Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] over [art] [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Museum , although having a modern exterior , was originally built around a Moorish bath-house Commemorative plaques of the Rock 's historical past have been posted all over the streets and buildings . |
| 2 | But the main deterrent is that in much of Russia and Ukraine the bureaucrats , Servicemen and scientists who rode roughshod over the locals while living ‘ abroad ’ can not find homes or jobs . |
| 3 | Those leafing through their history books for an earlier model for the current recession could linger fruitfully over the pages that cover the 1870s . |
| 4 | The computer part of the study has been my personal research interest , but it has also over the years provided stimulating final-year projects for students in the Engineering Mathematics Department . |
| 5 | The arm uncurled onto Richard 's chest and moved there over the nipples and down onto the tensing stomach . |
| 6 | Product differentiation and improvement has been occurring steadily over the years and now includes metal and wooden window frames , doors , storage tanks , household furniture , beds , as well as a much improved range of braziers , and tin trunks . |
| 7 | Then I can look right over the woods and see where they are ! ’ |
| 8 | From its leafy canopy he could see right over the gardens and the wilderness of the lower grounds to the rows of cobbled streets on the far side of the beck wall . |
| 9 | " Criminal , actually , " Andrew sighed deeply over the excesses and idiocies of the previous generation . |
| 10 | The foreskin develops early in intrauterine life as a protuberance of penile epidermis that grows forwards over the glans and adheres to it . |
| 11 | But i it grew slowly over the weeks and I think Christmas was an example of just the actual logistics of what we did at Christmas must be something of a feat in that so much stuff came in from the volume of presents and then the way in which they could be distributed . |
| 12 | Acorn started and turned towards him and the beetle scurried away over the pebbles as Pipkin moved and woke . |
| 13 | If she went away over the holidays and she had plastic surgery and she came back looking like Cindy Crawford or , I do n't know , do you think people would react differently to her or do you think they 'd be disgusted ? |
| 14 | The attendance has increased steadily over the years and the conference attracts more and more international participants . |
| 15 | Later still , cereal and root crops were grown and the sheep were folded intensively over the roots and stubbles . |
| 16 | For years before his death rumours had spread all over the Dales that put his rude good health and longevity to dealings with the Devil and pointed to his long canine teeth as evidence of vampirism . |
| 17 | So you got to remem , you got to think of colour texture you can write all over the sheets if you want to . |
| 18 | Parenthood brings out the worst , it seemed to him ; vicarious ambitions and frustrations raged all over the lawns and games fields of Croxford House on sports day . |
| 19 | The next morning a mysterious piece of graffiti — the word ‘ quiz ’ — appeared all over the pavements and buildings of the city . |
| 20 | He leaned casually over the railings and aimed his weapon . |
| 21 | Many theories have been put forward over the years as to its original purpose . |
| 22 | Various fairly unscientific theories have been put forward over the years as to why and how it got there . |
| 23 | ‘ Just the one , but it was renewed periodically over the years because the bitch was irresistible , and she knew it . ’ |
| 24 | This attitude has changed somewhat over the years and there are now fewer homes than there used to be . |
| 25 | The substance of building surveying has not changed appreciably over the years and while certain aspects of the more academic subjects of economics and law have been latterly introduced , they were there to prop up the whole discipline rather than to provide invaluable information . |
| 26 | It jumped easily over the rocks and I saw with horror the monster that I had created . |