Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] [noun] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | Components were stacked in piles all over the factory floor like the contents of an attic . |
| 2 | The houses were shaded clear against the ground : on the hills he could see the white lines of the new walls they were building like netting all over the high ground ; from the direction of the lake he heard an occasional voice , as sharp as the crack of a pistol . |
| 3 | German defences were sited in depth all along the ridge , giving them an uninterrupted view of British movements . |
| 4 | The headstones here were used as models all over central Bohemia . |
| 5 | What looked like ancient coach-lamps were springing to life all over the high stone walls , like a son et lumière display in some centuries-old castle . |
| 6 | The children were put to bed all together for warmth and comfort . |
| 7 | At one point a group of us decided that the best way to stop being hassled about separatism was to publish instalments of the CLIT papers in the weekly newsletter , which was mailed to women all over London and beyond . |
| 8 | A student with a punk haircut and a goose ( husa in Czech ) strapped into his rucksack was greeted with applause all round as he insolently walked the length of Wenceslas Square . |