Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [adv] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | This went on for well over a month , with the owls flying free in the barn , until we were sure they were confident and happy in their surroundings . |
| 2 | As the final election results come in from all over the country , it is clear they will be helping to run many Soviet towns and cities . |
| 3 | Russia 's independent Union of Drivers has sent trucks to the coal fields to distribute the food donations that have poured in from all over the country . |
| 4 | Someone had ‘ discovered ’ Heymouth years before , and the beauty of this little fishing village cast an irresistible spell on those who , undaunted by its remote situation and the lack of organized transport , began to stream in from all over Britain . |
| 5 | Although many of the better-paid staff , especially those with engineering expertise , were brought in from all over the country , much of the local labour came from the town of Bridgwater , ten miles away by road . |
| 6 | ‘ I had no idea what the response would be , but all of a sudden all this equipment started coming in from all over the world . |
| 7 | The thousands of items on her shopping list are brought in from all over the world in quantities that could feed a small town — 70 tonnes of sausages , 300 tonnes of tomatoes , 250,000 pints of milk , six million eggs and 350,000 litres of fresh orange juice . |
| 8 | The voice of the future mimes the supposed experts who presume to know what lies in wait : ‘ Soon the ecopolitical system will crumble , and sado-experts will fly in from all over the world and poke into its smoking entrails and utter smooching agnostications ’ ( 15 ) , or : ‘ The ecozoologists will then fly in from all over the world and poke its entrails and fraudcast a stooging diregnosis ’ ( 18 ) . |
| 9 | The voice of the future mimes the supposed experts who presume to know what lies in wait : ‘ Soon the ecopolitical system will crumble , and sado-experts will fly in from all over the world and poke into its smoking entrails and utter smooching agnostications ’ ( 15 ) , or : ‘ The ecozoologists will then fly in from all over the world and poke its entrails and fraudcast a stooging diregnosis ’ ( 18 ) . |
| 10 | They knew I was catching the plane ; they came running in from all over the place with their big zoom lenses and what they want is : the butterfly 's wings are broken , so let's get a picture of her face . |
| 11 | The success of the promotion has led to requests for information flooding in from all over Europe and the US . |
| 12 | The enormous number of immigrants who poured in from all over the country congested the old area within the medieval walls of the City and created new suburbs all around . |
| 13 | And orders are rolling in from all over Europe . |
| 14 | Work has come in from all over the UK , and even the charity Farm Africa uses the Hoy facility . |
| 15 | This needs no breaking in , has a waterproof Goretex lining and weighs in at just over a pound a pair . |
| 16 | This is another of those modern Western diseases that seems to have mushroomed up from nowhere over the past fifty years . |
| 17 | There was a surge in so-called hotting displays 18 months ago , during the warm summer nights , when people turned up from all over the country to watch . |
| 18 | There was a surge in so-called hotting displays 18 months ago , during the warm summer nights , when people turned up from all over the country to watch . |
| 19 | Around 70 bidders turned up from all over the country and auctioneer , Barry Bufton was optimistic . |
| 20 | The ‘ xuechao ’ died out after just over one week but at its height both the university and state authorities were concerned that demonstrations could occur involving not only the Beida students but those from nearby campuses and even disaffected workers . |
| 21 | Some of them come back from all over Britain . |
| 22 | If they come out at just over 13/16in , three will stack up to make 2–1/2in . |
| 23 | The third year saw a major initiative in this area , involving 545 teacher-days , while in the fourth year there was something of a reversal as the amount of time was cut back by well over a half . |