Example sentences of "[noun] be [adv] over [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The Germans are just over the river there — I 'm off on a recce directly — and I have n't time to muck about .
2 Booth , Wright , Smith and Ferguson are all over the age of 21 .
3 Make sure that your eyes are directly over the ball .
4 My legs were all over the show and I 've got to stand tall tomorrow . ’
5 I do n't think the Stanley Spencer is right over the fireplace .
6 and erm the car 's all over the place because the wheels are all covered in mud and everything so
7 However , she had to admire Travis 's handling of him , so that when the interview was finally over the network man went away convinced he had a good story , while they had kept their private lives intact .
8 Yeah , I mean , the next pubs are right over the side of the hospital ,
9 Her lines were all over the place tonight . ’
10 I soon became absolutely obsessed with discovering acanthus everywhere , because the motif is all over the place , in wallpapers , in lampshades — everywhere I found acanthus .
11 It 's pretty boring here and I 've only been at Auntie Jane 's just over a day .
12 ‘ She met some guy in there that day , some guy she used to go with , and he must 've said something because the next thing anyone knew , she was screaming at him , Pete was in the bar the morning after , he said the window was all over the floor , apparently she 'd thrown an ashtray at the guy and it had missed and taken the whole window out instead , and when he took her by the arm and tried to calm her down , she shook him off and ran out of the bar , right out in the street , and like I said , it was the bottom of a hill and there was a truck coming — ‘
13 So your capillaries are all over the place .
14 A moment later , the contents were all over the floor , and the woman gave a cluck of annoyance .
15 As Brian Davis points out , the new shed was necessary , as the main mill buildings were now over a century old , and would almost certainly have been unable to cope with the additional weight and vibration from the looms .
16 It may be the case that an argument can be put up suggesting that the wearing out process is even over the life of the assets and the incidence of repair costs is greater in later years .
17 And the eggs are all over the place .
18 Statistics are all over the place .
19 Religious paintings were all over the walls .
20 ‘ Could 've been , but nothing to suggest that it was : her prints were all over the car and nobody else 's . ’
21 The hon. Gentleman is characteristically over the top .
22 If the outlet is directly over the pipe , simply cut the pipe to length and push it over the outlet connection .
23 ‘ Probably you as well , Sir , ’ I replied , ‘ Your own trench is just over the wall in Brigade H.Q ’ He glared up at me and before he could say anything I beat a hasty retreat .
24 But you were easy enough — your name was all over the papers recently . ’
25 Lee was already over the fence .
26 I know that you people are just over a bank holiday weekend and so will be slower than usual voicing your comments to the net but WE WON after all .
27 Over a third of cystic fibrosis patients are now over the age of 15 , and the number of patients is increasing by 100 to 120 patients a year , most of whom are adults .
28 Er what I have chosen to do is to do what we were doing in the nineteen eighties , which is to take the simplest measure of the maximum flow and the detrusor pressure at that volume and when we do that , you can see that these patients , instead of being a single group of patients with a single kind of bladder pressure and flow , these patients are all over the map .
29 DELIGHTED : Mr Misery Champion Rod is plainly over the moon about his new title
30 DELIGHTED : Mr Misery Champion Rod is plainly over the moon about his new title
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