Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] of [noun] all [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miss Jarman 's words dropped like a stone in a pond , causing ripples of protest all over the room . |
| 2 | As I stood up , I heard cries of astonishment all around me . |
| 3 | A good cook , evidently , though somewhat vulgarized by recent service with an American family who liked bits of pineapple all over things . |
| 4 | At night we 'd sleep in caves , huddled up in blankets with nothing to burn for firewood , while outside an icy wind swirled clouds of snow-dust all around us . |
| 5 | Nails had to admit that it was true he slept in his clothes every night ; he had bits of straw all over him and probably smelled a bit . |
| 6 | If the changing rooms were full , girls would undress in the middle of the shop leaving piles of clothes all over the floor , such was their desperation to find the print and the style of their choice . |
| 7 | I have visions of bosses all over the land going hot under the collar as they see yet more of their staff enjoying the antics of this old salt — it could take over where Leisure Suit Larry left off . |
| 8 | He had found himself trapped in a room with doors made up of huge , sliding slabs of rock all round it . |