Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [adv] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For some time all three moved on quietly over the grass , while the shadows grew stronger and the wood-pigeons clattered among the distant trees . |
| 2 | A deep depression with a centre varying between 968 and 978 millibars moved from the Faroes to the mouth of the Elbe , while behind it a ridge of high pressure built up strongly over the Atlantic . |
| 3 | I suppose it built up slowly over the years … ’ |
| 4 | Lights came on all over the Ship . |
| 5 | Feet came along smartly over the sand and dirt of the path , were cushioned briefly by the grass of the bank into inaudibility , then snapped over twigs and beech-husks . |
| 6 | The sense of violence and anger , together with passionate interest , spilled out all over the place . |
| 7 | A flock of chattering sparrows came over the Cages , landed on the grass by the litter bin where Woil had taken stance , and then twittered off again over the tigers ' cages . |
| 8 | Sicked up all over the hideous tangerine carpet . |
| 9 | For months afterwards copies of forms turned up all over the Manchester office . |
| 10 | They showed a thick scattering of settlement , of cottages and small farmhouses dotted about all over the place , and a corresponding splitting up of fields into small crofts and paddocks . |
| 11 | The wind-chill factor was obvious , but the wind-skill factor was non-existent and a series of nasty vendettas sprung up all over the pitch . |
| 12 | following the Robbins Committee Report in 1963 new universities sprang up all over the country and tertiary education in general was in a state of unexampled euphoria . |
| 13 | In the relatively affluent days of the 70s and early 80s leisure centres , squash courts and swimming pools sprang up all over the place , much of it made available through international funds . |
| 14 | After what seemed like several hours but was probably only a few minutes , we heard an aircraft approaching , and heads popped up all over the hut . |
| 15 | In so far as one so young and beautiful could look morose , Irene Charial gazed out morosely over the taffrail of the Ariadne . |
| 16 | I gazed out wildly over the crowds . |
| 17 | Strangely the real sound rang out loudly over the pseudo-sound of the widening astral whirlpool that was forming in the middle of the great octagonal slab . |
| 18 | A DISPUTE broke out yesterday over the state of the River Skerne in Darlington . |
| 19 | Another hotly contested tournament was the Copa de Republic , a vast knock-out competition which went on all over the country from November to April . |
| 20 | all that , that they went through though over the years I mean , all , all he did |
| 21 | But , in the end , Steven did n't mind at all when discerning folk puked up all over the loathsome Lost Boys and complained of dangerous levels of heartwarming brought on by an excess of Robin Williams . |
| 22 | Anwar blew up all over the place . |
| 23 | He picked up her hand and put it on his cock ; then placed his own hand over hers and made her squeeze ; it was hot , even under the rough material of his trousers , and rolled about clumsily over the squidgier sack of his balls ; but he was panting , making stirring motions with his knees against her legs , working with his free hand at his waistband , until he freed himself from his flies and had wrapped her hand around his naked cock ; he spat on his hand and worked the spittle onto the skin , and when he made her hold him again , she felt the wetness on her fingers , and drying fast as he pumped himself up and down over her hand , pinning her hand under his . |
| 24 | A couple of hundred people tucked in all over the place like that radio room . ’ |