Example sentences of "[adv] over [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turn the cake on to its long side and brush all over with the apricot glaze . |
| 2 | Brush all over with the remaining apricot glaze . |
| 3 | Secure the cakes together with a little apricot glaze and brush all over with the remaining glaze . |
| 4 | Though I must admit , we 'll be glad when it 's all over in the Far East and they can come back safe and sound . ’ |
| 5 | Lyon will be alright then the might be all right but right over on the Italian branch it might be all right mmm yes |
| 6 | Phar Lap was ridden by Bill ‘ Urn ’ Elliott , who got the gelding smartly into his stride , but Phar Lap drifted right over to the outside rail , with the result that after a quarter of a mile of the ten-furlong race he was well adrift of the field . |
| 7 | With toes pointed downwards , raise the extended leg 6ins ( 15cm ) off the floor , leaning right over to the opposite side for balance and holding on to the ankle in front of you . |
| 8 | Chamberlain was explicit about his motives in a letter to Beatrice Webb : ‘ It will remove the great danger , viz , that public sentiment should go wholly over to the unemployed and render impossible that state sternness to which you or I equally attach importance . |
| 9 | She walked slowly over to the golden sarcophagus . |
| 10 | So the cameraman , looking through his viewfinder , could see the caption slide through the glass plate , plus sufficient reflection of the action going on over at the black drape set . |
| 11 | just over to the other side . |
| 12 | As the men went out of the door Laura stared glumly over at the young policewoman . |
| 13 | Professionals and local authority employees are still moving to jobs in one of the most sought-after parts of Britain , but the blockbuster moves — 600 in the Lloyds retail banking arm into the Bristol area in 1989-91 , and 100 British Aerospace workers into the Plymouth region recently — are probably over for the immediate future . |
| 14 | He paced rather restlessly over to the far side of the kitchen . |
| 15 | I go back over to the other side . |
| 16 | ‘ On the sleeve of the first record it was meant to say just Therapy , but I started the logo too far over to the left — and we only had enough money for one sheet of Letraset — I could n't start again , so I just added a question mark to make it fit . |
| 17 | The others seem to have stood up quite well over on the other side . |
| 18 | Whatever the outcome , this is one play where you can truly say it is n't over till the fat lady ( or in this case , the fat man ) sings . |
| 19 | South of this tiny pair are a few lonely islands separated from one another by hundreds of kilometres of sea — first , Ascension Island , then St Helena , and then over towards the Brazilian coast , Trinidade . |