Example sentences of "[noun] be [verb] [adv] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first 20 live closest to the hospital that is to do the transplant , the next 20 are somewhat further afield and the remainder are scattered all over the country . |
| 2 | At midnight the church bells are sounded all over the city and the sky is full of all varieties of fireworks . |
| 3 | In eastern Germany itself , subscribers are being linked via cellular or microwave radio to newly-installed digital networks , and similar patterns are emerging all over Eastern Europe . |
| 4 | S at 3.21A ) link the molecules together in polymeric chains and the molecules are slipped sideways over one another such that the ‘ right-hand end ’ of one molecule overlaps the ‘ left-hand end ’ of the next one . |
| 5 | There are , however , instances where fixed term contracts are renewed automatically over a considerable period of time and can reasonably be described as ‘ rolling ’ contracts . |
| 6 | The teaching faculties and administrative offices are scattered all over the city but , forming a wonderful backdrop to King 's Parade , stands the Senate House . |
| 7 | But , after a glorious day 's exploring , by the time we turned for home the weather had become very wild , and as we approached the first barrier , waves were breaking fiercely over the road . |
| 8 | ‘ Their pictures were spread all over the news bulletins . |
| 9 | The few remaining tanks of the Chelonian assault force were moving rapidly over the rock towards them . |
| 10 | Your eyes were darting all over me , you could barely speak , your face was burning up with heat … ’ |
| 11 | The squalls were screeching now over their heads , rain curtains hurtling after each other seaward across the low swampland . |
| 12 | Memorial rallies were held all over Hungary on Oct. 23 to commemorate the 1956 revolution and the proclamation of the Hungarian Republic in 1989 [ see pp. 36961 ; 37739 ] . |
| 13 | Rather grudgingly a voice said , ‘ The Prime Minister ’ , and supporting voices were heard all over the room . |
| 14 | Several sinuous black shapes were ghosting swiftly over the grass from the treeline opposite the front of the house . |
| 15 | A. The high reputation of Sheffield cutlery is known all over the world . |
| 16 | Though Jackson was the first to congratulate Olympic champion McKoy , the disappointment was written all over his face . |
| 17 | Though Jackson was the first to congratulate the Olympic champion , the disappointment was written all over his face . |
| 18 | Though Jackson was the first to congratulate the Olympic champion , the disappointment was written all over his face . |
| 19 | The command was tossed languidly over his shoulder and immediately loaded crossbows were brought up and aimed at our chests . |
| 20 | And I can always remember it was in the middle of winter and put on the , the four that bit circular bit put it into the four wheel drive and it came up there wonderful and the , yet er going in we were and the other car was swaying all over the place . |
| 21 | Roger led up and rightwards onto the ice and it was quickly apparent that in places the snow was lying directly over rock , with what ice there was insecurely bonded to the smooth slabs . |
| 22 | The wind was hissing loudly over them , whipping off their tops and spraying them into a conveyor-belt of sand , an opaque draught , streaming across the road and up and over the dunes on the other side . |
| 23 | Based on original sheep shears , 82 different models are exported all over the world . |
| 24 | It proves that winds are distributed all over the globe , and that the whole planet enjoys a circulatory system like — ’ |
| 25 | These circumstances are mirrored all over the country and are linked with the lack of a firm policy framework at school , local authority and national level . |
| 26 | Footsteps are heard all over the building causing surprise and apprehension and expectancy in those visitors who have heard about the phenomena but have n't experienced it . |
| 27 | This concept of individual timetables enables us to get away from the focus on the family or household as an undifferentiated unit , and to understand something of the complex patterns which evolve when individuals ' lives are woven together over the period of their lifetimes . |
| 28 | ‘ But I felt so guilty — just as if my parents were looking disapprovingly over my shoulder the whole time ! |
| 29 | Vast amounts of capital and capacity were installed all over the world in expectation of continuing rising demand and no technological change . |
| 30 | Patriots were running all over the place , periwigs ablaze , screaming for help , burrowing into the sand and rolling . |