Example sentences of "[was/were] all [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Anyhow , the next morning I got up they were all over the deck , they crawled out of the bloody bucket .
2 Our Rally was just super — more people than before — But what they did n't know was that they had a treat in store : The National Display Team came for the afternoon To show their special item — we were all over the moon !
3 It 's a little lad and I I looked through a window , I could see Judith holding this baby but you had to walk round to get to her and I knew before you 'd got there and you were all over the moon about this little baby and everything
4 A moment later , the contents were all over the floor , and the woman gave a cluck of annoyance .
5 Broken glass and dishes were all over the floor mixed with what had been served for dinner — steak , corn and potatoes .
6 The young stars were all over the newspapers and fan magazines , and Nicholson loved to read and hear about their adventures .
7 They were all over the place , trying to lean on you , trying to make out that they cared about what happened to you .
8 They were all over the place , trying to lean on you , trying to make out that they cared about what happened to you .
9 I had got what I wanted — his registration number and , in no time at all , the police were all over the place .
10 Her lines were all over the place tonight . ’
11 ‘ They were all over the place , Dad said .
12 One of the other things about those two that were wrong was that they rambled , they were all over the place , there was no conciseness , no clarity to them .
13 Again , those two that were wrong were all over the place and not an effective sequence .
14 She said erm her marks were all over the place .
15 ‘ Could 've been , but nothing to suggest that it was : her prints were all over the car and nobody else 's . ’
16 Then this morning , the police were all over the college again and , by lunchtime , the master knew .
17 Religious paintings were all over the walls .
18 They were all over the walls and ceiling .
19 It operated in many markets , and its competitors were all over the world .
20 My legs were all over the show and I 've got to stand tall tomorrow . ’
21 The guns were all along the river bank as far as I could see .
22 The crowd ( as ever ) did Leeds proud , were all around the ground and Im sure helped make it another ‘ home game ’ for the players .
23 His Mum made him sit on one of the chairs that were all round the walls and look at the magazines .
24 It was all off the top of my head .
25 I tell you how bad our one was , it was all over the road , this , the , the river line
26 ‘ When it was all over the papers I feared that when I went shopping people would abuse me , spit at me .
27 But you were easy enough — your name was all over the papers recently . ’
28 The afterdeck — of course those boats were n't so big as they are now — all where I laid , it was all over the deck .
29 Next day it was all over the school .
30 ‘ She met some guy in there that day , some guy she used to go with , and he must 've said something because the next thing anyone knew , she was screaming at him , Pete was in the bar the morning after , he said the window was all over the floor , apparently she 'd thrown an ashtray at the guy and it had missed and taken the whole window out instead , and when he took her by the arm and tried to calm her down , she shook him off and ran out of the bar , right out in the street , and like I said , it was the bottom of a hill and there was a truck coming — ‘
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