Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [was/were] all over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next day the news of the murder was all over London . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 — ‘ |
| 3 | A moment later , the contents were all over the floor , and the woman gave a cluck of annoyance . |
| 4 | The next day the news was all over Fontanellato that the woman had been found dead with a rope round her neck . |
| 5 | All the ink was all over his shirt , it was coming out all over the place . |
| 6 | I had got what I wanted — his registration number and , in no time at all , the police were all over the place . |
| 7 | Then this morning , the police were all over the college again and , by lunchtime , the master knew . |
| 8 | The marks of the Treasury were all over my short statement of policy . |
| 9 | Their own staff had become acutely discontented — they were understaffed and overworked , and after the hype was all over Oxford DHSS was closed down by a strike lasting two months against understaffing . |