Example sentences of "there [be] [noun] all [prep] " in BNC.

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1 One said : ‘ There are drawings all over the station taking the mickey .
2 There are sites all over the world designing pieces of software and bits of hardware to add-to , join with and go into PC 's .
3 There are members all over the RSA and across the world .
4 She told BBC Radio 4 's The World At One : ‘ There are infernos all over the place .
5 I do n't know if you 've ever felt that , it kind of comes in totally f—ed up and there are people all around you guiding you and they 're bringing all my friends to me , y'know … ’
6 And there are places all over the City .
7 Now there are cracks all over the house — the result , the Maskells say , of slippage caused by foundations being dug for a block of flats next door .
8 Claiming that health workers ' fears were being overcome and that there was now a much better understanding of the plans , Mr Clarke said : ‘ There are volunteers all over the service waiting for Parliament to approve these provisions so we can get on with it from next summer onwards . ’
9 ‘ Out in the back lanes you see crows , robins , jackdaws , linnets — delightful birds — blue tits and so on , but there are cats all over the place .
10 For instance , when Billy Graham visited Britain in 1990 , several weeks before he arrived there were posters all over London with the initials L.l.F.E. — what was it ?
11 There were bones all over the place .
12 The official last car was E/3 Class , No. 1941 , which left Purley terminus at 11.24 p.m. crowded to capacity and there were crowds all along the road .
13 We first met Pacific waters at the windswept village of Puerto Natales , and suddenly there were mountains all around us : mountains and glaciers , and curious seabirds and dolphins and spume-whipped sea , the water a vivid blue under a cloudless sky .
14 ‘ Was that why there were policeman all over the road ? ’
15 There were teeth all around him , snapping and gnawing .
16 There were noises all around them .
17 There were pubs all over the place which served perfectly acceptable Sunday lunches .
18 There were mirrors all over the place .
19 I walked along saw the guy in front of mne there were bulltes all around me so it was either him or me .
20 There were policemen all over it now .
21 There were mills all round the city that were grinding gunpowder or sword blades .
22 Well as you know , in nineteen eighty one , there were there were troubles all over the country , which seemed to start from problems in Brixton .
23 And she did n't seem to be a captive , though there were Gharrgoyles all around her .
24 There were frogs all round us , bubbling away , and we sat still for a bit and then he said , ‘ That 's the sound of Africa — it 's one of the things I love best ’ , and I knew he had n't been thinking about the baby or about me .
25 There were trees all round the Ezbekiya , most of them comparatively young .
26 There were lessons all around me about what I should be doing , where I should be going , but I chose to ignore them .
27 Although there were stores all over the world , manufacturing and distribution were highly centralized ; most of the products were made in one giant plant .
28 There 's Lego all over the place .
29 There 's sky all over the place ! ’
30 There 's contractions all over the place because erm and all sorts .
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