Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun] [adv] over " in BNC.
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| 31 | But even as preparations were being made to fly them home , talks were going on with independent schools all over England in the hope of finding them free places.Andrew Auster is one of the organizers of the scheme … and he 'll be taking some of the orphans at the Downs School in Colwall : |
| 32 | This one was very small with grey fur all over its body . |
| 33 | Newcomen died in 1729 , when his engines were coming into increasing use all over Europe as well as in Britain , and soon in America too , but he had gained little financial advantage from his invention . |
| 34 | you had to belt the players so hard that you ended up with small bruises all over your hand from where their heads indented . |
| 35 | ‘ A nice oozy one , with green weed all over it ! |
| 36 | He kissed her lips , then trailed his mouth with tantalising slowness down over her breasts , her stomach , her thighs , lingering at the place where passion focused itself . |
| 37 | Two children from her husband 's first marriage were also staying , ‘ and if I could have pictures , ’ she says , ‘ I would have drawn the house with big bulges all over it . ’ |
| 38 | Among the tepid metal and tile of the locker room , or slumped over the paper cups and coffee balloons of the commissary-Johnny 's there , with unspeakable skidmarks all over his smock . |
| 39 | We got two Grieg classics — Spring and I Love You — and then the Prokofiev , a delight with its roaming tonalities , its incisive sketches and its shafts of psychological insight ( like the thrilling high speeded-up waltz , with music-box runs all over the place , that played in the duckling 's mind as he looked at his reflection and found he was a swan ) . |
| 40 | In 1934 the British members of the NATPS took another step along this road when , after talking with officials of America 's National Association of Creditmen , they planned to form an ‘ Institute of Creditmen ’ , a body of individuals , which came into being in April 1939 based in London but with local societies all over Britain . |
| 41 | Group Membership was mentioned , but thought to be a retrograde step the Sports Council favours Individual Membership with special categories i.e. Over 60s — Under 16 's — those on Social Security — those attending certain specialised classes . |
| 42 | Among his public works ( mentioned in Elucidario Madeirense by Silva and Meneses ) , he was responsible for building houses of refuge near the exposed mountain passes , and public fountains for thirsty travellers all over Funchal , at his own expense . |
| 43 | Runs further training courses for qualified teachers all over the country |
| 44 | The leading element in this upheaval was the student movement , and although students became independently active in political life all over the world — in Eastern Europe and in the Third World just as much as in the West — the principal expression of a distinctive radical doctrine and mode of political action , which became to a large extent a model for the whole international movement , was to be found in the US , in the Students for a Democratic Society ( SDS ) . |
| 45 | For years it continued to give pleasure at countless cinema shows in deaf institutes all over the country until demand for the available films gradually ceased . |
| 46 | When he died they found seven thousand pounds in notes hidden away in different places all over his cottage … ’ |
| 47 | Demand is high and dealers in the United States regularly receive inquiries from interested buyers all over the world . |
| 48 | ‘ We receive shipments from foreign markets all over Europe , even Africa . |
| 49 | Fairies are reported to be thick on the ground living in grassy mounds all over the island . |
| 50 | They originate in China but are now grown in warm countries all over the world , and the ones we enjoy from June to September come in the main from France , Italy and Spain . |
| 51 | ‘ Notwithstanding the fact the minister and I , as chief financial officer , are accountable to Parliament — and there 's no comparison between appearing before the parliamentary accounts committee and shareholders at an AGM — the benefits are delivered in tiny pockets all over the country which makes it impossible to control directly from the centre . |
| 52 | British Telecom has been installing extra lines ‘ in terraced houses all over the capital ’ so that some stockbrokers , bankers and insurance agents can work from home . |
| 53 | In Jewish kitchens all over the world , women will be holding their breath in fear — the Plava is in the oven . |
| 54 | So surveyors were in great demand all over the country . |
| 55 | They are in great demand all over the world . |
| 56 | It is therefore interesting to find such a marked increase in salaried employment even over this five-year period . |
| 57 | It has enormous resources , and controlling interests in key outfits all over the Western world . ’ |
| 58 | By 1800 , societies had been founded in provincial capitals all over Spain and the whole movement was centralized in the Madrid Society , ‘ receiving its impulses from the provinces and reflecting those influences thither strengthened ’ . |
| 59 | Similar species can be found in Silurian limestones all over Europe and North America . |
| 60 | But it come all out in grey streaks all over it , I wrote to them . |