Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] [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 | Not like now with all these casualties walking around all over the place , getting into fights . ’ |
| 5 | While he , Owen , was tearing around all over the place like a bloody lunatic ! |
| 6 | Mildred realized that her head had reappeared , which must have looked rather alarming , bobbing about all over the place with no body attached . |
| 7 | And , yes , there are a couple of lines around the eyes , and a grey hair or twenty ( at least they 're all together in a neat bunch , not lurking about all over the place ) and the neck does n't look too good in some , particularly unflattering , lights , but then I do n't suppose yours would , either . |
| 8 | As long as the controls are there to make sure they 're not wandering around all over the place which one hears about Group 4 and their reputation for letting people go which has become a bit of a joke . |
| 9 | ‘ We can eat later , ’ Leila called , trying to keep order over the group who were wandering about all over the place . |
| 10 | Seems to be wandering about all over the place ! |
| 11 | ‘ It 's funny to sit here in the warm sunshine , and think of all that going on here over the centuries . ’ |
| 12 | There was so much going on all over the mission , more often than not organized by the people themselves . |
| 13 | Research on methods for controlling pests without chemicals is going on all over the world and the latest greenfly predator to come under scientific scrutiny is the lacewing . |
| 14 | Then she noticed the lights going on all over the school but thought no more about it . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | There 's loads of new garages going in all over the place . |
| 17 | Some of them have got arms going off all over the place . |
| 18 | No we 're not all rushing off all over the place although the men and s some of the women you know we have gone off and they still I mean the men were in South Wales last week . |
| 19 | Slack planning laws mean hotels are growing up all over the place , said Nick — who quickly threw out his own idea that the West has all the answers to the problems . |
| 20 | They 're growing up all over the place and as you say , Ernie he he he did say about education but whose gon na run education in the future same as social services , you 'll soon find they 'll social services up into the health service . |
| 21 | ‘ The lights are going out all over the galaxy , ’ he said softly . |
| 22 | He was sure there had been more when he first arrived ; they had been scuttling about all over the place , carrying implements , standing on stools stirring steaming mixtures , chopping things and throwing bits and pieces into cauldrons . |
| 23 | ‘ That old geyser rushing about all over the place , trying to stop people dancing . ’ |
| 24 | So this car that was trying to get out was sitting there waiting and there was no driver in sight and people were rushing about all over the station trying to find the driver . |
| 25 | The books are lying about all over the place in Shellerton . |
| 26 | The targets were frequently altered , bomb loads changed , keeping the armourers constantly on the run with bombs lying about all over the field . |
| 27 | ’ Its noisy and there 's always loads of equipmenjt lying about all over the place , but it 's great fun . ’ |
| 28 | Whe whether it was involved in , whether there was any travel involved or whether it was all desk bound or anything else you know whether he goes zooming off all over the country or whether , whether there 's a possibility of travel involved or any danger in it , in the job , unlikely but |
| 29 | Purple and yellow crocuses were popping up all over the lawn , the hard winter outlines of shrubs and trees were blurred by new growth like the fuzz on an adolescent 's upper lip , even the rows of savagely pruned rosebushes at the front of the house , separated by concrete walkways like a cemetery of spider crabs buried upside-down , were shoving out shoots and buds . |
| 30 | The Darling Buds Of May returned and suddenly Miss Zeta Jones was popping up all over the place . |