Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [prep] [noun] [adv] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a figure in a mask and a jacksuit with all this gear in pockets all over it , and she had a headset , and one for me , one like I would have had on if I had n't taken off in such a hurry , and she had jets , which no Gnat would have been seen dead with . |
| 2 | It was this hegemonic combination of a mighty domestic economy , a progressive ruling class ( in comparison with most others actually existing ) , and at least some desirable culturalideological features particularly attractive to ‘ modernizing ’ elites , that opened the global door to them and ensured the creation , persistence and often aggrandisement of social classes in countries all over the world willing and eager to adopt their transnational practices . |
| 3 | But enough family likeness remains to make the chimpanzees ' tea-time a most popular attraction in zoos all over the world . |
| 4 | We wanted to get away from it all but now find we 're in daily contact with people all over the world ! ’ |
| 5 | One only has to look at the diminishing casts in productions all over the country . |
| 6 | We assist in the movement of products and raw materials between nations all over the world . |
| 7 | The action smacked too much of the grandiose , if futile , gesture of the French nobility at Crécy just over a century earlier . |
| 8 | He was wearing a long woolly pullover with hedgehogs all over it , nothing else . |
| 9 | The raids were followed by a military action on the ground , and neutral Cambodia was drawn into the conflict , with appalling loss of life there over the next few years . |
| 10 | There is going to be a serious shortage of food all over the world during the next year . |
| 11 | If you are so concerned with the kindly nurture of infants , I suggest you turn your journalistic — conscience — to those children begotten by inadequate stupid parents being reared in appalling conditions in slums all over the country . |
| 12 | The Pope 's 450-page draft text has been drawn up with the help of 24,000 suggestions from bishops all over the world . |
| 13 | The South West Region plays host to a vast number of divers all over the country . |
| 14 | The worship of , or professed belief in , a god of some kind is to be found in varying degrees of sincerity all over the world . |
| 15 | So , there are these sort of centres all over the country , er but this is the first time that there has been one that has arts and science under the same room . |
| 16 | The significance of the birth of Christ is not the sudden appearance of angels all over the place , but the fact that such an important person was born in the most humble surroundings — in a poor and lowly stable . |
| 17 | Most of all , he was a campaigner for human rights for writers all over the world . |
| 18 | They often find it easier to deal with an agency rather than directly with someone , ’ said a spokesman for Poppies , the Darlington-based company with franchises all over the country ( –444 ) . |
| 19 | His mother had said that it was all very well to mock but she had stood many long hours at auctions all over the city finding the right pieces . |
| 20 | There is going to be all forms of Jihad all over the world because there is a sacred element , there is an element erm of er which is the presence of a foreign non-Muslim force in the Holy Land ; this is a very explosive element . |
| 21 | Suddenly , as we were about fifty yards from that lovely smell of coffee , there was an almighty roar as the barn blew up , scattering burning straw and all kinds of debris all over the farm area . |
| 22 | Some firms of English solicitors have branch offices in the major centres of commerce all over the world , to advise local clients on English law . |
| 23 | Particularly in the streets that have undergone a great deal of change since the war , like the street where I live myself , which is another thing that prompted me to , to go into the research in the first place , which is erm a house of small Victorian erm I believe the estate agents call them artisans ' cottages , and this kind of area which , there 's a great deal of this sort of property in Brighton , has undergone enormous changes since the war from being multi-occupied before the war , with one family on each floor , were regarded immediately after the war as slums and were scheduled for demolition , but they 've been a great lease of life all over the country , this sort of property , and been subjected to a process which has come to be known as gentrification , which has meant that when the middle class could n't afford to , to buy semi-detached in suburbs they took to buying this kind of smaller property in town centres , thereby introducing a whole new element into streets that had never seen these , this kind of things done to houses before . |
| 24 | Dee makes plenty of long journeys to clubs all over the country usually in a hired Ford Fiesta , as he does n't own a car . |
| 25 | Does my hon. Friend agree that many leaders of local industry are giving their time and experience to ensure the great success of TECs all over the United Kingdom and that it is imperative that we , the Government , ensure that they are properly funded ? |
| 26 | There were many representatives from churches all over our diocese who went to lobby their MPs . |
| 27 | What a growing part of agriculture all over the world had in common was subjection to the industrial world economy . |
| 28 | Another notable promotion , to the trade this time , involved Picador 's sending pairs of pink knickers to booksellers all over the country — mostly men — to promote Tama Janowitz' new novel , The Male Cross-Dresser Support Group . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | There is considerable pressure for people all over the world to migrate , for all sorts of reasons . |