Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [adv] over [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | A flock of chattering sparrows came over the Cages , landed on the grass by the litter bin where Woil had taken stance , and then twittered off again over the tigers ' cages . |
| 32 | Some of them have got arms going off all over the place . |
| 33 | No we 're not all rushing off all over the place although the men and s some of the women you know we have gone off and they still I mean the men were in South Wales last week . |
| 34 | For months afterwards copies of forms turned up all over the Manchester office . |
| 35 | Ride to Langholm in Eskdale this first night , then lie up there over the morrow . |
| 36 | Slack planning laws mean hotels are growing up all over the place , said Nick — who quickly threw out his own idea that the West has all the answers to the problems . |
| 37 | They 're growing up all over the place and as you say , Ernie he he he did say about education but whose gon na run education in the future same as social services , you 'll soon find they 'll social services up into the health service . |
| 38 | Yeah I know but they do n't turn up and you get all tangled up all over the place |
| 39 | ‘ The lights are going out all over the galaxy , ’ he said softly . |
| 40 | He applied for a post in the service of the archduke : but Ferdinand was advised by his mother not to burden himself with such ‘ useless creatures who travel around all over the place , like beggars ’ . |
| 41 | He was sure there had been more when he first arrived ; they had been scuttling about all over the place , carrying implements , standing on stools stirring steaming mixtures , chopping things and throwing bits and pieces into cauldrons . |
| 42 | So this car that was trying to get out was sitting there waiting and there was no driver in sight and people were rushing about all over the station trying to find the driver . |
| 43 | ‘ That old geyser rushing about all over the place , trying to stop people dancing . ’ |
| 44 | The targets were frequently altered , bomb loads changed , keeping the armourers constantly on the run with bombs lying about all over the field . |
| 45 | The books are lying about all over the place in Shellerton . |
| 46 | ’ Its noisy and there 's always loads of equipmenjt lying about all over the place , but it 's great fun . ’ |
| 47 | They showed a thick scattering of settlement , of cottages and small farmhouses dotted about all over the place , and a corresponding splitting up of fields into small crofts and paddocks . |
| 48 | The wind-chill factor was obvious , but the wind-skill factor was non-existent and a series of nasty vendettas sprung up all over the pitch . |
| 49 | Laura , you let me throw up all over the alley , all over Bill 's cab . |
| 50 | ‘ If I have to watch you any longer I 'll throw up all over the table . ’ |
| 51 | People will puke up all over the place and since it 's your fault , you 'll have to clear up the mess . |
| 52 | Always exercise gently to begin with , building up gradually over a period of time and remembering that there is never any need to strain yourself . |
| 53 | Whe whether it was involved in , whether there was any travel involved or whether it was all desk bound or anything else you know whether he goes zooming off all over the country or whether , whether there 's a possibility of travel involved or any danger in it , in the job , unlikely but |
| 54 | It will slide on as a whole line , from the bottom right hand corner ( which will take 50 frames to complete ) stay still for 120 frames , and then scatter off randomly over a period of 30 frames . |
| 55 | following the Robbins Committee Report in 1963 new universities sprang up all over the country and tertiary education in general was in a state of unexampled euphoria . |
| 56 | In the relatively affluent days of the 70s and early 80s leisure centres , squash courts and swimming pools sprang up all over the place , much of it made available through international funds . |
| 57 | It started to rain again , a light drizzle that caused umbrellas to pop up all over the place . |
| 58 | After what seemed like several hours but was probably only a few minutes , we heard an aircraft approaching , and heads popped up all over the hut . |
| 59 | Purple and yellow crocuses were popping up all over the lawn , the hard winter outlines of shrubs and trees were blurred by new growth like the fuzz on an adolescent 's upper lip , even the rows of savagely pruned rosebushes at the front of the house , separated by concrete walkways like a cemetery of spider crabs buried upside-down , were shoving out shoots and buds . |
| 60 | The Darling Buds Of May returned and suddenly Miss Zeta Jones was popping up all over the place . |