Example sentences of "[noun sg] all over " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had a beard all over his chest and back , too . |
| 2 | This one was very small with grey fur all over its body . |
| 3 | What a growing part of agriculture all over the world had in common was subjection to the industrial world economy . |
| 4 | It was the same story all over Bomber Command . |
| 5 | Together we shouted at the man , and told him we would tell this story all over London so that his name would be hated . |
| 6 | If I did n't think you 'd go blabbing your side of the story all over town , I 'd have you out of my house in two shakes . ’ |
| 7 | They crawled out the bucket all over the deck . |
| 8 | As we have seen , it is probable that pairs of virtual particles — one of matter , one of antimatter — spontaneously pop into existence all over the Universe . |
| 9 | Think , instead , of a large population in which there is not much movement , so that individuals tend to resemble their immediate neighbours more than their more distant neighbours , even though there is continuous interbreeding all over the whole area . |
| 10 | And when we seen them , we just bust ourselves laughing , cos they looked so funny with Marie 's hair all over the place and me with this real surprised look on my face . |
| 11 | Chadwick arrives , breezing into the bar , looking well and happy , with a big grin and his hair all over the place . |
| 12 | My own vanity , such as it was , could not accept any of this ; in that dressing-gown , and with my hair all over the place , I was hardly something that a chance met man would want to lay claim to . |
| 13 | ‘ The first time I ever saw you , you were in breeches with your hair all over your face and again the next day when you took me out riding . |
| 14 | It had yellow eyes and grey hair all over its body . |
| 15 | I found her by the side of the house with her dog , looking like a complete tramp , with a patched-up old coat and hair all over the place . |
| 16 | The little one was podgy with puppy fat and a front tooth missing and a ravishing smile and hair all over the place . |
| 17 | hair all over his chest and shoulders — |
| 18 | Hair all over the place ? ’ |
| 19 | He was the sort of man who was always punctual and here she was with her hair all over the place and a shiny nose . |
| 20 | ‘ I saw the evidence with my own eyes , Melanie wearing only a dressing-gown , her hair all over the place . |
| 21 | mine , with hair all over it , my hair for my brush |
| 22 | And in this sense , when we liberate South Africa we will also create , we hope a state in the world which will become foremost in fighting racism all over the world and at the lower level our community based organizations our non-governmental organizations that have across colour built up structures to move communities forward if our friends in Eastern Europe and elsewhere could see how that is done at grass roots level in the hell of racism as I say they would have a lot to learn . |
| 23 | His target was ‘ the spate of mean building all over the country that is shrivelling up the Old England — mean and perky little houses that surely none but mean and perky little souls should inhabit with satisfaction ’ ( p. 15 ) . |
| 24 | It is reflected throughout Europe , and in Tervoort 's extensive study of 20 countries in Europe we can see the move toward the incorporation of signing in educational methodology : ‘ There is no change in favour of oralism and there is an atmosphere of change in the other direction all over Europe ’ ( 1983 : 143 ) . |
| 25 | For all its failings , it is the arts centre/civic centre circuit which contains the potential to allow exciting new , as well as still exciting but more established old , talents to take their creativity all over the country . |
| 26 | He heard electrical impulses behind a large , old-fashioned enamelled flour bin on a high shelf in the kitchen and got out the step-ladder to investigate , bringing down the bin , which hit and broke a jar of clear honey in its descent ; he ended up with a mixture of flour and honey all over himself , the fridge and the floor . |
| 27 | The immediate assumption is that there is a chemical communication between leaf and branch all over the tree , and this possibility is borne out to some degree by the character of leaf and caterpillar battles in other species . |
| 28 | so you 've got your hot doodah all over the top . |
| 29 | He grabbed it and held it before his face and in doing so spilled most of the powder all over the front of his fancy tweed jacket . |
| 30 | Biting her lip hard to prevent herself screaming at him to stop sitting there like some damned great Buddha she busied herself finding soap powder for the machine , and in her agitation knocked the packet over , spilling powder all over the floor . |