Example sentences of "[verb] [pos pn] [noun] over a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sudden weakness in her legs made her stumble over a non-existent obstacle , there was a blackness before her eyes and she would have fallen but for his lightning reactions and the strong hand that grasped her elbow , supporting her . |
| 2 | Their secret lies in their enormously elongated toes , which spread their weight over a wide area of lily leaf . |
| 3 | In contrast , the heteropolymer increases its disorder over a wide temperature range ( as the temperature is increased from well below T m to just below T m ) with an associated loss in electrostatic interactions . |
| 4 | The House Committee continued to exercise its jurisdiction over a wide variety of day-to-day matters at the institution . |
| 5 | To know that there 's someone going to buy your crop over a long period of time , or part of your crop , ideally , over a long period of time , does help people to plan ahead . |
| 6 | The unions have thus been able to extend their influence over a comprehensive range of working arrangements , and to reduce the areas of sole managerial prerogative . |
| 7 | To find sufficient shelter , however , meant spreading his forces over a wide area , the cavalry between Stone and Stoke on Trent , a distance of eight miles [ 13 km ] , the infantry over more than 40 miles [ 64 km ] between Stafford and Warwick . |
| 8 | Yesterday he kept smiling — first when umpire David Shepherd reversed his decision over a double stumping attempt and soon after when Miandad was adjudged to have been caught and bowled by Chris Lewis . |
| 9 | Lee Davison , of Tuebrook , has dropped me a line of thanks for helping to resolve his problems over a faulty necklace . |
| 10 | Even as I was recording my triumphs over a hostile and alien world , I was also expressing such sentiments as , ‘ Oh , it 's not even worth writing down — the same , usual , dismal , tedious , boring story . ’ |
| 11 | They meet monthly in each others homes to share their experiences over a simple shared meal , pray together and deepened their understanding of marriage , family life and their faith . |
| 12 | Pipeline is a hollow left-hander which , with its right-handed twin brother , Backdoor Pipeline , turns into a double-barrelled shotgun of a wave that blasts its victims over a shallow , razor-sharp reef . |
| 13 | Having been stung in a similar situation in their last league game when Gregor McKechnie called their bluff over a kickable penalty and scuttled in for a try , Tukalo tried to do likewise after Joe Munro had been caught offside in the Watsonian 22 , as Scott Hastings was called to arms to police Linton . |
| 14 | ART lovers have been left scratching their heads over a bizarre exhibition of kissing toothbrushes and dancing ties in Darlington . |
| 15 | Turning the British fascist 's ‘ there ai n't no black in the union jack ’ bullshit on its head , 3:6 Philly argue their case over a snappy jazz groove for the original , and rip up Run DMC 's ‘ Back From Hell ’ beats for the ‘ Docta D version ’ . |
| 16 | In this climate , the academic in English and other subjects in the humanities , who is busy , who publishes a lot , who goes to conferences , can not but be preferred to the quiet scholar , who keeps a low profile , even seems rather idle , but is taking his time over a major piece of scholarly writing that may involve many years ' work and which he does not intend to give to the world until he is ready . |
| 17 | ‘ And unless you 're one of Charity LeVille 's nubile masseuses over from Gros Islet … ’ he 'd reached the bed , and to her horror slung his jacket over a nearby chair and sat down on the edge of the bed , far too close for comfort , continuing in the same bland tone , ‘ … which from the pious clutching of bedclothes I somehow doubt , maybe you 'd like to explain exactly who you are ? ’ |
| 18 | They meet monthly in each other 's home , and share their experiences over a simple meal , pray together and deepen their understanding of marriage , family life and their faith . |
| 19 | Of a miniature golf course — you have to get your ball over a lunar landscape … ’ she made a gesture of a hop and curve or a spinning ball . |
| 20 | The Israeli Labour government 's resort to harsh collective punishment tactics reflected its anxiety over a recent increase in guerrilla activities by Palestinian supporters of the Islamic Resistance Movement ( Hamas ) . |
| 21 | Since the end of the Second World War , state institutions have extended their influence over a whole range of activities which touch individual lives . |
| 22 | He turned and warmed his hands over a small charcoal brazier . |
| 23 | If he held his hand over a flowering plant , he could sense in himself the healing properties of that flower . |