Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [noun] all over " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were empty stations all over the region . |
| 2 | ‘ There were deep scratches all over her face . |
| 3 | In the seventies , there were military dictatorships all over Latin America . |
| 4 | There were dead birds all over the streets . |
| 5 | and the hydraulic hose on the back of the dustcart broke there was hydraulic fluid all over the |
| 6 | So I really wanted to nail the bastard — preferably with the cooperation of my team-mates just to prove the point — but the fucking technology let me down and the gun jammed and he had me pinned , firing shot after shot at me , and finally I gave up trying to un-jam the gun and made to throw it at him though I could hardly see because there was yellow paint all over my visor , but he ducked and tripped and sat down on a trunk , holding his stomach , and the bastard was laughing his socks off because I looked like a giant dripping banana , only I 'd just realised the gun was n't jammed after all , the safety catch was on . |
| 7 | ‘ There was stale wee all over the floor . |