Example sentences of "[prep] be [verb] all over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We are told that unless we make peace with these noblemen , candidates are to be run all over the country . |
| 2 | While hand colouring was fully accepted as a compromise , and in fact supplied work to the legions of miniature painters that had been made redundant by the advent of photography , experiments continued to be made all over the world . |
| 3 | While hand colouring was fully accepted as a compromise , and in fact supplied work to the legions of miniature painters that had been made redundant by the advent of photography , experiments continued to be made all over the world . |
| 4 | You would n't like to be chased all over the place the whole time would you ? |
| 5 | Mrs Boatman will certainly not be expecting her potential charges at Northumberland to be chasing all over the country in search of titles . |
| 6 | Some of the men who took part in this , like Sir Walter Raleigh and his brother-in-law Sir Humphrey Gilbert , were also attracted by the idea of getting lands on the other side of the Atlantic , and the success of the Spaniards encouraged them in the widespread belief that an immense amount of gold and silver was waiting to be discovered all over the Americas . |
| 7 | Meetings began to be held all over the West Country in village halls and school gyms to debate the issues . |
| 8 | It is one of many ancient Egyptian obelisks to be found all over the civilised world : in Paris and Istanbul as well as London — Rome has a dozen of them — although there are still plenty on the banks of the Nile . |
| 9 | Perhaps one of the best subjects about which to exercise one 's imagination , and any detective urge one may have , is the standing stones , which are to be found all over the island singly , in groups or in one case in an ellipse . |
| 10 | Firms of English solicitors are to be found all over the world , while at home , complex legislation , the increasing need for financial services and growing domestic demand has led to a growth in the need for solicitors . |
| 11 | Dormice used to be found all over the Midlands and South of England . |
| 12 | But it does n't mean to say that you are sending somebody who says he 's a Conservative , going to support a Conservative government , and the moment he gets there is to be found all over the place . |
| 13 | and they did n't want to be scattered all over the earth so they built this er , he wanted to make , to make a name for themselves did n't they ? |