Example sentences of "[verb] a [noun] over a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a strange grafted conjunction between a laburnum and a pink cytisus ( best avoided ) , and a fernery in a secret gully reached by walking a gangplank over a rushing rivulet . |
| 2 | No , he erm , I say with videos that they , they send a video over an Australian thing , this chap 's the other two and one of them had a camera and he went aboard to test pilot it and he took the all around the place round er having flown six five minutes and he paid he tried to things that had gone wrong , whatever it was and erm , he , he , he 's . |
| 3 | where we found a window over a tiled roof |
| 4 | This can happen while driving a car over a familiar route , and it can happen while reading predictable passages of text . |
| 5 | Now place a sieve over a big bowl . |
| 6 | Then came a battle over a fine tooth comb among the ladies who had lice in their hair ; this ended at forty-five shillings amid tears and despair . |
| 7 | Heat a wok over a high heat and add the oil and remaining ingredients . |
| 8 | Following its flight in the binoculars he saw it make a sweep over a rough piece of land shunned by the golf course architect , a triangle of unsuitable terrain enclosed by the 2nd , 9th and 17th holes . |
| 9 | But do n't make a fuss over a little thing like that . |
| 10 | In doing a campaign that takes you around the country on tour you may visit the local newspaper , talk to a consumer group , make a speech over a special lunch for local important big-wigs and then do an interview on the local radio . |
| 11 | The relationship between the two concepts of range and amount is perhaps more complex than one might expect , for some local cases get sustained coverage in local newspapers but not get a mention in he nationals , while , on the other hand , some events get a mention over a large number of newspapers on one particular day but never get featured again . |
| 12 | The attack at Bullingdon Jail near Bicester followed a row over a stolen stereo . |
| 13 | When some sociologists talk of the ‘ socialization function of the family ’ , therefore , they are not talking of a family deliberately and consciously performing a function assigned to it from outside by ‘ society ’ , but rather of a more subtle process that arises out of the facts of being married , of sharing a residence over a long period of time , and of parenthood . |
| 14 | Under these circumstances , the task of a fire brigade is a very difficult one , since on arrival they have to fight a fire over a large vertical height , from a very constricted position at floor level , at the base of the racking . |
| 15 | It has been used effectively for example in destroying odours from maggot farms which had caused a nuisance over a wide area , for more than twenty years and not even a tall chimney was necessary to remove the resultant exhaust gases . |
| 16 | He was quickly invited to play at court , where he delighted the king by playing at sight pieces by J C Bach , Abel , and ( George III 's favourite ) Handel ; playing brilliantly on the organ ; accompanying Queen Charlotte in an aria ; and improvising a melody over a Handelian bass . |
| 17 | There is little in this which is peculiar to a solicitors ' partnership dispute but with regard to the last noted remedy the court recognises the great and possibly irreparable harm that could be done by appointing a receiver over a professional firm and may be reluctant to make such an order at the behest of one disaffected partner ( see Floydd v Cheney [ 1970 ] Ch 602 and Sobell v Boston [ 1975 ] 1 WLR 1587 ) . |
| 18 | And it was only in 1961 that the ECSC won a victory over a French licensing system that discriminated against imports of coal into the country . |
| 19 | The next , and perhaps more difficult , stage is to recognize that marks of a particular kind form a pattern over a larger region . |
| 20 | Do n't place a mirror over an open fire , it encourages people of all ages to stand too close . |
| 21 | A tramp named Frederick Redvers Johns described a man he saw throwing a parcel over a nearby railway bridge on the evening of 22 June . |
| 22 | Er the three options were joint authorities er this would mean er unitary authorities within an area joining together and forming some sort of er joint committee arrangements and joint staffing arrangements to prepare a plan over a wider area . |