Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [adv] over [art] " in BNC.
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1 | This went on for well over a month , with the owls flying free in the barn , until we were sure they were confident and happy in their surroundings . |
2 | As the final election results come in from all over the country , it is clear they will be helping to run many Soviet towns and cities . |
3 | Russia 's independent Union of Drivers has sent trucks to the coal fields to distribute the food donations that have poured in from all over the country . |
4 | Although many of the better-paid staff , especially those with engineering expertise , were brought in from all over the country , much of the local labour came from the town of Bridgwater , ten miles away by road . |
5 | ‘ I had no idea what the response would be , but all of a sudden all this equipment started coming in from all over the world . |
6 | The thousands of items on her shopping list are brought in from all over the world in quantities that could feed a small town — 70 tonnes of sausages , 300 tonnes of tomatoes , 250,000 pints of milk , six million eggs and 350,000 litres of fresh orange juice . |
7 | The voice of the future mimes the supposed experts who presume to know what lies in wait : ‘ Soon the ecopolitical system will crumble , and sado-experts will fly in from all over the world and poke into its smoking entrails and utter smooching agnostications ’ ( 15 ) , or : ‘ The ecozoologists will then fly in from all over the world and poke its entrails and fraudcast a stooging diregnosis ’ ( 18 ) . |
8 | The voice of the future mimes the supposed experts who presume to know what lies in wait : ‘ Soon the ecopolitical system will crumble , and sado-experts will fly in from all over the world and poke into its smoking entrails and utter smooching agnostications ’ ( 15 ) , or : ‘ The ecozoologists will then fly in from all over the world and poke its entrails and fraudcast a stooging diregnosis ’ ( 18 ) . |
9 | They knew I was catching the plane ; they came running in from all over the place with their big zoom lenses and what they want is : the butterfly 's wings are broken , so let's get a picture of her face . |
10 | The enormous number of immigrants who poured in from all over the country congested the old area within the medieval walls of the City and created new suburbs all around . |
11 | Work has come in from all over the UK , and even the charity Farm Africa uses the Hoy facility . |
12 | This needs no breaking in , has a waterproof Goretex lining and weighs in at just over a pound a pair . |
13 | This is another of those modern Western diseases that seems to have mushroomed up from nowhere over the past fifty years . |
14 | There was a surge in so-called hotting displays 18 months ago , during the warm summer nights , when people turned up from all over the country to watch . |
15 | There was a surge in so-called hotting displays 18 months ago , during the warm summer nights , when people turned up from all over the country to watch . |
16 | Around 70 bidders turned up from all over the country and auctioneer , Barry Bufton was optimistic . |
17 | The third year saw a major initiative in this area , involving 545 teacher-days , while in the fourth year there was something of a reversal as the amount of time was cut back by well over a half . |