Example sentences of "[be] [adv] over [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | You must know foreign languages , you 've been all over with the Army , 'ave n't you ? ’ |
| 2 | Professionals and local authority employees are still moving to jobs in one of the most sought-after parts of Britain , but the blockbuster moves — 600 in the Lloyds retail banking arm into the Bristol area in 1989-91 , and 100 British Aerospace workers into the Plymouth region recently — are probably over for the immediate future . |
| 3 | His tools were all over in the cafeteria , there had to be something that he could use to open himself up . |
| 4 | It lasted , like that with Elizabeth , for over a quarter of a century , though the five meetings between us were all over by the autumn of 1947 . |
| 5 | It is all over for the present . ’ |
| 6 | Though I must admit , we 'll be glad when it 's all over in the Far East and they can come back safe and sound . ’ |
| 7 | And that 's just over to the shop there , just over the at the other side of the road . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't want to fuss , ’ he says , ‘ but the rocking chair is usually over by the wall , not in front of the hearth . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ He was last year about now but Easter 's late , I had n't thought on , and he 'll not move down until Palm Sunday like as not , and if he 's still over on the mountain he 'll be up Three Valleys Pass and that 's an hour and a half of a walk for him , going as the crow flies , but longer for us in the jeep because there 's no direct road — and then to get at him we 'd have to take a cart track that 'll be more like a river bed after yesterday 's rain . |
| 10 | Whatever the outcome , this is one play where you can truly say it is n't over till the fat lady ( or in this case , the fat man ) sings . |
| 11 | The puppyhood phase is essentially over by the time the young dog is six months old . |
| 12 | The game was effectively over by the interval , with Celtic having built up a four-goal lead through Graham Nichols ( 2 ) , Kevin Messenger and Tom Shepherd . |
| 13 | He had thought it was all over for the Bookman and that the acid had not worked . |
| 14 | THEY thought it was all over at the BBC 21 years ago when they switched off the most famous football commentating voice of all , Kenneth Wolstenholme . |
| 15 | it was all over at the start of the second half … it took Millwall just 17 seconds and ten touches to win the game … |
| 16 | Even with more time lost , it was all over before the last hour . |
| 17 | The collapse of the Empire in 1814 and the fall of Napoleon I brought about a dispersal of the Imperial House and although the return of Napoleon from Elba in 1815 led to a restoration of the family fortunes , it was all over in the Hundred Days . |
| 18 | It was all over in the 10th . |
| 19 | As the fighting was apparently over by the time he attended the German emperor Conrad II 's imperial coronation in Rome in March 1027 , the most likely year for Holy River therefore seems to be 1026 , or conceivably , if operations were protracted , 1025 . |
| 20 | The court held that the theft was not over by the time the lady was tied up . |