Example sentences of "were [v-ing] all [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doors were opening all along the corridor . |
| 2 | Reporters and photographers were swarming all over the sanatorium that day . |
| 3 | We , we , we were playing in the er Alton league at one time , you know , we were doing quite well in that as well we got , one year we come second we got promoted to the first division after our first year , there was only three of their , there were four or five leagues going and they put us straight in the second division and er , but you were going all over the bloody place , you were going as far a field as Petersfield bloody old there was almost , there was one erm , just outside |
| 4 | By lunchtime , loose guns were rumbling all over the Tory deck . |
| 5 | ‘ There 's a sub-heading ‘ Knickers ’ and it says ‘ Passengers complained her green knickers were flying all over the place . ’ |
| 6 | They were running all over the place . |
| 7 | Patriots were running all over the place , periwigs ablaze , screaming for help , burrowing into the sand and rolling . |
| 8 | You were floundering all over the place , if I remember , ’ said Waldorf . |
| 9 | were jumping all over the place and the action moved |
| 10 | Though the Swan was more sophisticated than the Queen 's Head , it was only a matter of minutes before servants , ostlers and maids were scampering all over the large and comfortable hotel to see to the minutest needs of the ‘ Honourable Member of Parliament ’ , ‘ brother to an Earl ’ , who had landed on them at an unexpectedly late hour and naturally — ‘ a Colonel as well ’ — demanded the best of everything both for himself and for his ( temporary — ‘ from Keswick ’ ) servant and his ( ‘ pale-looking ’ ) daughter . |
| 11 | The old studio system which had produced good writers , good directors , good stars , good movies , was breaking up and bits of it were sliding all over the ancient and sacred lots . |