Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [adv] over " in BNC.
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| 91 | If the changing rooms were full , girls would undress in the middle of the shop leaving piles of clothes all over the floor , such was their desperation to find the print and the style of their choice . |
| 92 | The trouble was that the land belonged to a family who lived in London and owned parcels of land all over the country and had so far resisted all attempts to relinquish this innocuous piece of British soil . |
| 93 | So there is no violation of political integrity in the fact that the tort laws of some states differ from those of others even over matters of principle . |
| 94 | We were lucky and had survived , unlike so many others we had known and thousands of others all over the world . |
| 95 | The suburban housewife was the dream image of the young American women and the envy , it was said , of women all over the world … |
| 96 | I 'm interested in the role of women all over the world , particularly in terms of what effect development strategies have had on women 's position , not merely in India but in other parts of the world as well , because I feel that there are a lot of common experiences which impinge on the problem as it relates to India . |
| 97 | I mean I think there are groups of women all over the country very interested in feminism and doing lots of good work and providing support for women who do want some sort of change , and so if that 's what you mean by the women 's liberation movement I think it 's a very good thing . |
| 98 | From the pattern of ocean floor magnetic anomalies it is possible to trace the movement of India northwards over the past 80 Ma or so ( Fig. 3.23 ) . |
| 99 | Meanwhile , a wide variety of courts administered a wide variety of laws all over western Europe ; and if one asked a man in any part of Europe to whose law he was subject , he might well have answered ‘ to my law ’ — for law was a personal thing , which a man might carry about with him ; it bound him to the courts to which his ancestors had been subject , to the laws of those courts , and gave him the privileges which those courts provided . |
| 100 | I have visions of bosses all over the land going hot under the collar as they see yet more of their staff enjoying the antics of this old salt — it could take over where Leisure Suit Larry left off . |
| 101 | These source rocks are the peridotites , and since geophysics tells us that the mantle consists of the same kind of material all over the world , it 's clear that melting part of the mantle beneath Hawaii should produce the same kind of rocks as those produced by melting part of the mantle beneath Iceland . |
| 102 | and there were bits of fibreglass all over the street |
| 103 | Once the plants are laid in the trench , turn the next spit of earth loosely over the roots . |
| 104 | Miss Jarman 's words dropped like a stone in a pond , causing ripples of protest all over the room . |
| 105 | Try reducing your use of salt slowly over a period of weeks and use flavouring substitutes like herbs , spices and lemon juice . |
| 106 | To some extent , little or much , the Created God has been in course of production all over the world for all time . |
| 107 | From 1904 he was Connexional Evangelist and conducted a series of missions all over Ireland . |
| 108 | The houses were shaded clear against the ground : on the hills he could see the white lines of the new walls they were building like netting all over the high ground ; from the direction of the lake he heard an occasional voice , as sharp as the crack of a pistol . |
| 109 | Most of all , he was a campaigner for human rights for writers all over the world . |
| 110 | As we have seen , it is probable that pairs of virtual particles — one of matter , one of antimatter — spontaneously pop into existence all over the Universe . |
| 111 | Well , I waited up until three o'clock in the morning and he crawled in with footmarks all over his nice new suit where he 'd fallen on the floor and let everybody trample over him , blood pouring down his shirt from a head wound , a balloon tied round his neck and a paper hat on . |
| 112 | With our London office , we are perfectly placed to compete with solicitors all over the country , and , what 's more , we charge less . ’ |
| 113 | Quite a big business , with contracts all over this part of the country . ’ |
| 114 | mine , with hair all over it , my hair for my brush |
| 115 | Whereas BA senior finds it hard to survive between annual meetings — and now has difficulty in attracting 1500 people to what should be an annual science feast — BAYS is a thriving operation , with branches all over the country . |
| 116 | Contact Victim Support ( see box ) , a counselling service with branches all over the country . |
| 117 | I told the co-pilot to take over and I went back to the radio room and saw Charlie with blood all over his head and the front of his flight suit ’ . |
| 118 | Lamarr jumped back dropping the broken pieces and with blood all over his hand and face . |
| 119 | As director of the Lucerne Festival , and principal conductor of the London Mozart Players , as well as a regular guest conductor with orchestras all over the world , he is well placed to promote the cause . |
| 120 | This game is based on the Simon game that was a hit with kids all over the U.K. a number of years ago . |