Example sentences of "they [was/were] [vb pp] all [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Not that he could have avoided his post-breakfast greeting — they were daubed all over South Africa 's team bus , parked far too handily outside their Leicester hotel . |
2 | They were made all over Europe and yielded the papacy an annual payment ( often of an ounce of gold ) from each house . |
3 | They were exhibited all over the world , and appeared in London at the Egyptian Hall in 1829 . |
4 | And they spurred forward to pursue and take him , no doubt believing it a happy chance for them , and the Lord Owen caused his horse to appear to drop lame , and so encouraged and led them until they were spread all along the field in open order , within close range of the bowmen in the woods . |
5 | Every St Kildan family owned a number of cleits and they were scattered all over the island , many of them convenient to the bird cliffs because ‘ fresh ’ birds were much heavier than those that had dried out , and everything had to be carried back to the village eventually . |
6 | They were shipped all over the world Spain , Australia and South America being popular destinations . |