Example sentences of "[adj] [vb base] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the desolate stretch over to Braemore junction we passed a young woman walking at the side of the road . |
| 2 | A brewery is fighting a hostile take over bid which would mean the end of more than two hundred and fifty years of brewing . |
| 3 | The history unfolds with the full scale introduction of motor vehicles following the First World War and the gradual take over of all delivery services . |
| 4 | It took much of the fiery energy of Mr Brian Peckford during a decade as premier to regain full say over the development of the vast Hibernia oilfield . |
| 5 | Fact : The authors have chosen here to quote undiscounted and out-of-date figures although they make much play of discount rates elsewhere in their article and must be aware that the decommissioning costs concerned arise over a very long period of time stretching to the end of the twenty-first century and beyond . |
| 6 | If Chris Patten lies to the people of Hong Kong as much as he lied to the people of Britain , then God help them when the Chinese take over . |
| 7 | He needs time skills as well , instead of just doing things as soon as possible because you get to the things that become more pressing take over , |
| 8 | It now seems likely that a ‘ joint list ’ of green candidates for local government posts will only be submitted in the Paris region , and the Alsace , An agreement reached in October 1982 that would have linked the Amis De La Terre ( AT ) , the Confederation Ecologiste and the Mouvement D'Ecologie Politique ( Now VPE ) disintegrated last month when it became clear that the VPE wanted to have a dominant say over its two partners . |
| 9 | Inevitably , the scientists and military differ over the ethical and strategic issues raised by the possession and use of such a destructive weapon . |
| 10 | , oh I hate shopping , I had a massive hang over , right piss up the night before , Sunday . |