Example sentences of "[verb] all [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We turned the light on The room was full of funny little animals whizzing all over the floor . |
| 2 | You just shot up , whizzing all over the place , erratic but really zooming , and that partly compensated for any lack of technique . |
| 3 | It 's immensely enjoyable to feel those tingling currents of energy beginning to flow all over you . |
| 4 | These are the affirmations that were being made as Jesus trotted in Jerusalem with this little donkey , his followers gathered all around him looking from the heights of the walls of Jerusalem , there must have been one or two curious , astonished , worried eyes , the Sanhedrin , the Chief Elders , |
| 5 | The identifying symbols had been placed all over her dress , and included one in an area which seemed anatomically surprising . |
| 6 | The prison , where some of the dissidents who opposed the Shahs rule were held by SAVAK , was painted up , the street were cleaned , pots of flowers were placed all along the main roads , birds in cages were hung from lamp posts , shopkeepers were given blue coats to wear . |
| 7 | The fish tend to spawn all around the same time and pay attention to their own broods — equally the parents will see off any attempt by another pair to eat their brood . |
| 8 | Gabriel saw bullets sparkle and flash all around the F2B ; and then a longer streak from the British observer 's rearfiring gun . |
| 9 | Well sir , they 're , we support dipping because it 's already been stated to note that we make most of the money for Shropshire from farming , and sheep is one of the big things which we sell all over the country , but unless we can guarantee our sheep are clear of er , disease people are n't going to come here and buy meat and stuff are they ? |
| 10 | perceiving through reflecting all as will . |
| 11 | Well tha no that was n't padded that was for do n't quite know what they wanted to do with that erm but there was erm a face that was built up with three different sizes of felt , small , next size , next size up , not not much bigger each time , then you had a piece of calico a little bit bigger , you did a running thread all round the outside and pulled it so that it , lapped over the felt which you had stitched down first . |
| 12 | Aunt Elena is a concert pianist , and she plays all over the country and in Europe , too . |
| 13 | Melanie knew she was unreasonable , that empty rooms and quiet beds lay all around her , but the fright was still there and her scared feet pattered with too loud a noise , waking echoes . |
| 14 | Counties are designated all over the south . |
| 15 | And if you came from a chapel and puritanical background of dark and moral mills where the only promised warmth was hell-fire , then — given the opportunity — you skidded all over the field like a jackpot rabbit . |
| 16 | Believe it or not , but we do not tread all over each other to get where we want to go — or at least the majority of us do n't ! ’ |
| 17 | Frogs love it , and in springtime birds swarm all over it , making off with beaksful of what must be nature 's most luxurious nest lining material ! |
| 18 | When the hunters at the head of the column discover prey , they swarm all over it , cutting it apart . |
| 19 | If they discover a grasshopper or a beetle , they swarm all over it , sinking their jaws between the joints of its external skeleton and dismembering it with surgical precision . |
| 20 | They 'll pin us down and then swarm all over us . ’ |
| 21 | Despite his charm and looks , she was determined not to fall all over him because she sensed immediately that that was what he expected . |
| 22 | This may not seem to be a very daunting task , but when a man who has been flying four engine jet transports all over the world is suddenly confronted with a young pilot who has just written-off the landing gear of a light aircraft while trying to land in a cross wind , the true qualities of the new inspector are under test . |
| 23 | Born in 1900 , the same year as the Queen Mother , he had spent twenty-three years at the top , he had travelled all over the world , he had stories and memories of escapades and people and was a colourful raconteur . |
| 24 | Although he 's travelled all over the world taking stills , Mexico and the Bahamas last year , Thailand and Kampuchea before that , of all the beautiful places he 's visited and the stunning scenery he 's witnessed , his favourite place is the bottom of the sea . |
| 25 | A group of armed Covenanters , under the command of Sir Robert Hamilton of Preston , East Lothian , had assembled at Rutherglen , and being opposed to Charles , had travelled all over the district , extinguishing the bonfires and stopping the celebrations . |
| 26 | For Charlie is one of Scotland 's best known pipers and has travelled all over the world with the Black Watch to play at social and diplomatic functions . |
| 27 | Again without a query , the news was triumphantly relayed all over the world , with the simultaneous announcement that the Kaiser had bestowed the Pour le Mérite upon Guretzky-Cornitz . |
| 28 | When the rabbits are removed from the net I always toss mine belly upwards to the ground so that the white hair on the underside makes the rabbit more visible in the darkness and I can then collect it later once the killing operation has been completed all along the net . |
| 29 | Most of the rest of the iodine reached the population via milk , produced all over the country , that was not banned . |
| 30 | And what 's more , everyone 's apologising all over the place except for one vile journalist who says it 's possible a misguided vigilante thought getting rid of Harry the only path to real justice , and I want Harry to sue him , it 's truly vicious . ’ |