Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | As they crept slowly forward over the plain his eyes searched for those tiny villages made of mud with their bamboo groves and their ponds ; and though the plain was perfectly flat the villages were somehow hidden in its folds , blending with it . |
| 2 | and the sole goes right up over there so you 're not |
| 3 | Many thatched cottages were built on the brow of a hill overlooking the sea ; and a large potato-field , divided into elongated sections , gave ample scope for many Lewis families to prove that union is strength , for they were busily engaged lifting the crop : each family group was complete in itself ; those who had the most children got most quickly over the ground : many hands make light work , and young backs bend easily . |
| 4 | ‘ And I presume this sort of thing goes on all over the country ? ’ |
| 5 | The gun roared and the clay disintegrated somewhere out over the field . |
| 6 | He would have preferred a special health-service pay factor , but had to settle for an above-average offer to the nurses , who most certainly were the priority group , having fallen badly behind over the previous ten years . |
| 7 | It looks as if there 's a wall sticking right out over the shingle . ’ |
| 8 | Lights began to go on all over Princedale Road . |
| 9 | Had an ITN camera crew been present in Safeways when my husband and I ( to use a Royal phrase ) argued so publicly over who was paying the £75 bill , heaven knows what conclusions they would have drawn . |
| 10 | The statues came tumbling down all over the Soviet Union . |
| 11 | Therefore it was supposed that payments practices , and other institutional arrangements which change only slowly over time , have more influence on the velocity of circulation than any temporary changes in M. Before the First World War there may have been a good deal of truth in this assumption because the financial system was relatively unsophisticated and financial innovation was taking place very slowly by today 's standards . |
| 12 | Yeah , swinging around us , literally big panes of glass and they were flying down and as soon as they got away from the houses , it opened up again , they were crashing down all over my drive and all over the road out there |
| 13 | The military rode roughshod even over the Ukrainian Bolsheviks . |
| 14 | Hugh laid a restraining hand on the sub-prior 's heaving shoulder , and rode somewhat unceremoniously over his lament . |
| 15 | The position of the outlets on the fascia board can be determined by a plumbline hanging down centrally over the gully or drain inlet . |
| 16 | Part of the rope still swung there , hanging down directly over the water . |
| 17 | For some time all three moved on quietly over the grass , while the shadows grew stronger and the wood-pigeons clattered among the distant trees . |
| 18 | Similar disasters are scattered piecemeal all over Britain , on bomb sites and over the slums they were built to clear . |
| 19 | Caddis flies are rather nondescript , drab brown insects , which most of us fail to notice as they fly rather clumsily over rivers . |
| 20 | The day before our return , as we looked out over the battlements , we saw a succession of thick black clouds driving slowly in over the sand flats and camel grass . |
| 21 | Outside directors and company bosses disagreed most strongly over whether non-executives should help develop business strategy , and over the sort of decisions in which they should have the final say . |
| 22 | He , the lemon lady 's husband , eulogised Tremayne , who winced only slightly over Top Spin Lob being slurred to Topsy Blob , and a minion in the livery of Castle Houses brought forth a tray bearing the award itself , a silver bowl rimmed by a circle of small galloping horses , an award actually worthy of the occasion . |
| 23 | Before Gifford had his stroke they used to go painting together all over the place . |
| 24 | Slorne became still and took stance on the branch quite near to Creggan , her head tilting to one site , ant her eyes staring out at the sunset sky that rose massively now over the Cages . |
| 25 | Voices are signing off all over Deptford as guys quit their lookout duties and come rushing over . |
| 26 | Later on , similar conditions occur whenever a fresh snowfall is followed by a sudden change to hot , settled weather , but in August and September any new snow lies more thinly over bare ic . |
| 27 | MARTIN Offiah has been let off lightly over his Charity Shield loser 's medal snub . |
| 28 | He straightened up easily as he spoke , and the lidded gaze moved laconically down over the outline of her body beneath the thin bedcover . |
| 29 | A deep depression with a centre varying between 968 and 978 millibars moved from the Faroes to the mouth of the Elbe , while behind it a ridge of high pressure built up strongly over the Atlantic . |
| 30 | I suppose it built up slowly over the years … ’ |