Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [vb pp] over [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A sheet of cloth has been placed on to a stripped bed , the winding-sheet has been folded over the left-hand side of the corpse , the remainder drawn over the right , whilst the arms have been folded across the body in line with the bottom of the rib-cage . |
| 2 | But at least the money saved over the years by cycling has enabled me to afford early retirement , and escape the commuter rat-race ! |
| 3 | The profit and loss account shows the increase or decrease in the money held over the year . |
| 4 | I fought my hardest for the Dutch prisoners before the Privy Council this morning , but the tribunal was hopelessly divided , and the anti-Boers prevailed over the pro-Boers . |
| 5 | He said : ‘ We always knew we would have to deal with this at some stage — maybe in 20 or 30 years time — but the damage caused over a couple of nights during January and February was much worse than we ever anticipated . ’ |
| 6 | Have the rules changed over the years , for example have the age groups or allowing girls to take part or anything like that ? |
| 7 | In 1957 Macmillan inherited the leadership of an unpopular government , lagging behind Labour in the opinion polls , but the policies pursued over the years to 1959 managed eventually to retrieve the party 's position : Macmillan 's nuclear ‘ defence ’ policy seemed at the time a plausible way to reclaim the status of a world power on the cheap ; the formation of EFTA was negotiated ; Macmillan sacked the deflationary Chancellor Thorneycroft and substituted Heathcoat-Amory who instituted another convenient bout of pre-election tax cutting . |
| 8 | ‘ Shouting at me is n't a lot of help , ’ Polly blazed , flinging pencil and ruler down on the chart spread over the tray balanced on her knee , then lifting her head to glare at him . |
| 9 | Athelstan swung his cloak around him , picked up his writing tray and examined the beautiful embroidery of the dorsar draped over the back of one of the chairs . |
| 10 | While the race covered approximately 1000 miles , the route varied over the years but maintained Brescia as its base . |
| 11 | The driver shot over the intersection and kept his speed . |
| 12 | The noise echoed over the water which seemed to suck up the sound . |
| 13 | The solid lines are the background spectrum and the dots are the spectrum measured over the cell . |
| 14 | It was a formal invitation for the big party at the Hall ; not a specially-printed card , but the kind sold over the stationery counter with spaces for the date and the names to be handwritten in . |
| 15 | Apart from the champagne spilled over the bow , there was plenty consumed in a more conventional fashion as the crew showed off the new boat for the first time . |
| 16 | The course changed over the years and , in 1957 , following a tragic accident , the last Mille Miglia was held although smaller version of the race around Brescia continued to be staged , and a series of nostalgic races has been held since 1982 . |
| 17 | They matched the rugs draped over the equipment on stage , so you appeared to be looking into a stall at a bazaar . |
| 18 | The room was exactly as she 'd left it — shoes in the middle of the floor , the overall she wore for doing the bedrooms thrown over the back of the chair . |
| 19 | This must be equal to the integral over the surface were v is the velocity and — the density ; n is the outward normal to the surface S which enclosed V. By Gauss 's theorem we may write and hence Since this must be true for any volume element we have the equation of continuity The conservation of momentum in continuum mechanics relates the rate of change of the momentum integrated over a volume V to the resultant of the forces on that volume . |
| 20 | The Abingdon , Oxfordshire company is pleased with its slow but steady improvement , particularly given the investment made over the year in overseas expansion and new products . |
| 21 | The car shot over the edge and landed in a sand dune . |
| 22 | But of course the dream glossed over the differences between the public , perfected self and the private , often anguished individual . |
| 23 | But I discard that idea , for the water is too shallow over the sand and once a fish is hooked the fishing would be finished for a long time while the rest of the shoal got over the scare . |
| 24 | He was staring at the overcoat thrown over the rail . |
| 25 | The sun lifted over the hills and threw their shadows across the road . |
| 26 | Professor Lacey said yesterday : ‘ I have seen the membership of the committee refined over the years to suit the interests of the large food and pharmaceutical companies . |
| 27 | The Moderator laid on the table a letter dated 4th July which he had received from Mr Sutherland and which having , been read was by unanimous order of the Session thrown over the table . |
| 28 | Without uttering a word , fitzAlan jerked Isabel roughly forward , at the same time riffling through the parchments scattered over the table . |
| 29 | Notwithstanding Clinton 's protestations , the agonies suffered over the issue of draft evasion by Dan Quayle as vice-presidential candidate during the 1988 campaign meant that many Republicans seized upon the allegations against Clinton with undisguised delight . |
| 30 | For the most part Great Russians were fighting Great Russians , and in the process trampled over the lands of peasants , whether Russian , Belorussian , Ukrainian , etc. , none of whom was more inclined thereafter to feel particularly attracted to Muscovite patriotism . |