Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [v-ing] [noun] [adv] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within the context of current agricultural policies there are sound economic and social reasons for abandoning farming altogether over large areas of the uplands and using the land for other purposes which would both be profitable and create employment . |
| 2 | I declined with thanks and waved him on : I had only two more miles to walk to Shiel Bridge and could n't get any wetter and did n't want to repay his kindness by spraying water all over his car . |
| 3 | The group would also be using a base in Perth as a central point for sending cranes all over the country . |
| 4 | After a couple of minutes he heard the familiar clanking sound that indicated that Fagg was taking refuge in the contents of his various pockets and had commenced the process of smearing snuff all over himself and the surrounding furniture . |
| 5 | It is these basic measures which can make a difference to saving lives all over the world . |
| 6 | But she 's adding to it by the month with a lucrative round of speaking engagements all over the world at up to £125,000 a time . |
| 7 | The Dental News newsletter , issued by the Princeton Dental Resource Centre , based in New Jersey and picked up by dental patients in waiting rooms all over America suggested that an ingredient of cocoa , tannin , had been shown to inhibit the formation of plaque on the teeth , therefore helping stop cavities . |
| 8 | With the catapults they use to keep birds from the crops , they launch a couple of parting stones far over my head . |