Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She ran her fingers slowly over the stubbly , woven texture of a wall-hanging , part woven , part collage . |
| 2 | At Ellon , where the modern road forks right over the bridge on the A92 , and a pretty walk runs along by the river Ythan , the landlady of an inn where they breakfasted wished she had remembered to show to this great doctor ( of whom they had heard ) a child of hers with a chronic lump in his throat . |
| 3 | No , no it 's not because B T all over the country is n't it |
| 4 | ‘ I have promised to take big fights all over the country and they come no bigger than a bout with a world title at stake , ’ Hearn said . |
| 5 | What a growing part of agriculture all over the world had in common was subjection to the industrial world economy . |
| 6 | There were dead birds all over the streets . |
| 7 | ‘ We 'd go to all these really swinging parties with all these naked birds all over the place , all covered in drugs , and then this geezer in an acrylic suit would walk in. ‘ 'E would n't talk to anyone . |
| 8 | ‘ We 'd go to all these really swinging parties with all these naked birds all over the place , all covered in drugs , and then this geezer in an acrylic suit would walk in. ‘ 'E would n't talk to anyone . |
| 9 | Perhaps Trine was telling the truth and Love Hearts were being taken at raves all over the country . |
| 10 | He joined a syndicate which invested in the insurance market … underwriting policies all over the world , from family cars to ships ' cargoes . |
| 11 | So she did — her brother-in-law , a schoolteacher with a young growing family , a huge mortgage and debts all over the place . |
| 12 | They crawled out the bucket all over the deck . |
| 13 | and he could n't a job and then , I me I mean , he tried for apprenticeships all over the place and other jobs and he just could n't get one ! |
| 14 | MONEY raised through the Church of Ireland 's Bishops ' Appeal will go towards relief projects all over the world . |
| 15 | Since railways were built anywhere , they could not necessarily rely on a local labour-force , but developed a corps of nomadic labourers ( known in Britain as the ‘ navvies ’ ) , such as still characterises the great construction projects all over the world . |
| 16 | Almost she rose through the strata of realities to wakefulness , but then her lover glided his fingers gently over the curve of her jaw to mine pleasure from her throat . |
| 17 | She ran her fingers gently over the manila surface and felt the outline of something small and cold inside . |
| 18 | They will be affected for the rest of their lives by the kind of diet which is condemned by nutritionists all over the world as likely to lead to a whole variety of illnesses in later life . |
| 19 | As we have seen , it is probable that pairs of virtual particles — one of matter , one of antimatter — spontaneously pop into existence all over the Universe . |
| 20 | Think , instead , of a large population in which there is not much movement , so that individuals tend to resemble their immediate neighbours more than their more distant neighbours , even though there is continuous interbreeding all over the whole area . |
| 21 | And when we seen them , we just bust ourselves laughing , cos they looked so funny with Marie 's hair all over the place and me with this real surprised look on my face . |
| 22 | Chadwick arrives , breezing into the bar , looking well and happy , with a big grin and his hair all over the place . |
| 23 | My own vanity , such as it was , could not accept any of this ; in that dressing-gown , and with my hair all over the place , I was hardly something that a chance met man would want to lay claim to . |
| 24 | I found her by the side of the house with her dog , looking like a complete tramp , with a patched-up old coat and hair all over the place . |
| 25 | The little one was podgy with puppy fat and a front tooth missing and a ravishing smile and hair all over the place . |
| 26 | Hair all over the place ? ’ |
| 27 | He was the sort of man who was always punctual and here she was with her hair all over the place and a shiny nose . |
| 28 | ‘ I saw the evidence with my own eyes , Melanie wearing only a dressing-gown , her hair all over the place . |
| 29 | Woke me up , shouting your secrets all over the mill . ’ |
| 30 | He said his name was Christmas and he had worked his magic act in theatres and royal palaces all over the world . |