Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pos pn] [noun sg] over [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One is led to conclude from all this that despite some tactical ‘ victories ’ here and there , the British point of view with respect to policy in the EEC has not on the whole prevailed , any more than has its influence over the development of the institutional framework of the Community . |
| 2 | Yet the Tutor 's capitulation to Natalia reveals her power over every man she meets as well as his failure to withstand her wiles . |
| 3 | awful cos I 'm first-aided I usually get , I 'm the , the lucky person who hangs his head over a sink and sends him home again |
| 4 | Then it takes its place over a period of time within the wider teaching of the principles , planning and practice of worship , enabling the ordinand to explore the theological and practical importance of music in an appropriate context . |
| 5 | Harbour commissioner Frank Sluman said : ‘ The sea is a cruel master and it takes its toll over the years . ’ |
| 6 | An elderly man with camping equipment hurls his rucksack over the crowd into the doorway , for there is not enough room for him and his luggage to get through the stampede . |
| 7 | She throws her nightgown over the tube , like a white , tasselled theatre-curtain . |
| 8 | Many were killed — as they are still being killed today — for refusing to join the army 's Civil Patrol Units by which the military strengthens its grip over the countryside . |
| 9 | The 30-year-old plant , a Russo-Indian collaboration , sends its pollution over the countryside , filtering the sun through perpetual cloud . |
| 10 | Zero threads his way over the straw mat floor , a high-tech junkyard of old computer circuit-boards , obsolete monitors , fiveinch disk drives and a spluttering coffee-maker . |
| 11 | Clearly , the circuit behaves as a rejection filter and figure 8.8(c) gives its response over a range of frequencies either side of the rejection frequency . |
| 12 | So , if the horse rears or puts its tongue over the bit , the chances are that it has been hurt in the mouth by a rider with bad hands . |
| 13 | In contrast to the early scenes , Anderson violates the agreement maxim , arguing that he " was n't invited to give a particular paper " and his reformulation of the chairman 's description of his action being a " discourtesy " into being merely " bad manners " implies his disagreement over the enormity of his transgression . |
| 14 | Mark puts his hand over the mouthpiece . |
| 15 | It has been noted that the grounds on which the miller 's wife strikes her husband over the head with a staff as he fights with John are somewhat absurdly contrived : This can be interpreted as the contrived excuse for the wife to help her welcome lover to escape , as appears in some continental analogues of the tale . |
| 16 | Already his political obituaries are being prepared , as he considers his future over the weekend before making a statement on Monday . |
| 17 | The man in white drags her body over the rock and lays it face down in the centre . |