Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] a [noun] over a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whisk the eggs , sugar and vanilla essence in a bowl over a pan of hot water until the mixture holds a trail . |
| 2 | The Hawaiian Islands provide a classic example of a volcanic line , and the generally accepted explanation of this type of feature involves the passage of part of a plate over a sub-lithospheric thermal anomaly which , through the periodic generation of magma in the overlying crust sequence of volcanic activity at the surface ( Fig |
| 3 | Perhaps the other girl did n't mind being part of a deal over a vineyard . |
| 4 | Alan Jones , 29 , poured petrol through the letterbox of his girlfriend Christine Smith 's home after a row over a burger . |
| 5 | Mail-enabled spreadsheets allow you to send your work to a colleague over a network . |
| 6 | He received Mark in the central lobby and took him to the Members ' tea room for a chat over a pot of tea . |
| 7 | His description of the recovery of a Hunter over a Swiss airshow served as another graphic reminder that a performance should emphasize the aircraft 's character but should utilize only the established skills of the pilot — and should never require his super-human efforts to get out of a situation . |
| 8 | A TOP boss of the German Daimler-Benz firm is quitting his £300,000 a year job in a row over a neo-Nazi flag . |
| 9 | A TOP boss of the German Daimler-Benz firm is quitting his Pounds 300,000-a-year job in a row over a neo-Nazi flag . |
| 10 | If experiments such as creep or stress relaxation are performed on the same sample of a polymer over a range of temperatures a pattern of behaviour is apparent that as long ago as 1943 led to the proposal of a " master curve " to which all observations could be reduced . |
| 11 | The row over Landsat equipment comes on top of a dispute over a ground station that China has set up in Peking , with American help , for receiving data from US and Japanese meteorological satellites . |
| 12 | Checklists are not appropriate for people who do not have inti-mate knowledge of a child over a period of some weeks . |
| 13 | CAN anyone help solve the devil of a mystery over a Middlesbrough landmark ? |
| 14 | EVIDENCE was growing last night of a cover-up over a British Airways jumbo jet captured in Kuwait by Iraqi troops as the Gulf War erupted . |
| 15 | In the dream , but not in memory , a mist rose a few feet above the surface of the water like a veil over a familiar face . |
| 16 | THE brother of Ipswich Town captain Dave Linighan has been accused of making a racist remark to a taxi driver in a dispute over a fare . |
| 17 | There is less emphasis on corporate planning , and on ‘ structure plans ’ that would provide a policy framework within a county over a fifteen- or twenty-year period . |
| 18 | THE postponed replay of a battle over a five-a-side football complex has kicked off in earnest . |
| 19 | The other respondent favoured amalgamation with Green Haven on the same educational grounds ( the superiority of a two-teacher over a one-teacher school ) , but denied that there was a valid way of life argument for keeping Village school open . |
| 20 | Karl , as it were , added the italics as he cast a speculative eye over a huge grey building which loomed over the avenue like a battleship over a flotilla of cargo boats and from which , in the still , clear air , hung a vast flag , red , with a golden hammer and sickle emblazoned on it . |
| 21 | According to Mr K , it all started with an argument with a customer over a faulty toy in an Easter egg last year . |
| 22 | 1 Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of hot water . |
| 23 | Place the pieces of broken chocolate in a bowl over a pan of simmering water . |
| 24 | Melt chocolate in a bowl over a pan of simmering water . |
| 25 | Mix cheeses. melt plain chocolate in a bowl over a pan of simmering water . |
| 26 | Melt the chocolate in a basin over a pan of hot water . |
| 27 | Melt the chocolate in a basin over a pan of hot water . |
| 28 | Cook the minced beef in a saucepan over a high heat until browned . |
| 29 | In practice , the average is usually a time average ; one observes and averages the velocity at a point over a period long enough for separate measurements to give effectively the same result . |
| 30 | Guests tend to congregate in the lounge for a chat over a drink from the ‘ snug ’ bar , or to watch TV . |