Example sentences of "[adv] and [adv] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The refurbishers have been in and out over the generations . |
| 2 | We 'll just have to tell everybody , she goes , right the way down and straight over the top |
| 3 | He dared not move , for fear of starting a slide of loose stones that would carry him down and irresistibly over the edge of the quarry . |
| 4 | Thirdly , our policy analysis and research team , takes responsibility for looking further ahead , and doing a lot of the initial thinking about both the challenges and the opportunities that will affect the sector domestically and internationally over the next few years . |
| 5 | The horse dentist will smooth the sharpness away by using a metal rasp which is rubber backwards and forwards over the teeth . |
| 6 | She was walking backwards and forwards over the makeshift stage shaking sand on to the boards from a small bucket , trying to evoke the desert sands of Saudi Arabia . |
| 7 | A niggling hip injury , which has troubled him on and off over the past year and hampered his preparation , was closer to the root of his troubles than any age-related downswing . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've seen him on and off over the years . ’ |
| 9 | That misconception had continued on and off over the following six or seven years . |
| 10 | However , per capita food production in Africa has been declining slowly and steadily over the last few decades . |
| 11 | They flashed quickly and calculatingly over the assembled company before Charlie smiled . |
| 12 | Keep your wrists loose , elbows at right angles , and tap your fingertips quickly and rhythmically over the area . |
| 13 | When applying a varnish , the brush should be dipped into it for about one-third of the length of the bristles and then , holding the brush in a similar way to a pencil , with the fingers holding the metal ferrule and the handle resting between the thumb and first finger , spread the varnish quickly and evenly over a small area . |
| 14 | In general if an illness has appeared rapidly and vigorously over a matter of hours then one should look for a cause in the preceding few hours or day at the most . |
| 15 | It is much better to build up endurance levels gradually and gently over a period of weeks and months . |
| 16 | The seagulls wheeled off and up over the harbour . |
| 17 | More and more over the last few years , however , findings both from his own lab and others have tended to enrich the somewhat simplistic reductionist framework within which the Aplysia findings had earlier been set . |
| 18 | He represented all the kids back home and all over the world . ’ |
| 19 | Spoon the mixture carefully and evenly over the topping . |
| 20 | When she looked up she could see the bees shooting up and away over the wall , and by each hive there was a continual coming and going of bees , some of whose pouches were brilliant with golden pollen . |
| 21 | If your weight has gone up and down over the last year ( or ten years ! ) try to remember when and why it was up or down . |
| 22 | If you weave half way across a row and stop and take off the sinker plate , you 'll see the weaving yarn weaving up and down over the needles . |
| 23 | Andy licked his fingers and started to stroke them up and down over the purple bulge of his cock . |
| 24 | She thumbed the pages quickly , her eyes running up and down over the print . |
| 25 | This produces extraordinary scenes when traffic is heavy , with cars proceeding smoothly and quietly over the ramps , almost like a school of porpoises . |
| 26 | I ca n't do that bloody thing , it goes arsehole upwards and all over the place . |
| 27 | There is not much sound , except perhaps the musical whirr and clack of a mowing machine being pushed back and forth over a neighbouring lawn , and the clink of cups and saucers and a soft footfall as tea is prepared indoors . ’ |
| 28 | Sometimes he would secretly watch other eagles whose territory he had trespassed over , to learn from them the art of quartering back and forth over an area to find prey and flush it out |
| 29 | In my home in Wales last week , I paced back and forth over the flagstones , my aerial before me , like a dowser looking for water . |
| 30 | He made loud wailing noises as he sailed back and forth over the wall , missing the top by inches . |