Example sentences of "be [noun] [noun] [adv] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ However , ’ says David Baldock of the Institute for European Environment Policy , which has advised several governments on the issue , ‘ in twenty years ’ time five million people could be drinking water well over the 50 mg/litre limit . |
| 2 | There were question marks too over Branson 's choice of his editorial team . |
| 3 | There were cigarette burns all over the body and knife cuts , including what appeared to be a rough inscription , on Antonio 's back . |
| 4 | There were fire engines all over the place , but nobody came to tell us what was going on . ’ |
| 5 | She was still wearing her apron which , evidently , she had been using to wipe away her tears ; as a result there were grease marks all over her face , giving her the appearance of a participant in a minstrel show . |
| 6 | The nearest village is Ponte d'Assi just over a mile away . |
| 7 | There was drug paraphernalia all over the house . |