Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun sg] [adv] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | For some reason quite beyond Harry 's comprehension , somebody had been thrown from a window in Prague in the year of grace 1618 and this had provoked thirty years of bloody conflict all over Europe . |
| 2 | Dr P was asked what effect the growth of English literature all over the world , and the advent of modern literary criticism , had had on English teaching in universities : |
| 3 | There was a glorious sunset rush of pure-blooded warmth all over her back and right down to her fingertips . |
| 4 | Ever since I can remember there have been little stickers of white paper all over the house with neat black-biro writing on them . |
| 5 | This is because the UK would have to contribute £39 000 a year to a fund to help protect natural and cultural sites of international importance all over the world . |
| 6 | well he likes marshal art do n't he ? we wo n't tell daddy that you knocked a full on the table of black currant all over the carpet will we ? |
| 7 | It 's positioned under the usual plates , ( with flat plate uppermost ) and the outflow from the tank hits the rotating bar , sending a spray of oxygenated water all over the media . |
| 8 | At this time there was evidence of increasing irritation locally over what was seen as interference by central government . |
| 9 | Bring back the express so , it does n't sort of highlight it , because they do n't have tiers of borrowed storage all over the place . |
| 10 | His target was ‘ the spate of mean building all over the country that is shrivelling up the Old England — mean and perky little houses that surely none but mean and perky little souls should inhabit with satisfaction ’ ( p. 15 ) . |
| 11 | I 'm not sure about that but I am sure that the relative strength of a South African side is the subject of heated debate all over the rugby world and , depending on who you speak to , the ‘ Boks are either the true World Champions or a collection of dinosaurs , hopelessly out of touch with the modern game and in for a rude awakening . |
| 12 | His death was supposed to have been messy , and there was a lot of realistic blood all over his costume . |
| 13 | This one was very small with grey fur all over its body . |
| 14 | Newcomen died in 1729 , when his engines were coming into increasing use all over Europe as well as in Britain , and soon in America too , but he had gained little financial advantage from his invention . |
| 15 | ‘ A nice oozy one , with green weed all over it ! |
| 16 | The leading element in this upheaval was the student movement , and although students became independently active in political life all over the world — in Eastern Europe and in the Third World just as much as in the West — the principal expression of a distinctive radical doctrine and mode of political action , which became to a large extent a model for the whole international movement , was to be found in the US , in the Students for a Democratic Society ( SDS ) . |
| 17 | So surveyors were in great demand all over the country . |
| 18 | They are in great demand all over the world . |
| 19 | It is therefore interesting to find such a marked increase in salaried employment even over this five-year period . |
| 20 | In the absence of a Ministry of Justice the Home Office has acquired its responsibilities for criminal justice piecemeal over many years . |
| 21 | Apparently it was n't thought essential , but odd leaks from the room-nodes around spilled weight intermittently over her . |