Example sentences of "over [pers pn] [det] [art] time " in BNC.
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1 | I hate you all fussing over me all the time . ’ |
2 | ‘ One minute I 'm in the dog-house because … well , because I 'm not all over you all the time ; next second — ’ |
3 | Not all over you all the time ’ ? ’ |
4 | My aunt and my mother were particularly fond of him , and when he had a stomach upset they fussed over him all the time , preparing special bland food for him , making him swallow Milk of Magnesia and advising him not to drink too much Christmas sherry . |
5 | Hanging over him all the time , however , was the knowledge that he had to go back into hospital for further surgery on his spine . |
6 | Other stories about Dic , Little Dick the Carpenter — how he never got to a rugby match because there were too many pubs on the way , how he was burnt all over in a pit explosion , wrapped in bandages so that only his eyes and nostrils showed through — and bathed slowly back to health by his daughters who poured olive oil over him all the time , how he took his daughter Cecilia ( Cis ) to eisteddfods because he loved to hear her sing but how she pleaded with him ‘ not to stop anywhere and not to leave her in the hall ’ . |