Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [adv] over the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Evil One may not have come between us and God on a personal level , but as an army he has scattered us all over the place , dumped us unceremoniously in our little religious ghettoes and subcultures , and left us to our own devices . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I must admit , I think it had been better if they 'd moved it all over the weekend and then just put it straight again on the Monday , that would be . |
| 4 | He had grabbed hold of Cliff and had him halfway over the ship 's side and would have dumped him into the dock had he not been restrained by a couple of his workmates . |
| 5 | No , but they 've had 'em all over the country |
| 6 | Like the Jews the Scots were a talented and creative people who had exported themselves all over the world ; there was hardly a country anywhere where a quorum of doctors , dentists , teachers , sailors , engineers , could not be assembled for a Burns Night supper or St Andrew 's Day dinner . |
| 7 | Fernando had driven her all over the island . |
| 8 | ‘ You 'd have heard him all over the shop , ’ he said , ‘ and he came off the phone complaining that he 'd just lost 40,000 . |
| 9 | boiled it all over the place . |
| 10 | ‘ My job as an engineer has taken me all over the world , ’ says Bob , who lives in Kirkdale and now works for GEC . |
| 11 | Her work has taken her all over the world . |
| 12 | By the time the tins had fallen that far , the wind and slipstream would have blown them all over the sky . |
| 13 | I may have sent it quicker over the goal line with this touch , but I think it would have reached it in any case . ’ |