Example sentences of "was [adv] [vb pp] all over " in BNC.

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1 She was practically draped all over him .
2 Old Mother Jacobsen — as she was affectionately known all over the island — was in her late nineties , and she was blind .
3 It was not a strong gust , but it was fiercely hot , and he was severely burned all over his back and legs .
4 Again without a query , the news was triumphantly relayed all over the world , with the simultaneous announcement that the Kaiser had bestowed the Pour le Mérite upon Guretzky-Cornitz .
5 He kept her waiting , pushing her desire to the limits , enjoying the torment , the agony that was surely written all over her face .
6 ‘ From the moment I walked into OBEX it was plainly written all over your face .
7 But the man whose name was on the cheque was well known all over London for his kind and generous acts .
8 Their beer was well known all over Europe — Korma , Courmi , or Coirm it was called , depending on where you found it — from Czechoslovakia to the Skelligs .
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