Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [adv] over the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My own vanity , such as it was , could not accept any of this ; in that dressing-gown , and with my hair all over the place , I was hardly something that a chance met man would want to lay claim to . |
| 2 | DJ here can tell you that he 's travelled all these years and he says he 's run into my guitars all over the world ! ’ |
| 3 | Very often , even though the planes came back safely , there would be dead and injured on board , and sometimes a damaged aircraft would have been unable to release its bombs either over the target or in the North Sea on the way home and would have to land back at base with the bombs still on board . |
| 4 | For all its failings , it is the arts centre/civic centre circuit which contains the potential to allow exciting new , as well as still exciting but more established old , talents to take their creativity all over the country . |
| 5 | She ran her fingers gently over the manila surface and felt the outline of something small and cold inside . |
| 6 | Helen whispered , running her fingers reverently over the brilliants in Alexandra 's bracelet . |
| 7 | Alexandra sat in front of her mirror in her new cream silk gown while Lyddy folded her hair carefully over the pads . |
| 8 | He was the sort of man who was always punctual and here she was with her hair all over the place and a shiny nose . |
| 9 | ‘ I saw the evidence with my own eyes , Melanie wearing only a dressing-gown , her hair all over the place . |
| 10 | Running her mind quickly over the events of the week just passed , she could n't think of anything she had done wrong , and Tom Russell was not the kind of doctor who made mountains out of molehills where nursing procedure was concerned . |
| 11 | The peoples who survived in the northwest area gained greatly from the mixture of arts and race but retained their individuality also until the tide turned once more and the northwestern island increased its influence eventually over the whole of Spain . |
| 12 | The CARAT ( Cargo Agents Reservation and Air Waybill issuance and Tracking system ) is now on-line to nearly 100 of British Airways ' freight forwarding customers , enabling them to book shipments and track their cargo all over the world without needing to pick a telephone . |
| 13 | Forty-three members of the old party set up an HSWP cell , and urged their comrades all over the country to do the same . |
| 14 | He was being annoying on purpose , she fumed , but , aware that this man easily had her emotions all over the place , she again strove for calm . |
| 15 | As he bent down , wrenching out the cupboard drawers , flinging their contents all over the room , she saw his face , lit up by the lamp . |
| 16 | French farmers hijacked a wine tanker and poured its contents all over the road . |
| 17 | She spoke of Oxford , that ancient seat of learning , to which universities all over the world still looked for example . |
| 18 | We maximise sponsor benefits in all media so that they can get their name all over the country . |
| 19 | See all the flashing lights of the vehicles there , they 're they 're so incensed they 're flashing their lights all over the shop at him er as he goes |
| 20 | Liturgically , its significance is shown by the increasing numbers of people who attend as pilgrims and depend upon its availability all over the land for their prayerful refreshment . |
| 21 | " Even in our country it changes its name all over the place . |
| 22 | ‘ But they still drop their things all over the house . |
| 23 | They 'll be pitching out their Agas all over the country . |
| 24 | The Springboks aim to spray their message all over the pitch , not the Midlands bus . |
| 25 | This must go up on the wall ! ’ and stick his latest painting up with Sellotape alongside the daubs by the mentally handicapped group she had played for at Christmas , and the postcards from her friends all over the world . |
| 26 | The dependency perspective focused attention on this unequal relationship between , on the one hand , mighty TNCs and the powerful home countries that looked after their interests all over the globe and , on the other , the relatively weak and powerless Third World countries in which they were involved . |
| 27 | She ran her hand lovingly over the fabric , kicked off her shoes and exposed a length of leg . |
| 28 | There was a marble fireplace opposite the door ; she walked slowly to it and ran her hand lightly over the back of one of the small , velvet-covered sofas that flanked it . |
| 29 | She placed her hand lightly over the rose , her eyes meeting his with an answering depth of emotion . |
| 30 | ‘ She was a lively piece , from what I hear — flying her kite all over the place . |