Example sentences of "the [noun] [adv] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once the bickering and backbiting , which also led to Terry Vaux and Gwilym Treharne standing down from their posts as the Welsh representatives on the International Rugby Board , had died down , the general committee resolved to consult the clubs again over links with the Republic . |
| 2 | Lewis 's and Blackler 's burnt out , and Lime Street — you ca n't hardly move for the hosepipes all over the ground . ’ |
| 3 | He grabbed it and held it before his face and in doing so spilled most of the powder all over the front of his fancy tweed jacket . |
| 4 | Something heavy had been torn away and , bouncing twice , landed flat on the deck directly over their heads . |
| 5 | The instrument of resurrection was to be the turnpike. this custom prevailing , 't is more than probable , that our posterity may see the roads all over England restored in their time to such a perfection , that travelling and carriage of goods will be much more easy both to man and horse than ever it was since the Romans lost this island . |
| 6 | The smoke had cleared , revealing at least half the school lined up in rows and Miss Hardbroom still in the same position , with the bucket neatly over her head . |
| 7 | They crawled out the bucket all over the deck . |
| 8 | If I did n't think you 'd go blabbing your side of the story all over town , I 'd have you out of my house in two shakes . ’ |
| 9 | Little is known about his activities in Parliament , but in 1628 he opposed the billeting of troops and was summoned before the Privy Council ; four years later he was in conflict with the authorities again over musters . |
| 10 | I put the branch two-handed over my right shoulder as I run up to them , jump over a small bush and then as I land at their side bring the branch swinging down . |
| 11 | The RAF and the Army vie with each other fairly closely with an average of 18.3 per cent and 17.0 per cent of the vote respectively over the 24-year period . |
| 12 | In some cases the algorithm will spread the addresses evenly over the allocated storage area , and in the ideal case will have an equal probability of generating any address within that area ; in other cases the existing key order can be used to improve the efficiency of record storage . |
| 13 | At one stage it looked as though McCallen might catch Dunlop as he closed the gap to three seconds but it was not to be and Dunlop opened up the gap again over the last two laps so that with victory in sight he had a cushion of seven seconds . |
| 14 | Once you have made your guess place the template directly over the spot where you have guessed . |
| 15 | And then you do other exercises like lying on your back , putting your feet your from the knees downwards over the edge of the pool and then trying to do sit ups . |
| 16 | Unless we start pasting bits of the script all over the set . |
| 17 | Using a brush dipped lightly in purple food colouring ( mixed with a little water for lighter shades ) , colour the windows dark purple and tint the bricks all over the towers different shades of lavender . |
| 18 | The rampart shook under our weight and the ice all over the bog cracked and broke on both sides . |
| 19 | So as that we 'll hear the telephone all over the house . |
| 20 | ‘ If I left the can just over there you could say you found it . ’ |
| 21 | That 's what I like about it , all the mountains all over the place , you know ? |
| 22 | And you 've got the heater here over in the corner as well so it 's gon na |
| 23 | It hit the green and finished down in the rough with the flag just over a little rise ( he was down in Duncan 's Hollow ) . |
| 24 | You see , when they took a century 's dust and dirt off those walls , they completely changed the acoustics , swapping grubby absorbency for beautiful , bright marble which bounced the sound all over the place . |
| 25 | This corkscrews the opponent backwards over his supporting leg and dumps him on the mat . |
| 26 | social choice over a set of alternatives must depend on the orderings of the individuals only over these alternatives and not on ‘ irrelevant alternatives ’ ; |
| 27 | Despite the effects of recession and significant overcapacity in the industry down south , the team has managed to build up the business considerably over the past two years . |
| 28 | And they got elections now so the politician' all over the damn place . |
| 29 | It is the custom all over Italy to visit the cemetery and take flowers to the graves , usually on Sundays or on the anniversary of a death . |
| 30 | Ruth pulled the coverlet straight over the bed in No. 4 . |