Example sentences of "were all [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyhow , the next morning I got up they were all over the deck , they crawled out of the bloody bucket . |
| 2 | Our Rally was just super — more people than before — But what they did n't know was that they had a treat in store : The National Display Team came for the afternoon To show their special item — we were all over the moon ! |
| 3 | It 's a little lad and I I looked through a window , I could see Judith holding this baby but you had to walk round to get to her and I knew before you 'd got there and you were all over the moon about this little baby and everything |
| 4 | A moment later , the contents were all over the floor , and the woman gave a cluck of annoyance . |
| 5 | Broken glass and dishes were all over the floor mixed with what had been served for dinner — steak , corn and potatoes . |
| 6 | They were all over the place , trying to lean on you , trying to make out that they cared about what happened to you . |
| 7 | They were all over the place , trying to lean on you , trying to make out that they cared about what happened to you . |
| 8 | I had got what I wanted — his registration number and , in no time at all , the police were all over the place . |
| 9 | Her lines were all over the place tonight . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ They were all over the place , Dad said . |
| 11 | One of the other things about those two that were wrong was that they rambled , they were all over the place , there was no conciseness , no clarity to them . |
| 12 | Again , those two that were wrong were all over the place and not an effective sequence . |
| 13 | She said erm her marks were all over the place . |
| 14 | ‘ Could 've been , but nothing to suggest that it was : her prints were all over the car and nobody else 's . ’ |
| 15 | Then this morning , the police were all over the college again and , by lunchtime , the master knew . |
| 16 | It operated in many markets , and its competitors were all over the world . |
| 17 | My legs were all over the show and I 've got to stand tall tomorrow . ’ |
| 18 | The guns were all along the river bank as far as I could see . |
| 19 | The crowd ( as ever ) did Leeds proud , were all around the ground and Im sure helped make it another ‘ home game ’ for the players . |