Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [v-ing] all [prep] [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Patriots were running all over the place , periwigs ablaze , screaming for help , burrowing into the sand and rolling . |
| 3 | By lunchtime , loose guns were rumbling all over the Tory deck . |
| 4 | Reporters and photographers were swarming all over the sanatorium that day . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ There 's a sub-heading ‘ Knickers ’ and it says ‘ Passengers complained her green knickers were flying all over the place . ’ |
| 7 | Silence was descending all over the city . |
| 8 | The conversation was hopping all over the place like a dakkabug on a griddle . |
| 9 | She went up to her bedroom and there it was flooded with golden light , the clouds were rapidly drawing away , almost peeling back in the sky and , not yet quite behind the roofs , a dazzling gold was leaking all round the edges of a lilac cloud . |
| 10 | The truck was skidding all over the autobahn , skating over the ice-rink surface . |
| 11 | Doors were opening all along the corridor . |