Example sentences of "the [noun sg] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her legs shot up and Samson 's tankard skidded across the counter , spilling the rest of the porter over the floor . |
| 2 | Jimmy Hamilton was Palace 's regular centre-half for six seasons and appeared in the defence over the period of eight Football League campaigns between 1923–24 and 1930–31 . |
| 3 | You 'll probably find her in the tent over there — or perhaps that one . ’ |
| 4 | Several hon. and hon. and learned Members who are present , some of whom have already spoken , have , like me , had the opportunity over the years in their professional lives to meet corrupt and evil people and to examine and sometimes cross-examine them in court . |
| 5 | But we did did take the opportunity over the weekend to actually run our traffic model er at a very crude level , I have to estimate . |
| 6 | At this meeting it was decided by the Committee to approve the Constitution of the European Federation of Funeral Services on behalf of the N.A.F.D. As we hold the Presidency of E.F.E.S. it was decided that we would not vote in favour of any one particular city for the location of the registered office for E.F.F.S. , but would endorse the decision of the majority over this matter . |
| 7 | ‘ So many terraces , ’ she mooned , refusing to acknowledge how amazing he looked in black trousers and a white evening jacket ; even the tea-towel over his shoulder did nothing to disarm his incredible elegance . |
| 8 | You can easily change back from an improper fraction to a mixed number by dividing the denominator into the numerator and putting the remainder over the denominator . |
| 9 | And the archaeological remains give authenticity to the fascinating legends of Greek mythology with the most famous of them all , the Parthenon , looking down from the acropolis over the bustling city of Athens below . |
| 10 | Since the water had to be raised to the top of the acropolis over a distance of a kilometre , this saved the construction of an aqueduct 100 feet high over this long distance . |
| 11 | The next stage is shopping for components , such as forms software , and raising an initial $2m to help with the funding over the next couple of months . |
| 12 | The next stage is shopping for components , such as forms software , and raising an initial $2m to help with the funding over the next couple of months . |
| 13 | Peter Hickton had had trouble with the resident stage crew at the Variety over the Saturday night . |
| 14 | Wednesday was a day of interminable meetings , during which the split over unemployment benefit between MacDonald and a substantial but fluctuatingly composed group of his Cabinet began to assume its final form . |
| 15 | He remained secretary of the National Federation , so becoming the link between the leadership and the constituency associations and hence the key figure in rebuilding the party following the split over Irish home rule and the defection of the Liberal Unionists . |
| 16 | Twoflower looked worriedly at the wizard over the top of his strange seeing-lenses . |
| 17 | Even before unity day last October 3rd , the euphoria over the fall of the Berlin Wall had evaporated and new friction was emerging between the two Germanies . |
| 18 | It was left to the Glasgow Hillhead MP , George Galloway , at a Scotland United fringe meeting to dissent with the euphoria over the severed links to the Scottish National Party and to question the leadership strategy . |
| 19 | Now when it asks you for the sample statement , ah done it , right before , it will ask you for the sample statement er over what period would you like to estimate this equation , right instead of pressing the return key which gives you the default , right , if you specify nineteen twenty three to nineteen forty sorry just a a dash between it like that nineteen twenty three space nineteen forty okay it asks you for the number of observations to be used in the structural stability tests , right , erm if you er press the default er if you press the return key then it should give you the maximum number available right five observations in this case right and then it will perform the regression over the entire sample period , those will be the results you obtain , right , it will also er present Chow erm test statistics . |
| 20 | In particular this applied to women , and one indication of it is indeed the change over the post-war period in economic activity rates among women . |
| 21 | The change over the past 2,700 years means days have been getting longer at an average rate of 1.7 milliseconds per 100 years . |
| 22 | Ted stood there waiting with the shirt over his arm , waiting to hear the inevitable sequence completed before he went on ; slam the van door , up the outside stairs to the flat over the workshop , another door to slam , and then LOUD MUSIC . |
| 23 | , I did n't know that one had gone , usually it 's the bulb over there that had gone , but I find it so difficult to get at , you change it . |
| 24 | putting your head through the main-frame triangle , or carrying the bike over your shoulder is uncomfortable in the extreme . |
| 25 | A quick shift of weight , and he angled the bike over the gravel edge , sliding broadside as he struggled for traction . |
| 26 | He turned left in the village of Wanswell and blasted the bike over the slight pitch and on into the twisty overgrown lanes that led to the village of Purton . |
| 27 | The 260-km journey took five days , travelling 16 hours each day , mostly busing the bike over the broken terrain . |
| 28 | Singer draped the T-shirt over his head , but his laughter was evident in the way his shoulders shook . |
| 29 | The struggle over the succession between Ahidjo and Biya , in spite of its curious circumstances , had only served to emphasize that the succession problem remained alive and unresolved . |
| 30 | As the struggle over levels of relief intensified , so the Alliance lost further ground . |