Example sentences of "[was/were] all [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they were all as one and worshipped they one and the same . |
| 2 | The marks of the Treasury were all over my short statement of policy . |
| 3 | They were all over the place , trying to lean on you , trying to make out that they cared about what happened to you . |
| 4 | They were all over the place , trying to lean on you , trying to make out that they cared about what happened to you . |
| 5 | The young stars were all over the newspapers and fan magazines , and Nicholson loved to read and hear about their adventures . |
| 6 | Valerie 's got some wee ‘ do ’ on tonight and I popped over to Hyndland Road this morning because she was short of ramekins for her starters and the wee souls were all over Gran with their Selection Boxes , honestly any more would sicken me . |
| 7 | His hands were all over you ! ’ |
| 8 | A moment later , the contents were all over the floor , and the woman gave a cluck of annoyance . |
| 9 | Broken glass and dishes were all over the floor mixed with what had been served for dinner — steak , corn and potatoes . |
| 10 | I had got what I wanted — his registration number and , in no time at all , the police were all over the place . |
| 11 | In the first 20 minutes , Ipswich were all over their visitors and were camped permanently in their half . |
| 12 | Says a pal : ‘ They were all over each other like a pair of love-struck teenagers . ’ |
| 13 | Religious paintings were all over the walls . |
| 14 | ‘ They were all over me like a bad rash ’ , she told her friends . |
| 15 | They were all over the walls and ceiling . |
| 16 | It operated in many markets , and its competitors were all over the world . |
| 17 | ‘ Could 've been , but nothing to suggest that it was : her prints were all over the car and nobody else 's . ’ |
| 18 | If you like to think that we started discuss discuss this discussion by saying there was a demand after the war , you can see now that we met it in , over and over again cos these machines were all over America . |
| 19 | Anyhow , the next morning I got up they were all over the deck , they crawled out of the bloody bucket . |
| 20 | His bus-load of senior schoolboys were all over Aurae Phiala by this time , gushing downhill towards the river like streams in spate , and no doubt he was free for a minute or two to breathe again and care about his own theories and idylls . |
| 21 | Her lines were all over the place tonight . ’ |
| 22 | My legs were all over the show and I 've got to stand tall tomorrow . ’ |
| 23 | They were all over him with friendly jokey advice . |
| 24 | ‘ They were all over the place , Dad said . |
| 25 | Then this morning , the police were all over the college again and , by lunchtime , the master knew . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Again , those two that were wrong were all over the place and not an effective sequence . |
| 28 | At kick-off we were all over them and had loads of chances . |
| 29 | Leeds were all over them though and it was totally one-sided . |
| 30 | And , ’ he went on before she could interrupt , ‘ you ca n't deny you were all over me from the very beginning . |