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

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1 There are dangers in over emphasising a particular set of test scores in that the results may not be replicated in future years and all sorts of qualifiers will need to be introduced .
2 There are sites all over the world designing pieces of software and bits of hardware to add-to , join with and go into PC 's .
3 Now there are cracks all over the house — the result , the Maskells say , of slippage caused by foundations being dug for a block of flats next door .
4 And there are places all over the City .
5 Ooh cheeky , you are cheeks all over your face
6 They are Luddites well over a century before the term was coined .
7 ‘ Out in the back lanes you see crows , robins , jackdaws , linnets — delightful birds — blue tits and so on , but there are cats all over the place .
8 ‘ If it was true there 'd be people all over the world with pigs with their teeth sunk in them . ’
9 ‘ There 'll be humans all over the place pretty soon .
10 I ca n't remember whose daughter reminded me , market used to be fishmongers all over the place .
11 All you know is you took a bearing from A and it could be anywhere along here , could be quite close to it or it could be miles up over here .
12 There are members all over the RSA and across the world .
13 She told BBC Radio 4 's The World At One : ‘ There are infernos all over the place .
14 Claiming that health workers ' fears were being overcome and that there was now a much better understanding of the plans , Mr Clarke said : ‘ There are volunteers all over the service waiting for Parliament to approve these provisions so we can get on with it from next summer onwards . ’
15 There were bones all over the place .
16 There were pubs all over the place which served perfectly acceptable Sunday lunches .
17 Well as you know , in nineteen eighty one , there were there were troubles all over the country , which seemed to start from problems in Brixton .
18 ‘ Was that why there were policeman all over the road ? ’
19 Although there were stores all over the world , manufacturing and distribution were highly centralized ; most of the products were made in one giant plant .
20 For instance , when Billy Graham visited Britain in 1990 , several weeks before he arrived there were posters all over London with the initials L.l.F.E. — what was it ?
21 There were policemen all over it now .
22 There were mirrors all over the place .
23 One said : ‘ There are drawings all over the station taking the mickey .
24 All are 99p in over 2OO branches .
25 There 's contractions all over the place because erm and all sorts .
26 Last night in the cold and dark we failed to fix it properly again , and when I wake up there is snow all over us and our kit .
27 ‘ There 's sky all over the place ! ’
28 And she quickly adds , with a shy smile : ‘ Is life better over there ? ’
29 yeah it 's hands all over
30 There 's Lego all over the place .
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