Example sentences of "be [adv] over the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In any case , ’ he added , turning to look at her intently , ‘ the fact that I was in your room at this hour will be all over the hotel by morning . ’ |
| 2 | It would be all over the organisation in minutes . |
| 3 | If he lay there until the morning , assuming he did not pass out , or drown , or spew up and choke to death in the meantime , he would be found when the boys came in to wash ; the humiliation would be unbearable and the whole story would be all over the school by breakfast . |
| 4 | It 'll be all over the colony in no time . |
| 5 | Otherwise , they 'd be all over the place under their own steam . |
| 6 | Whatever the case , the story of Sister Jones 's ridiculous crush on Dr Tom Russell would be all over the hospital by the end of the day , and Belinda , feeling like a helpless little fish struggling in a vast invisible net , did n't know what to do about it . |
| 7 | The argument is likely to be less over the substance of the legislation than over whether the system can be implemented . |
| 8 | But it does seem to me that , can you really trust a front bench , that ca n't work out that I might be slightly over the age of twenty one ? |