• A thick layer of dirt covered him, probably from having been dragged along the filthy floors of the prison.
• Both were covered completely in dirt, mud, and more of that reddish stuff.
• From head to toe, he and his blue and white militia's uniform were covered in dirt.

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• Layers of dust covered its surface as if no one had dared look at their reflection in it in a very long time.
• The garbage was covering the entire kitchen floor.
• This was not the first time the floor of a gallery space had been covered with loose natural material.

• The original yellow paint covers the lower forty-nine inches of the left side.
• It was painted a horrible cream colour completely covering the beautiful old brickwork.
• And, finally, do the trim so that any paint that accidentally gets on the trim can be covered.

• Communication and travel was slow, ships and messages took years to travel the distances covered.
• If you do five rides a week for 100 miles, try covering the same distance in just three rides one week.
• DO YOU know that the train that covers the longest distance passes through Ernakulam on Thursdays and Fridays?

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• Reporters covering traumatic events can take some steps of their own.
• Reporters, however, cover meetings only when there is the promise of something newsworthy.
• The timing will also offer opportunities to meet with BBC reporters in the area covering the elections.

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• Moreover, the chapter covers all service areas not specifically excluded - a very wide brush indeed.
• Wind farms, distributed across good locations to cover a service area, can be up and running in a year.
• Enhanced services will cover areas such as minor surgery or improving access to patients.

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• The law covers anybody who misbehaves criminally.
• It sounds rather tied to this particular case, rather than every case covered by the rule.
• The rules cover employees on contracts for a fixed term or task.

• We are still the only industrial nation whose citizens are not all covered by health insurance.
• One complication here is that you may be covered by insurance for some situations.
• Taxpayers who itemize can deduct disaster losses not covered by insurance or federal aid.

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• Many Irish firms have put money aside to cover themselves against any future claims.
• In addition to covering yourself and your firm from liability, training classes create another revenue source.
• He covers himself against the charge of plagiarism by making sure he acknowledges the sources of his quotes.

• An appropriate punishment for having covered for the president would have been four more years of cleaning up after him.
• Like today, I almost got punished for covering for Matt.
• And what charges will you make against a president who so obviously covered for his consigliere all this time?

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• All lessons are being covered either by supply teachers or staff covering for colleagues.
• He was covering for a colleague when the attack happened.
• Over the next two years it will limit teachers to spending only 38 hours a year covering for absent colleagues.

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• Due to the enemy's covering, seizing the hospital put us further from the enemy than at any other point around the garrison.
• I went where she fell down and covered her, firing my rifle at the enemy.
• One of the soldiers rushed forward and began frisking the older man while his comrades covered him.

• In real life, you use a 360 [degrees] zone of fire and learn to be conscious of what your pistol is covering.
• Dated 13 May, it shows unexploded munitions covering large populated areas of Iraq.

• Henderson took the sting off his close-range effort and Bower was covering behind him to clear off the line.

• If this happens, you need to look for the player your team mate was covering, and now you cover that player.
• If the back defenders are covering the middle player, either or both of your sideline girls are open.

• The batter hits a ground ball to shortstop, who tosses the ball to the second baseman covering the bag for a force out.
• We had first, second and third bases covered, plus a pitcher and a catcher.
• The judge seems to have covered all of his bases in this decision, making it difficult to overturn.

• Manhole covers have been sealed, sight-lines checked and staff vetted.
• Light shone through the holes in the manhole covers.
• Attempts from the council to board them up and drill holes in the covers to let water flow through have failed.

• Her commercial work includes newspaper and magazine features and book covers.
• The young man made his way as illustrator for book covers and magazines.
• Almost all of his work from then on was for magazine covers and book illustrations.

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• As I slipped beneath the covers, I continued to think about what I should do with Landon.
• In my bed, safe beneath the covers and surrounded by pillows, I watched the moon like usual.
• The bed was not made, and there was dirt all inside the covers and sheets of the bed.

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• Banded kokopu and koaro like fast flowing streams that have rocks and tree cover.
• She dove under and looked at the muddy bottom, stirring it up and watching the little shelled animals run for cover.
• The animals scuttle for cover when they detect a change in oxygen levels.

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• As daylight broke, fighter planes from the RAF gave cover against a possible attack by the Luftwaffe.
• A behemoth called Dead Reckoning, a 70 ft long armoured truck provides cover and support for the looters.
• It was unclear whether he was suggesting that officials incited the mob or whether pilgrims gave cover to attackers.

• At that time, the intelligence services used cover organizations to ask him to write about China.
• He also helped cover of scams and spy on the respective people of Versanalus.
• It is difficult to see how such cover can work at all if a fronting company alone is the reinsured.

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• It is an interactive exhibition encouraging visitors to pretend they are a spy and choose a cover identity.
• The criminal is the guy who comes up short, who gets caught, who fails to adopt a respectable cover.
• The group claimed the four were spies using the cover of Christian peace activists.

• He was in good touch, his faultless timing through the covers and midwicket again in evidence.
• No-one drives it through the covers quite like Brian Lara does.
• After his 40 in the first innings, he was again in fine touch with a nice line in midwicket whips and punches through the covers.