Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [prep] all over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Membership applications were received from all over the UK , and the MLA was set up to meet the growing demand for a central organisation . |
| 2 | Incidents of ballot-stuffing were reported from all over India . |
| 3 | Many drivers cheerfully collected loads that were offered from all over the city , and gradually with their help and that of certain ‘ able-bodied men and women ’ mountains of books accumulated in the Davidson Room , while the Undercroft cupboard soon became a veritable Aladdin 's Cave of ‘ Unwanted Gifts ’ . |
| 4 | There was a long series of public meetings in 1980 and one of these was set up as a sort of week-end rally to which the anti-nuclear people were invited from all over Ireland , and at a big indoor public meeting during that weekend where you would normally have expected about 400 people to turn up , only about two locals turned up and the rest were all outsiders . |
| 5 | erm Sorry , I think we 'll just stick with Faulkner for a moment , because I think that leads us on to the constant tragedies of battle casualties , which were obviously very much brought in into Oxford whenever people were wounded outside they were often brought in to Oxford to be cared for , there was a hospital out of Yarnton too , but a great many were cared for all over Oxford , and the greatest of course were buried at Christchurch . |
| 6 | Marbles were imported from all over the Empire , particularly from Hymettus and Pentelicus in Greece , while Italian quarries were developed to provide , in particular , Carrara , Cipollino and Pavonazzo marbles . |