Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] over [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well sir , they 're , we support dipping because it 's already been stated to note that we make most of the money for Shropshire from farming , and sheep is one of the big things which we sell all over the country , but unless we can guarantee our sheep are clear of er , disease people are n't going to come here and buy meat and stuff are they ? |
| 2 | Mix the herbs into the softened butter and rub all over the lamb . |
| 3 | Treasures front all over the world . |
| 4 | That 'll be lovely , I say politely over the telephone , do come round , it 'll be nice to see you . |
| 5 | It was built by Francis Smallman , whose initials and those of his wife Ellen appear all over the plasterwork ceilings . |
| 6 | These kindly present-buying people will be set upon immediately by the old cake-shop lady , who will convince them that what all ‘ the young people ’ are going for are these lovely olive green PVC capes that fit nicely over a rucksack . |
| 7 | Insert the gaskets in the aluminium glazing bar cap ; place centrally over the rafter gasket and screw down no more than 400mm apart , using matching coloured acetal headed stainless steel screws . |
| 8 | There is a sad inevitability about the battles which wage continuously over the future of the wilder uplands of Scotland . |
| 9 | Interviewers and cameramen with slavering lips and wolfish grins ( all Americans are dogs ) press forward over a film set piled high with gaunt striped-pyjama 'd corpses . |
| 10 | The beetles protect theirs by turning the front pair into stiff thick covers which fit neatly over the top of the abdomen . |
| 11 | Undoubtedly the strangest of Sulawesi 's amazing fauna , the babirusa , a species of pig with four tusks , two of which curve backwards over the head . |
| 12 | As he spoke a dark pool of blood began to gather under the luxuriant mane of Harriet 's auburn hair which had escaped from the loosened snood and spread slowly over the ground . |
| 13 | Did your Gary Sprake also dive right over the ball when you were leading 1–0 in the cup final : - ) ) ) |
| 14 | Now , as a new year begins , will you help Save the Children to continue providing care and support all over the world ? |
| 15 | ‘ They dive all over the place . |
| 16 | By the late eleventh century the hand of Cluny was felt in houses spread all over the north of Spain and down into Italy , even to La Cava near Naples and over into Sicily , and also across the south and west of Germany in the movement which had its centre in Hirsau . |
| 17 | The visible stars appear spread all over the night sky , but are particularly concentrated in one band , which we call the Milky Way . |
| 18 | All about Keswick he had noticed gangs of men building the giant reaches of drystone walls enclosing even the highest fell-land , the better to take advantage of grain prices in the war ; gangs of men working the woods , as charcoal-burners , swill-makers , coppice-workers , plain woodmen ; and , as here , men in the high mines — men spread all over the landscape , bondmen of industry , all living out near their workplace , turf huts and teepees scattered abroad , excluded from society throughout the week of their work and let into its comforts and pleasure only for a brief Saturday night escape . |
| 19 | Geographically , operators can be found spread all over the globe , but the so-called Third World , especially the Caribbean and Alaska are the prime areas of the activity . |
| 20 | ‘ In the space of two years , we moved from a domestic merchant bank with 500 people , all of whom knew each other very well , to an organisation with nearly 3,000 people spread all over the world , ’ says Mr Reed . |
| 21 | He provided the link between the School and its past pupils , for he was the Membership Secretary of the Old Stopfordians ' Association , no easy task , with members spread all over the world . |
| 22 | He looked down at the scatter of handwritten pages spread all over the table , and tensed his body as though anticipating a blow . |
| 23 | I had thought that I might ride in a carretta to the edge of the desert , and then walk away over the sand and into the sun . |
| 24 | If you start to choke on something , put your fist into the soft spot under the middle of the ribcage and keeping ‘ punching ’ yourself , or bend forwards over the back of a chair and bounce your abdomen off it . |
| 25 | ‘ Bend forward over the table , young woman , and grasp the far edge . ’ |
| 26 | I walk quietly over the patio , onto the grass and towards the house , just waiting for the blaze of light from the security lamps . |
| 27 | She reached up , and kissing him fiercely on the lips , whispered a rhyme she had made up years before : " Tristram Pascoe , Tristram Pascoe , never , never let your lass go ! " — and when they had hugged , she watched him climb nimbly over the wall and heard him jump down into the hayfield on the other side . |
| 28 | Values of ΔH vary slowly over a range from 20 to 120 kJ mol -1 . |
| 29 | Taxes paid as a percentage of total income ( pre-tax but including transfers ) vary little over the income range . |
| 30 | Shortages vary somewhat over the country . |