Example sentences of "[was/were] [noun sg] all [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Was that why there were policeman all over the road ? ’ |
| 2 | At Ferrari it waited for him to put a foot wrong and there was blood all over the walls . ’ |
| 3 | He bled … he tried to reach the door … there was blood all over the floor … pints of it . |
| 4 | ‘ She had been shot in the head and there was blood all over the sheets . |
| 5 | Mechanic Tommy Murray , 24 , who works in a garage on the corner of the road , said : ‘ There was blood all over the place . |
| 6 | He was very dead , and there was blood all over the floor . |
| 7 | There was blood all over the windows , too , and Magee had to wipe it away with the sleeve of his coat in order to see through the windscreen . |
| 8 | When he stood there was blood all over the white shirt his mother had dressed him in that morning . |
| 9 | He said ; There was blood all over the floor and rings scattered around . |
| 10 | It was rather spectacular really — there was blood all over the place and covering my hand . |
| 11 | Then there was water all over the stairs and she 'd yelled ‘ Get me to the hospital ’ . |
| 12 | There was paper all over the car park again . |
| 13 | There was mud all over the place . |
| 14 | During the attack on Wheeler there was pandemonium all over the base , men fought to move the parked aircraft before they were damaged by the air strike . |
| 15 | Even gallons of Dettol ca n't mask celestial incense , and try as she might , there was incense all over the floor every bleeding morning . |