Example sentences of "[was/were] all [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The young stars were all over the newspapers and fan magazines , and Nicholson loved to read and hear about their adventures . |
| 2 | Religious paintings were all over the walls . |
| 3 | They were all over the walls and ceiling . |
| 4 | His Mum made him sit on one of the chairs that were all round the walls and look at the magazines . |
| 5 | ‘ When it was all over the papers I feared that when I went shopping people would abuse me , spit at me . |
| 6 | But you were easy enough — your name was all over the papers recently . ’ |
| 7 | Democracy , explained Mr McIverney , was all about the decisions of Parliament , and Parliament had granted his engineers permission to go on site . |
| 8 | The fact that it was all within the rules was immaterial . |
| 9 | And it was all in the days before credit cards , when hire purchase was king . |
| 10 | It was all in the knees , he said , and he had liked to ski in better times . |