Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he showed much improved form when stepped up to a mile and three quarters , and is definitely worth opposing over this trip at such a short price . |
| 2 | just off hanging over the welly boots when somebody puts their feet in the welly boots they get a bit of shock ! |
| 3 | His personal preference for sculling over rowing assisted the introduction of quadruple sculls to world championship and Olympic competition . |
| 4 | Circumstantial evidence could take the form of showing the defendant wished to cover up an offence committed by himself , such as driving over the prescribed limit , being involved in an accident and then , as mentioned ( C ) 2 ante alleging that someone else was driving at the time of the accident . |
| 5 | Do they get as much pleasure about walking over you ? |
| 6 | After mulling over the idea for almost a year , Mr Chambers made the decision to leave Greenfield Human Resources — the agency he joined as a trainee in 1956 and left as a director — and set up on his own . |
| 7 | I apologize for using the semimetaphorical terms ‘ hard ’ and ‘ soft ’ in this essay , but after puzzling over the matter for some time I can see no other way of setting about it . |
| 8 | After grappling over the course of the novel with his essential nature and that of those around him , he finally renounces his quest for a fixed meaning , a completed story : |
| 9 | A US armed forces spokesman , Lt-Col Greg Smith , said many of the 527 migrants were ill and were being examined by doctors after disembarking over the weekend . |
| 10 | SOCIAL security fraud investigators have saved the province 's taxpayers more than £ million after uncovering over 6 , bogus claims from local benefit cheats . |
| 11 | Dharsono , who had been released from prison in September 1990 after serving over four years of a seven-year sentence for subversion [ see p. 37715 ] , said that the FPPS had the support of some 70 leading intellectuals and dissidents . |
| 12 | After wandering over the ‘ handsome ’ mouth and the ‘ bad-boy 's ’ ears and the hair ( ’ a masterpiece ’ ) , Danby concluded that North was a type of composite mythological figure , ready to step into a set constructed from ‘ 200 years of American archetypes and 50 years of the cinema ’ . |
| 13 | After passing over the top of Red Crag — an ill-defined top marked with a small cairn of stones to the left of the fence — bear to the left through the remains of a wooden gate towards a much lower peak intriguingly called Pikeawassa . |
| 14 | Already , after going over the encounter a few times , it was becoming , like the blue overhead , ambiguous . |
| 15 | If a house is bought this way all the surveys and investigations should be carried out first , and you must be ready to sign and exchange contracts on the day of the auction after paying over the 10 per cent deposit . |
| 16 | PAY settlements in manufacturing industry are now only slightly ahead of inflation , after halving over the last year , according to revised figures released yesterday by the Confederation of British Industry . |
| 17 | Several hours later after flying over what seemed endless tracts of grey-green Siberian tundra we descended over the great expanse of the Lena River . |
| 18 | Kenny McKinstry was runner-up in another Subaru , after surviving over 75 miles of slippery stages in the notorious Kielder Forests in the second round of the Mobil 1-Top Gear British Rally Championship . |
| 19 | Between Sept. 23 and Oct. 29 , 26 members of the military were released after spending over 18 years as prisoners in the remote fortified prison of Tazmamart in the Atlas Mountains , which was demolished in September . |
| 20 | Wright conceded a corner after tipping over Johnson 's header and Wark rose unmarked to head home the equaliser . |
| 21 | The result was interpreted as destroying any residual mandate enjoyed by former President Zviad Gamsakhurdia , ousted in January 1992 [ see p. 38731 ] after winning over 80 per cent of the vote the previous May [ see p. 38206 ] . |
| 22 | Under British pressure , the French eventually departed in humiliation , but only after presiding over a covenant that gave the Lebanese republic the system of power-sharing which is now disintegrating . |
| 23 | He sought to focus attention on imminent economic recovery while Mr Kinnock said that after presiding over two recessions the Tories ‘ simply do n't deserve ’ to be re-elected . |
| 24 | After presiding over a string of humiliating scandals and embarrassing policy failures , they feel on top once again . |
| 25 | After presiding over his first Cabinet meeting Moore promised on Sept. 10 that his government would take immediate steps to avert the $NZ2,500 million budget deficit forecast for 1991-92 . |
| 26 | A thief made off with £45 from a shop in Easington Village after leaning over the counter and snatching a cash bag . |
| 27 | He was professional AND green keeper there four years after beating over 50 other applicants for the job , and ranked among his star pupils Chris MacGeagh , daughter of a local linen baron . |
| 28 | In mid-August about 500 citrus plantation workers were dismissed after striking over overtime allowances . |
| 29 | Still , as you seem to have time to kill , how about looking over Delaneys ’ hardware catalogue ? ’ |
| 30 | Our agreement would propose a royalty of 2% of our receipts on each written component for the use of the syllabus of Project English and for looking over the Activity Book and Video Guide manuscripts . |