Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [adv] over [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was built by Francis Smallman , whose initials and those of his wife Ellen appear all over the plasterwork ceilings . |
| 2 | Shortages vary somewhat over the country . |
| 3 | It really wo n't do to talk airily about businessmen and business women as if emergency pools of these super-executives exist all over the country , ready to plug the numerous gaps left by the incompetence of Noddy and know-nothing councils that are councillors and magistrates . |
| 4 | By the late eleventh century the hand of Cluny was felt in houses spread all over the north of Spain and down into Italy , even to La Cava near Naples and over into Sicily , and also across the south and west of Germany in the movement which had its centre in Hirsau . |
| 5 | Miss Menzies felt certain it was in the garage at Mr Steen 's Orme Gardens house all over the weekend . |
| 6 | Fishermen scurry all over the seas catching anchovies ; quarrymen have long made a living scraping guano from the bird-rich islands . |
| 7 | But perhaps the most impressive sight of all — if only because most brains , when faced with the sheer galactic enormity of A'Tuin , refuse to believe it — is the endless Rimfall , where the seas of the disc boil ceaselessly over the Edge into space . |
| 8 | Miliary er i it it refers , well you 've heard of millet seed and it 's it refers to a seeding of many different lesions er , around the body it means the disseminated form of of tuberculosis where the lesions occur all over the place . |
| 9 | He looked down at the scatter of handwritten pages spread all over the table , and tensed his body as though anticipating a blow . |
| 10 | Fox hounds get all over the place if you 're not careful . ’ |
| 11 | The headstock is gently raked back , and the strings pass directly over the nut to the Schaller machines . |
| 12 | I watched the distant cloud from the explosion drift away over the firth , dispersing , then I turned and ran as fast as I could for the house . |
| 13 | c ) Viciousness. d ) Senile degeneration — owners differ tremendously over the point they consider a dog to be no longer ‘ enjoying life ’ . |
| 14 | With its combination of beauty , beaches , culture and history , it has been long been a favourite holiday destination and its hot temperatures have drawn sun seekers form all over the world . |
| 15 | This is how these men make themselves into all those freak things where muscles bulge all over the place , they look as if they 're about to , I 'm not quite sure , they always remind of erm those balloons , you know , that pop off beach balls , they look a bit like that . |
| 16 | ‘ In the space of two years , we moved from a domestic merchant bank with 500 people , all of whom knew each other very well , to an organisation with nearly 3,000 people spread all over the world , ’ says Mr Reed . |
| 17 | The mosaics extend continuously over the surface of the vaults and domes and illustrate the Story of the Creation , the Fall of Man , the Legends of the Saints and the Miracles of Christ . |
| 18 | do the many cables from the computers and printers trail all over the place , or are they safely hidden inside trunking ? |
| 19 | Central vent eruptions occur all over the world , on the mid-ocean ridge volcanoes , at destructive plate margins , and along the African rift valleys ; there is no particular environment which is specially favourable to them . |
| 20 | Treasures front all over the world . |
| 21 | He provided the link between the School and its past pupils , for he was the Membership Secretary of the Old Stopfordians ' Association , no easy task , with members spread all over the world . |
| 22 | These gaily coloured little creatures run all over the shaman 's body , and often live in convenient crannies such as in his ears and in between his toes . |
| 23 | But leisure journeys weave all over the place . |
| 24 | All about Keswick he had noticed gangs of men building the giant reaches of drystone walls enclosing even the highest fell-land , the better to take advantage of grain prices in the war ; gangs of men working the woods , as charcoal-burners , swill-makers , coppice-workers , plain woodmen ; and , as here , men in the high mines — men spread all over the landscape , bondmen of industry , all living out near their workplace , turf huts and teepees scattered abroad , excluded from society throughout the week of their work and let into its comforts and pleasure only for a brief Saturday night escape . |
| 25 | Something knocked his hat over his face , he pushed at the peak , saw the grey 's hindquarters lift elegantly over the gate and out into the light , felt Conker steadying and kicked him on swiftly because there was n't time to stop , he swung his hand back and hit the pony who lifted suddenly , landing with a jolt that made him grunt with effort . |
| 26 | At the lodge gates turn right over the reservoir dam then walk up through Blackstone Bank Wood . |
| 27 | As couples live together over a period of years they will find more and more areas where decisions can be made without consultation because they will understand a lot of each other 's interests and desires . |
| 28 | Spoon the ripe passion fruit pulp evenly over the custard . |
| 29 | These usually circular or oval grass covered wall foundations occur all over the island and vary in size from about ten feet to forty feet in diameter and can be found alone or in small groups . |
| 30 | A few drill pieces swathed in blubbery grease protrude precariously over the side . |