Example sentences of "[verb] down [adv] over the " in BNC.
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1 | The statues came tumbling down all over the Soviet Union . |
2 | The position of the outlets on the fascia board can be determined by a plumbline hanging down centrally over the gully or drain inlet . |
3 | Part of the rope still swung there , hanging down directly over the water . |
4 | You see it written down all over the place incorrectly . |
5 | While the weight of the waste we all throw away has been going down slightly over the last twenty years , ( because things like glass , plastic bottles and cans have become thinner ) , the volume of waste has been rising . |
6 | For the nation as a whole , the visible effect was a huge rise in unemployment and a vast drop in the gross domestic product , with factories , mills , and pits closing down all over the country . |
7 | And they 'd go down right over the main road , right over the fields , over the railway , through the fields along the beach there . |
8 | ‘ Something like 90,000 acres of trees per minute are being chopped down all over the world , ’ contributed Lydia off the top of her head . |