Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [vb pp] all [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soon visuals with clever captions were pinned all round the room . |
| 2 | ‘ Their pictures were spread all over the news bulletins . |
| 3 | Cars were parked all along the grass verge outside the church . |
| 4 | Rather grudgingly a voice said , ‘ The Prime Minister ’ , and supporting voices were heard all over the room . |
| 5 | Vast amounts of capital and capacity were installed all over the world in expectation of continuing rising demand and no technological change . |
| 6 | Less pure grades of graphite were discovered all over the world but none had the structure of the Borrowdale type . |
| 7 | Cupboards and shelves were built all round the room and concealed behind neat panels of canvas-covered wood , with touch-opening mechanisms so as not to break the continuity of the limited space . |
| 8 | Also barrels of apples and tobacco and many other useful items that had been part of the boat 's cargo were strewn all along the beach . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Fragments of wicker were scattered all around the room ; a small pile of them marked the drain . |
| 13 | The place was deserted , there was no sign of the family , smashed furniture and household goods were strewn all over the place . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | In most of Scotland , most of Wales and Cornwall there was a preference for black or black finchbacks , while solid red cattle dominated Devon , Sussex and Kent , and part-reds were preferred all along the east coast of England down to East Anglia , where there was a mixing of red-and-whites and duns . |
| 16 | That pattern was duplicated all over the subcontinent . |
| 17 | On the other hand , its members were scattered all over the United Kingdom , which made a northern town central . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Cherry was spread all over the chaise longue , looking a little more or less natural in his crepe-de-Walthamstow gown . |
| 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 | The prison , where some of the dissidents who opposed the Shahs rule were held by SAVAK , was painted up , the street were cleaned , pots of flowers were placed all along the main roads , birds in cages were hung from lamp posts , shopkeepers were given blue coats to wear . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , in the late 1960s , mini-skirts were distributed all over the world and could be ( if preserved ) the index fossil for that epoch . |
| 26 | Coal was handled all along the Forth with Charlestown , West of Rosyth being the early front runner shipping 250,000 tons in 1869 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 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 | Metal castings were exported all over the world and an industrial proletariat developed very early . |
| 30 | Late last night , Tass reported that bursts of automatic fire were heard all around the city as ‘ several tens of thousands of people ’ gathered on Bucharest 's University Square . |