Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] the [noun] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The driver turns the engine over a couple of times ; says , ‘ What it needs is a little push . ' ’ |
| 2 | Rosheen led the Doctor over the fallen rocks . |
| 3 | Sabrina traced the counter over the kegs . |
| 4 | However , radar has the advantage over the passive receipt of radio waves that the pulses sent can be controlled and their nature and time of sending are known . |
| 5 | Aberdeen went ahead towards the end of the first half after Duncan Shearer chased a ball to the byeline that some would have given up for dead , and made the cross from which Mixu Paatelainen bundled the ball over the line . |
| 6 | Carefully circle each of the five hazards on the picture and then in not more than 12 words complete the tiebreaker over the page . |
| 7 | Observers noted that Shevardnadze 's appointment was an attempt to reassure the West over the splintering of foreign policy into republican units , with the attendant worries over nuclear weapons and the co-ordination of foreign aid . |
| 8 | David Gear hit the ball over the defence and Spence immediately changed direction and chased ; for some unknown reason , no flag appeared , allowing Spence to slot home past the helpless Warner to the annoyance of the home players . |
| 9 | Right-wing deputies offered on Saturday to study the recommendations over the next 90 days . |
| 10 | True , the way in which the general electorate pulled the wool over the eyes of pollsters , even exit pollsters , suggests sophistication is no long-er the exclusive prerogative of MPs . |
| 11 | Despite the behind-the-scenes politics , the most likely outcome of a redesigned Freedom is a slowing of ESA 's programme to spread the costs over a longer period . |
| 12 | In an attempt to break the deadlock over the Accord 's ratification , Mulroney held a two-day Premiers ' conference on Nov. 10-11 . |
| 13 | If a deal is eventually to be wrung out of a reluctant Kremlin to break the deadlock over the Baltic republics , much will depend on how much support Mr Yeltsin can muster . |
| 14 | Below : A delicate pink hue tinges the sky over the North Face of Les Courtes . |
| 15 | The rear of the Toyota was only just clear of the water as I jumped out , checking to see if it would be possible using the low gear to push the rock over the edge . |
| 16 | Do you really know in what way your company 's products/services have the edge over the competition ? |
| 17 | A short aqueduct carries the canal over a minor road before the canal dives into a deep cutting . |
| 18 | " This is the whisky and here 's the water , " Nicandra poised the watercroft over the tooth-glass . |
| 19 | Jazz clouted the skinhead over the ear so fast that the boy never saw it coming and reeled back , off balance . |
| 20 | Simon Brain 's shot was block , but Derek Hall bundled the ball over the line for a deserved point . |
| 21 | This troubled me so much that when , in the morning , I found Curtis running the polisher over the hall floor , I asked him , ‘ Did you hear that in the night , Curtis ? |
| 22 | Yes the and there 's a place out Glen Bainey er at the march between Glen Shee and Glen Ayloch and there 's a a fence er a gate or a steps at just the Glen Shee folk waited at that side to meet the Glen Ayloch folk to take the coffin over the dyke . |
| 23 | Sailing upwind works the boat over the waves gently . |
| 24 | The Institute of Management criticised the Government over the ‘ insensitive timing ’ of the Bill but the Institute of Directors welcomed the moves , including the scrapping of Wages Councils . |
| 25 | An opportunity to discuss the difficulty over the telephone when it arises and to look for a means of reducing the effects of the crisis is the starting point . |
| 26 | The mouse has the advantage over the rat in having a 10 fold smaller body volume — thus less substance is needed for each set of measurements . |
| 27 | Klepsch was elected as part of an agreement struck between the EPP and the Socialist Group to split the presidency over the five-year life of the EP . |
| 28 | When the bread balls hit the water over a bream that was near to the leader , then the leader would react after that fish and then , and only then , would the remainder of the shoal follow suit . |
| 29 | The station featured in a number of important historical events , such as the 1,000 bomber raid on Cologne , and Operation Market ( the use of airborne troops to take the bridges over the Meuse , Waal and Rhine ) . |
| 30 | It was expected that a UN-supervised referendum to resolve the conflict over the region [ for details and background see pp. 37628-29 ] would be held in early 1991 . |