Example sentences of "[modal v] be [verb] all over " in BNC.

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1 Alarm bells should be ringing all over the country , as there would not be enough beds either in hospital or in the community for people with severe mental illness in the future , he said .
2 People must be hunting all over the country for him .
3 I hope you 'll pick out what 's got to come from the East Midlands National airport , can I remind you that a list of that has already been made and passed by this council when there was not a Conservative majority and that had on it about seventy traffic calming schemes bottlenecks 'll be done all over this county which in themselves save accidents and save lives .
4 Cos he 'll be jumping all over it !
5 They 'll be running all over the garden !
6 Parts of the outside walls curved in and out like waves of stone , altar and stained-glass windows were awe-inspiring in gold and blue , and the chimes from the clock could be heard all over town , even in my stationside boarding house .
7 A sigh of relief could be heard all over Scotland .
8 ‘ Minpins of the forest ! ’ he cried , raising his small voice so that it could be heard all over the tree .
9 Her eyes were like Glittering Stars ; her raging voice could be heard all over the County — even as far as Cleveland .
10 And we 'd be zipping all over the place , I do n't doubt it , with them crying ‘ Yippee ! ’ and whatnot .
11 ‘ I mean , do you think they 'd be nestling all over the roof like a tea-cosy ?
12 She did n't want anyone giving her sympathy , otherwise she 'd be blubbing all over the stage .
13 And he 'd be walking all over the place seen anywhere , Tommy on the wall and they 'd shout Tommy on the wall
14 in the heavens and let us make a celebrated name for ourselves for fear we may be scattered all over the earth , well that was God 's command was n't it there they said be scattered all over the earth
15 Species superficially resembling Terebratula maxima may be found all over the world in rocks going back at least to the Jurassic period .
16 In nineteen forty two The Lady proudly announced that the president of the Board of Trade had cut his large bath towels in half and he hoped his sacrifice would be repeated all over the country .
17 The result of committing the breach would be known all over the neighbourhood and seriously affect the value of the premises .
18 What was worse , within minutes people would be walking all over her back-breaking work — it did not bear thinking of .
19 I believe they are importing Carl Krantz at vast expense , so the clones from the Martinez agency will be swarming all over the place . ’
20 If you can not make this , do n't worry , as it will be repeated all over the country on a weekly basis .
21 Is another marvellous British invention — the miracle transputer which will be sold all over the world — about to be employed and manufactured by foreigners ?
22 ‘ Kill us and UNACO will be crawling all over Beirut , ’ Sabrina warned him .
23 One day the troubles in Northern Ireland will be known all over the world , and the British will have to listen to us .
24 ‘ There are about 90 teams in the competition , so the Company 's gesture will be known all over the county .
25 Tower mills can be seen all over Britain , but south-east England houses more wooden smock mills .
26 The evidence can be seen all over the region :
27 Soccer-mad males can be seen all over the city , armed with their kits , taking on their colleagues in five-a-side games at local leisure centres .
28 ‘ We can be heard all over Donegal and Northern Ireland , and now we 're getting fan letters from the west coast of Scotland .
29 Shiseido has increased the proportion of the moisturising ingredient hyaluronic acid in the Matte Red Lipstick to give a velvety texture , and the three-sided Black Variations Shadow Liner is as soft as charcoal so that it can be blended all over the eyelid or gently smudged as a liner .
30 With very sensitive equipment , tiny variations in the Earth 's magnetic field can be detected all over the surface .
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