Example sentences of "a [noun sg] of [noun] [adv] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Algal , lichen and moss communities grow wherever there is a hint of moisture , in a variety of habitats all over the continent . |
| 2 | Tell you what I 've chucked many a bucket of water on over them |
| 3 | And she 's dropped a tin of paint all over her trainers . |
| 4 | You keep meeting the same people in a sector of industry all over the world . ’ |
| 5 | A tiny creature which cuts a tracery of lines all over the surface of floating foliage . |
| 6 | ‘ Maybe he 's a real-estate developer who 's planning a row of condos right over there where the volleyball net is , ’ Charity suggested uncharitably . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's disgusting , ’ contributed Mrs Harper from time to time , presenting her flat , mean , worthless little counter simply because she could not bear to remain silent , to sit back where others played , although she recognized herself temporarily outnumbered , ‘ disgusting , I call it , ’ and Shirley , hearing this phrase for the millionth time , had a vision of households all over Britain in which censorious , ignorant old bags like her mother-in-law , who had never done anything for the public good , who had nothing positive ever to contribute to any argument , passed judgement on others while stuffing themselves with goose and roast potatoes and sprouts and apple sauce . |
| 8 | They have built up a list of people all over the world who have been sending them football songs and now send Beatles covers as well . |
| 9 | ‘ We have lost a lot of ponds all over the country , so the ones we do have are even more important as wildlife habitats . ’ |
| 10 | And the worst thing you can do is to screw it all up by putting a lot of technique all over it ! ' |
| 11 | There will be a lot of cloud again over many parts of England and Wales , although it might become a little brighter at times . |
| 12 | I know that there are no easy answers , but if we do not at least attempt to act decisively , Zagreb , Dubrovnik , Vukovar and Osijek could be just the first names on a ghastly roll call resembling those unending , poignant first world war memorials that are such a feature of life all over the continent of Europe . |
| 13 | The station has broadcast a couple of times legally over the past year . |
| 14 | He preferred painting on a closely woven canvas , and sometimes when he had finished the work he placed a sheet of paper carefully over the fresh paint to merge the colours . |
| 15 | a load of feathers all over his face . |
| 16 | The day had got off to a bad start as it was ( late for work , lost the shop key , spilt a load of fish-food all over the floor and then cracked my head on a shelf while clearing it up ) . |