Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [adv] over [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ And I presume this sort of thing goes on all over the country ? ’
2 The position of the outlets on the fascia board can be determined by a plumbline hanging down centrally over the gully or drain inlet .
3 Part of the rope still swung there , hanging down directly over the water .
4 For some time all three moved on quietly over the grass , while the shadows grew stronger and the wood-pigeons clattered among the distant trees .
5 A deep depression with a centre varying between 968 and 978 millibars moved from the Faroes to the mouth of the Elbe , while behind it a ridge of high pressure built up strongly over the Atlantic .
6 I suppose it built up slowly over the years … ’
7 Begin by exercising moderately for 5–10 minutes per day , and build up gradually over a period of a month .
8 The sun had come out fully over the abbey mills and the narrow bridge of Meole brook , and in the foregate there was bustle enough .
9 They have discovered that problems that they thought had to be brought in person to a bureau , can in fact be carried out successfully over the telephone .
10 Not like now with all these casualties walking around all over the place , getting into fights . ’
11 While he , Owen , was tearing around all over the place like a bloody lunatic !
12 Mildred realized that her head had reappeared , which must have looked rather alarming , bobbing about all over the place with no body attached .
13 And , yes , there are a couple of lines around the eyes , and a grey hair or twenty ( at least they 're all together in a neat bunch , not lurking about all over the place ) and the neck does n't look too good in some , particularly unflattering , lights , but then I do n't suppose yours would , either .
14 Flora put her hands over her ears and began to jump about all over the kitchen .
15 Lights came on all over the Ship .
16 Feet came along smartly over the sand and dirt of the path , were cushioned briefly by the grass of the bank into inaudibility , then snapped over twigs and beech-husks .
17 You see it written down all over the place incorrectly .
18 erm the minor awards or discretionary awards as they became and that 's erm , I was given this job and er that 's how it 's built up really over the years .
19 Very few films are about rape , although it crops up all over the place — from the narrative device launching an endless cycle of Death Wish movies , to general ’ scene-setting ’ in war movies and crime thrillers , or used with sublime insensitivity to illuminate ( male ) character : Robert De Niro raping his childhood sweetheart in Once Upon A Time In America , Bob Hoskins forcing himself on the maid in The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne .
20 They say that the concentrated magnetic fields in sunspots spread out all over the sun somewhat after the maximum of solar activity .
21 The sense of violence and anger , together with passionate interest , spilled out all over the place .
22 Big ideas : Sometimes the ‘ big ideas ’ of management theory become so fissile that they break out all over the place apparently independently .
23 As long as the controls are there to make sure they 're not wandering around all over the place which one hears about Group 4 and their reputation for letting people go which has become a bit of a joke .
24 ‘ We can eat later , ’ Leila called , trying to keep order over the group who were wandering about all over the place .
25 Seems to be wandering about all over the place !
26 ‘ It 's funny to sit here in the warm sunshine , and think of all that going on here over the centuries . ’
27 There was so much going on all over the mission , more often than not organized by the people themselves .
28 Then she noticed the lights going on all over the school but thought no more about it .
29 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 .
30 There 's loads of new garages going in all over the place .
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