Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun pl] [adv] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That philosopher , ’ said Scarlet , who seemed to have forgotten about going home , ‘ the one I was telling you about , he used to go galloping after women all over the place when his hair and his teeth were all falling out , and he used to write about the terrific compassion he felt for the human race , and his breath was foul . |
| 2 | 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 ! |
| 3 | The small tools have come from yards all over the country . |
| 4 | The long , low church is decorated by paintings all over the exterior and interior walls , openings and window frames . |
| 5 | Drawings on more traditional supports are featured in shows all over town this month . |
| 6 | Following the family service is the major bonus of a chance to talk to parents informally over coffee and biscuits . |
| 7 | Judging by the results achieved so far it 's likely to be adopted by archaeologists all over the UK . |
| 8 | As early as 1955 a CAB sub-committee was set up by the national committee to consider hire purchase problems as seen by bureaux all over the country and by other voluntary organisations with experience of families in difficulty ; and in addition to recommendations about trade practices , about possible action by local authorities , and other things , which were sent to the appropriate associations or government departments , the deliberations of the committee produced results which were to have an influence on the trend and standing of much CAB work in the future . |
| 9 | Gulls travel for miles all over the countryside and the coast collecting their food . |
| 10 | The headstones here were used as models all over central Bohemia . |
| 11 | Betsy was lucky she had many friends who relished her company by Old Father Thames , where they all congregated when evening came round , cuddling in clusters all over the ground . |
| 12 | It was proposed that the students of Torcy 's academy should be employed in making " a more complete and exact collection of peace-treaties " , with an accompanying commentary ; while the largest such enterprise hitherto , the Corps universel diplomatique du droit des gens of J. Dumont de Carlscroon ( twelve volumes : Amsterdam — The Hague , 1726 ) , an assembly of documents reaching back to the age of Charlemagne and drawn from sources all over Europe , was designed mainly as a help in policy-making and a kind of portable archive for the use of diplomats . |
| 13 | Gone was the flattened-out effect ; a more contoured look was possible with these sticks that could be bought from chemists all over the country . |
| 14 | Wine is exported from areas all over the world . |
| 15 | Volumes of Roberts ' prints of Lebanon and Palestine can be bought in stores all over Beirut . |
| 16 | He told me that the sacred water was bottled and sold to Irishmen all over the world for its healing powers . |
| 17 | They exhibit at shows all over the country , and the nursery at Woodmancote has become famous for it 's collection . |
| 18 | He sat with a small radar screen in front of him , writing up the small strips that are used by controllers all over the world , strips that have all the different aircraft information on them . |
| 19 | At one point a group of us decided that the best way to stop being hassled about separatism was to publish instalments of the CLIT papers in the weekly newsletter , which was mailed to women all over London and beyond . |
| 20 | Huge photographs of Ken Palmer 's run-out blunder involving Graham Gooch at Headingley have been displayed on buses all over Pakistan . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Hundreds of thousands of personal pledges received from countries all over the world will be attached to the Tree of Life as a powerful visual expression of the concern of individuals for the state of the Earth and their commitment to protect it . |
| 23 | Offers of help for the Bosnian evacuees have been received from countries all over the world including Britain . |
| 24 | Components were stacked in piles all over the factory floor like the contents of an attic . |
| 25 | ‘ We deal with companies all over Europe and the French are pretty good . |
| 26 | Average mothers , with ten children between them , expressing the typical anxiety ( shared with parents all over the world ) what their offspring eat this evening should be good , wholesome and , above all , safe . |
| 27 | With our London office , we are perfectly placed to compete with solicitors all over the country , and , what 's more , we charge less . ’ |
| 28 | Since Ormesby was formed , thanks to a handful of enthusiasts , he has competed in tournaments all over the country . |
| 29 | Consumer borrowing advice was offered to the public by the Citizens Advice Bureaux to be found in towns all over Britain . |
| 30 | The period from the building of the first cotton mills up to a restrictive parliamentary act of 1816 was the era of the factory apprentices — pauper children brought from workhouses all over the country to be indentured to misery . |