Example sentences of "a [noun] [adv] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ … but first let's have a look back over the Maxwell era at the Manor ground . |
| 2 | She stuck a piece of adhesive tape round it to stop the needle from coming out and hung the bottle on to a hook just over the dog . |
| 3 | ‘ Look , you 're making a mess all over the floor . |
| 4 | E.g. it is reasonable to expect all pipes and tanks in an attic to be lagged ; when a property is to be unoccupied for a period particularly over the winter months , all water tanks , pipes , etc should be drained and adequate heating provided . |
| 5 | Instead he faced one directly , and took a moment longer over the exchange of greetings than was usual even with people whose graciousness is studied " . |
| 6 | Press a sieve gently over the surface to create a textured effect . |
| 7 | Press a sieve gently over the basket to give a textured effect . |
| 8 | During the last week of the month Olivia and I had gone to stay outside Delhi , in a fort just over the Rajasthani border . |
| 9 | He laughed deeply , tracing a finger delicately over the hot swollen curve of her lower lip . |
| 10 | Angelica 's thinking that a bag of garbage has probably been carried along on the night swell and has become caught up amongst the pillars and the metal cross-tics ; there will always be somebody who 'll think that a couple of heavy stones and a drop out over the deepest part of the lake are an adequate way of disposing of all their empty cans and peelings and plate-scrapings . |
| 11 | One of his ballets , La Sylphide , certainly has been a success all over the world . |
| 12 | But first of all he served his time in the smithy at and he met his wife , my grandmother in which was quite , you can quite imagine , it was just a walk up over the hills and er he met her in and er they were married . |
| 13 | ‘ Yes — only I 've broken your cup and spilled tea on your dressing-gown , she said breathlessly , running a hand down over the dampness on her chest . |
| 14 | ‘ They hope he will be on a plane home over the weekend . ’ |
| 15 | I putted nicely today and I think I can do a lot better over the next three days . ’ |
| 16 | We need to play a lot better over the next season or else . |
| 17 | The improvement was attributed to the fact that the number of childhood deaths had been falling by 120,000 a year globally over the last five years . |
| 18 | A small group demonstrators have staged a protest outside the U N Headquarters in New York calling for an end to what they say is a cover up over the existence of U F Os . |
| 19 | It forms a film all over the surface and essentially erm climbs up through this film and , and will empty out of the bucket . |
| 20 | A pop group — happily , as I know , since disappeared — which called itself ‘ The Move ’ sent a postcard all over the place , including , impertinently , to Downing Street , advertising their new record . |
| 21 | The house was pink like her mother 's dress , and sat high on Beverly Hills with a view out over the whole sprawl of Kingston to the hazy bay beyond . |
| 22 | Simon Barrington-Ward , Bishop of Coventry , wrote recently ‘ We certainly have an experience all over the world of church leaders in loneliness needing to submit themselves to others and this is a crying need that is just not being met ’ . |
| 23 | He cocked an eye speculatively over the rim . |
| 24 | We asked BBC producer and presenter Mike Edgar to pinpoint ten new Northern acts who 'd be worth keeping an eye on over the coming year . |
| 25 | Nicandra threw an arm out over the bedclothes and turned her cheek fiercely into the pillow . |