Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] they [adv] over the " in BNC.
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1 | By the time the tins had fallen that far , the wind and slipstream would have blown them all over the sky . |
2 | I 've gathered them slowly over the years , because they 're cruelly expensive . |
3 | Since she had been secretary to a bishop ( she learnt to type by trial and error ) , and also chauffeur to a bishop ( she learnt to drive by trial and error ) , she knew a lot of the clergy and their wives and had visited them all over the diocese , often in the black-out , and sat with the wives while the husbands talked to Bishop Owen , so she was good at remembering about them and their children and found the wives of the clergy to be fun . |
4 | No , but they 've had 'em all over the country |
5 | I dare say that you too , Mr. Speaker , were inspired by all you saw , and of course you have visited them all over the years and have great experience of this subject . |