Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] be all [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | A moment later , the contents were all over the floor , and the woman gave a cluck of annoyance . |
2 | And the eggs are all over the place . |
3 | The guns were all along the river bank as far as I could see . |
4 | ‘ The police are all over the place . |
5 | I had got what I wanted — his registration number and , in no time at all , the police were all over the place . |
6 | Then this morning , the police were all over the college again and , by lunchtime , the master knew . |
7 | And of course the , with the boxes being all round the side , the dressing boxes , this was outmoded , we needed a building at the side , which there was sufficient room to build something at the side because we had a park at the side of it then . |
8 | ITN 's political match-summariser says that ‘ individually the polls are all over the place , but put them all together and you get a message you can trust ’ — not a science graduate , presumably . |