped in a room with doors made up of huge , sliding slabs of rock all round it . |