Example sentences of "were [vb pp] all over [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many windows were shattered all over Edinburgh , including many at Donaldson 's — its most grievous loss was perhaps the oriel window in the chapel famed in Scotland as one of its earliest figure-stained windows . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | After 1313 all works produced by Parisian goldsmiths and enamellers bore a hallmark depicting a fleur-de-lis within a lozenge and these objects were disseminated all over Europe , not least to England . |
| 4 | Arrests were made all over London . |
| 5 | They were made all over Europe and yielded the papacy an annual payment ( often of an ounce of gold ) from each house . |
| 6 | The effects of the Chernobyl radiation leak were measured all over Europe , 32 people died as a result of fighting the fire that occurred , and thousands more are expected to develop cancers as a result of radioactive contamination . |
| 7 | This was naturally continued and copies were distributed all over India , sent to all publicity agencies and taken into Burma . |
| 8 | From the 500 women who were questioned all over England and Scotland the following facts emerged : |
| 9 | Memorial rallies were held all over Hungary on Oct. 23 to commemorate the 1956 revolution and the proclamation of the Hungarian Republic in 1989 [ see pp. 36961 ; 37739 ] . |