Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [adv] over the " in BNC.

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1 The station has broadcast a couple of times legally over the past year .
2 You must have had hundreds of mistresses all over the world — ’
3 Piles of books all over the floor : Agatha Christie , Dick Francis , P. D. James .
4 Perhaps you have shelves full of books all over the house .
5 Lyddy put the final touches to her hair and slipped two ropes of pearls carefully over the finished edifice .
6 If you ask me , it looks like a load of picture of heads all over the bloody place !
7 With friends , and sometimes with sister Dannii , Kylie , like millions of youngsters all over the world , acted out her fantasies of pop stardom in front of her bedroom mirror .
8 The two Chelonians he had seen earlier were strapped into padded harnesses that suspended their front set of limbs conveniently over the main instrument panel .
9 When the Prime Minister said in Blackpool recently that the trendy liberals in education ’ have had their say and had their day ’ hundreds of thousands of parents all over the country let out a huge sigh of relief .
10 A tiny creature which cuts a tracery of lines all over the surface of floating foliage .
11 Not only can we use the considerable buying power of Guinness to get the best prices , but we can use our knowledge of suppliers all over the world to ensure the highest quality product .
12 Much of the syllabus has become part of the training of dancers all over the world .
13 ‘ We have lost a lot of ponds all over the country , so the ones we do have are even more important as wildlife habitats . ’
14 And with the help of breeders all over the world , they 've made a dramatic comeback .
15 So , there are these sort of centres all over the country , er but this is the first time that there has been one that has arts and science under the same room .
16 Algal , lichen and moss communities grow wherever there is a hint of moisture , in a variety of habitats all over the continent .
17 Nearly 30% of Americans all over the country surveyed by the Washington Post said they feared their city would be subject to a terrorist attack .
18 The South West Region plays host to a vast number of divers all over the country .
19 Questions similar to this one seem to occupy an inordinate amount of the energies of scientists all over the world , not to mention grouses about the shortsightedness/injustice/lack of imagination of a straight thumbs down to a researcher 's pet proposal .
20 ‘ I did n't know you 'd got so bleeding sensitive , ’ she said , pulling a filthy pair of leggings on over the nappy .
21 A series of alerts all over the mainland came as the IRA yesterday declared a 72-hour Christmas truce for Northern Ireland .
22 The significance of the birth of Christ is not the sudden appearance of angels all over the place , but the fact that such an important person was born in the most humble surroundings — in a poor and lowly stable .
23 If the changing rooms were full , girls would undress in the middle of the shop leaving piles of clothes all over the floor , such was their desperation to find the print and the style of their choice .
24 We were lucky and had survived , unlike so many others we had known and thousands of others all over the world .
25 The suburban housewife was the dream image of the young American women and the envy , it was said , of women all over the world …
26 I 'm interested in the role of women all over the world , particularly in terms of what effect development strategies have had on women 's position , not merely in India but in other parts of the world as well , because I feel that there are a lot of common experiences which impinge on the problem as it relates to India .
27 I mean I think there are groups of women all over the country very interested in feminism and doing lots of good work and providing support for women who do want some sort of change , and so if that 's what you mean by the women 's liberation movement I think it 's a very good thing .
28 I have visions of bosses all over the land going hot under the collar as they see yet more of their staff enjoying the antics of this old salt — it could take over where Leisure Suit Larry left off .
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