Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [verb] all over [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Their pictures were spread all over the news bulletins .
2 Rather grudgingly a voice said , ‘ The Prime Minister ’ , and supporting voices were heard all over the room .
3 And I can always remember it was in the middle of winter and put on the , the four that bit circular bit put it into the four wheel drive and it came up there wonderful and the , yet er going in we were and the other car was swaying all over the place .
4 Vast amounts of capital and capacity were installed all over the world in expectation of continuing rising demand and no technological change .
5 Patriots were running all over the place , periwigs ablaze , screaming for help , burrowing into the sand and rolling .
6 Less pure grades of graphite were discovered all over the world but none had the structure of the Borrowdale type .
7 However the cry was raised all over the floor : " They 've removed their team leader " Some thirty young dealers applauded the courage of these two .
8 The dried blood from my nose was smeared all over the front of my mouth and it cracked when I tried to move my lips .
9 Then an attempt was made to get rid of it at 800 deg C in the west midlands but the incinerator needed to be at 1,200 deg C. The result was that the dioxins from Bolsover in the east midlands were transmitted all over the west midlands .
10 The place was deserted , there was no sign of the family , smashed furniture and household goods were strewn all over the place .
11 By lunchtime , loose guns were rumbling all over the Tory deck .
12 We had a bit of a party in the Met Office that night , tearful farewells were said all over the place , and I departed the next morning with my kit and a bad headache , ready for whatever Fate had in store for me .
13 That pattern was duplicated all over the subcontinent .
14 Reporters and photographers were swarming all over the sanatorium that day .
15 On the other hand , its members were scattered all over the United Kingdom , which made a northern town central .
16 During Friday 20 May and Saturday the 21st the fierce chase continued , during which some of the French ships were scattered all over the Channel ; a few , like the Spanish Armada before them , only escaped by sailing right round the British Isles .
17 Though the Swan was more sophisticated than the Queen 's Head , it was only a matter of minutes before servants , ostlers and maids were scampering all over the large and comfortable hotel to see to the minutest needs of the ‘ Honourable Member of Parliament ’ , ‘ brother to an Earl ’ , who had landed on them at an unexpectedly late hour and naturally — ‘ a Colonel as well ’ — demanded the best of everything both for himself and for his ( temporary — ‘ from Keswick ’ ) servant and his ( ‘ pale-looking ’ ) daughter .
18 It was usually something quite silly and trivial , like leaving the taps running in the bath huts or over-stuffing the dustbins so that mess and litter was spread all over the ground , but sometimes someone 's carelessness resulted in the whole inadequate drainage system being completely overloaded and clogged up .
19 Cherry was spread all over the chaise longue , looking a little more or less natural in his crepe-de-Walthamstow gown .
20 ‘ There 's a sub-heading ‘ Knickers ’ and it says ‘ Passengers complained her green knickers were flying all over the place . ’
21 By the 1900s , British Arts and Crafts houses were admired all over the world .
22 Savings groups were formed all over the country and children ran their own campaigns in schools .
23 As a result the British Zeta results were splashed all over the world 's newspapers ( New Scientist , 20 January , p 166 ) .
24 Nevertheless , in the late 1960s , mini-skirts were distributed all over the world and could be ( if preserved ) the index fossil for that epoch .
25 Silence was descending all over the city .
26 Max Jacob was homosexual , trying desperately to look distinguished in his top hat , evening dress , spats and monocle , whilst Modi 's affairs with women were known all over the quarter .
27 The conversation was hopping all over the place like a dakkabug on a griddle .
28 Her story was plastered all over the December issue of Playboy and every time he switched on the television , she was there repeating it all as a multitude of chat-show hosts clamoured to get her on their programmes .
29 The truck was skidding all over the autobahn , skating over the ice-rink surface .
30 Metal castings were exported all over the world and an industrial proletariat developed very early .
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