Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [adv] over the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Research on methods for controlling pests without chemicals is going on all over the world and the latest greenfly predator to come under scientific scrutiny is the lacewing . |
| 32 | Then she noticed the lights going on all over the school but thought no more about it . |
| 33 | While the weight of the waste we all throw away has been going down slightly over the last twenty years , ( because things like glass , plastic bottles and cans have become thinner ) , the volume of waste has been rising . |
| 34 | There 's loads of new garages going in all over the place . |
| 35 | 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 . |
| 36 | Some of them have got arms going off all over the place . |
| 37 | 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 . |
| 38 | Sicked up all over the hideous tangerine carpet . |
| 39 | For months afterwards copies of forms turned up all over the Manchester office . |
| 40 | Ride to Langholm in Eskdale this first night , then lie up there over the morrow . |
| 41 | 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 . |
| 42 | 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 . |
| 43 | Yeah I know but they do n't turn up and you get all tangled up all over the place |
| 44 | It is expected to be used up gradually over the relevant period — 15 or 18 years in this case — so as to be exhausted by the end of the period . |
| 45 | ‘ The lights are going out all over the galaxy , ’ he said softly . |
| 46 | 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 ’ . |
| 47 | 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 . |
| 48 | ‘ That old geyser rushing about all over the place , trying to stop people dancing . ’ |
| 49 | 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 . |
| 50 | The books are lying about all over the place in Shellerton . |
| 51 | The targets were frequently altered , bomb loads changed , keeping the armourers constantly on the run with bombs lying about all over the field . |
| 52 | ’ Its noisy and there 's always loads of equipmenjt lying about all over the place , but it 's great fun . ’ |
| 53 | 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 . |
| 54 | 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 . |
| 55 | ‘ If I have to watch you any longer I 'll throw up all over the table . ’ |
| 56 | Laura , you let me throw up all over the alley , all over Bill 's cab . |
| 57 | People will puke up all over the place and since it 's your fault , you 'll have to clear up the mess . |
| 58 | 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 |
| 59 | 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 . |
| 60 | 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 . |