Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well sir , they 're , we support dipping because it 's already been stated to note that we make most of the money for Shropshire from farming , and sheep is one of the big things which we sell all over the country , but unless we can guarantee our sheep are clear of er , disease people are n't going to come here and buy meat and stuff are they ? |
| 2 | Mix the herbs into the softened butter and rub all over the lamb . |
| 3 | Treasures front all over the world . |
| 4 | Fibrous tissue replaces this , the capillaries heal and contract down over a period of months to leave a linear scar . |
| 5 | That 'll be lovely , I say politely over the telephone , do come round , it 'll be nice to see you . |
| 6 | A wind was gathering at the coast , preparing to sweep across the fields , lean against the few trees and race on over the road , across to the far side of the island . |
| 7 | Drape over , press down over the top and sides , and smooth to fit over the corners before trimming away excess around the base . |
| 8 | It was built by Francis Smallman , whose initials and those of his wife Ellen appear all over the plasterwork ceilings . |
| 9 | These kindly present-buying people will be set upon immediately by the old cake-shop lady , who will convince them that what all ‘ the young people ’ are going for are these lovely olive green PVC capes that fit nicely over a rucksack . |
| 10 | There was Duncan McCrea , behind both of them , on his knees , head down over a ditch , hands deep in the water supporting his weight , retching up his guts . |
| 11 | From the inner-city I steer shakily over the Liffey and through the cobbled streets and mixed primary colours of old Dublin , through a wide stretch of bleak , bland suburbs and onto a motorway . |
| 12 | Insert the gaskets in the aluminium glazing bar cap ; place centrally over the rafter gasket and screw down no more than 400mm apart , using matching coloured acetal headed stainless steel screws . |
| 13 | Two discias , D. cordata , ‘ Ruby field ’ and D. stachyoïdes sprawl out over the gravel . |
| 14 | There is a sad inevitability about the battles which wage continuously over the future of the wilder uplands of Scotland . |
| 15 | Every moment of Rainbow 's existence during my time at the Fair has been tracked , recorded , docketed and programmed for easy-edit , so I am able to wipe , play-back , freeze-frame or skim fast over the boring bits . |
| 16 | Interviewers and cameramen with slavering lips and wolfish grins ( all Americans are dogs ) press forward over a film set piled high with gaunt striped-pyjama 'd corpses . |
| 17 | The beetles protect theirs by turning the front pair into stiff thick covers which fit neatly over the top of the abdomen . |
| 18 | Over a third of the Group 's 104,000 UK employees hold shares through the Staff Profit Sharing Scheme and have seen the value of the shares grow significantly over the last five years as a result of the company 's continued success . |
| 19 | Undoubtedly the strangest of Sulawesi 's amazing fauna , the babirusa , a species of pig with four tusks , two of which curve backwards over the head . |
| 20 | The longer upper tusks grow upwards through the skin and curve backwards over the eyes . |
| 21 | The deeply moated site of the former manor house marks the edge of the old settlement ; sheep now graze peacefully over the remains of the village and over the ridge and furrow patterns of what were once the communal arable fields . |
| 22 | As he spoke a dark pool of blood began to gather under the luxuriant mane of Harriet 's auburn hair which had escaped from the loosened snood and spread slowly over the ground . |
| 23 | Did your Gary Sprake also dive right over the ball when you were leading 1–0 in the cup final : - ) ) ) |
| 24 | Now , as a new year begins , will you help Save the Children to continue providing care and support all over the world ? |
| 25 | Fry gently over a low heat for about 10 minutes . |
| 26 | The doctors said that he would have bled to death at a lower altitude and I 'm sure this is so , because as we let down over the Channel his bleeding started again . |
| 27 | ‘ They dive all over the place . |
| 28 | Yes , it 's like just walk all over the students again . |
| 29 | He looked down at the scatter of handwritten pages spread all over the table , and tensed his body as though anticipating a blow . |
| 30 | By the late eleventh century the hand of Cluny was felt in houses spread all over the north of Spain and down into Italy , even to La Cava near Naples and over into Sicily , and also across the south and west of Germany in the movement which had its centre in Hirsau . |