Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] over [pron] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , no , pray , ’ she begged , dropping the bread and rising also , and casting an apprehensive glance over her shoulder at the closed door . |
| 2 | Unlike Kanemaru , Hiroyasu Watanabe was not spared the ignominy of a public trial over his role in the scandal . |
| 3 | Simply smear on a generous amount over your skin after cleansing to make a revitalising face mask . |
| 4 | Holding a joint of beef before him on an outstretched arm , he would wave his free hand over its surface in a gesture approaching a mystical rite , conferring upon the excellence of his merchandise a value far in excess of what the none-too-prosperous housewives of Reine hoped to pay . |
| 5 | Coopers & Lybrand has paid $95m in an out-of-court settlement over its work as auditor to Miniscribe , the bankrupt hard disk manufacturer . |
| 6 | ‘ I will explain it to you presently , ’ said the Reverend gentleman , with a harassed glance over his shoulder to where Theda stood glaring at her second visitor . |
| 7 | He ran a tremulous fingertip over her lips in a further gesture to silence her as if he could n't bear the pain of hearing the words spoken . |
| 8 | If you recognise a sag developing , stay confident in your transit and steal and instant lead over your competitors by staying on the line . |
| 9 | Although class teachers have considerable personal autonomy over their classes with regard to both the mathematical content and the manner in which this is encountered , they are far from free of the social world which they , and , as importantly , their pupils inhabit . |
| 10 | That gives him clout not only in tricky talks with America , Britain , France and the Soviet Union over how the new Germany will fit into Europe , but also in negotiations within the European Community over what sort of Europe it will be . |
| 11 | THE Government yesterday agreed to pay £150 million in compensation to the investors of the failed Barlow Clowes group after it was castigated for ‘ substantial maladministration ’ by the Parliamentary Ombudsman over its handling of the affair . |
| 12 | Alex giggled deep down in his stomach and his arms and legs met like a soft anemone over her hand in an attempt to come to terms with it . |
| 13 | All these pictures were accompanied by Mr. Wakeford 's natural wit , which combined with his obvious joy over his discovery of wild flowers . |
| 14 | A lot of people have said to us that our gigs remind them of when they 're in the bathroom , miming with a tennis racket , pouring water over their heads for that sweat experience . ’ |
| 15 | A lot of people have said to us that our gigs remind them of when they 're in the bathroom , miming with a tennis racket , pouring water over their heads for that sweat experience . ’ |
| 16 | Edward Boyle , who had resigned from the previous Government over its management of the Suez crisis , became his Parliamentary Secretary . |
| 17 | We use this way in to stop people stealing what gear we have.Andy has been scratching around for a regular roof over his head for a year , ever since he lost his job and his home burned down in a fire . |
| 18 | She had let me see a draft of it , and I fancied that she had been a little timid about the dénouement , which was death in a motor accident , and feared that her own terrible anxiety over her son in the past might have inhibited her . |
| 19 | Supporters of the Public Service Ideal will be disappointed by our finding that television news is biased towards the incumbent government , and alarmed by our evidence that the tabloid press has such a powerful influence over its readers at election time . |
| 20 | A role is created for the reader to play beyond that of the simple suspension of disbelief required by all fiction in the face , for instance , of such instances of an extraordinary control over his tale-telling by a supposedly drunken Miller as those just noted . |
| 21 | Good balance is the effective control over your centre of gravity , relative to the direction in which you are delivering the ball . |
| 22 | The latest victims are Allan Ludman and Nicholas Coch , whose Physical Geology has a slight edge over its competitors in that it includes a series of rather handsome colour plates . |
| 23 | His win enlarged the Frenchman 's record total of Grand Prix victories to 45 and maintained the Williams 's team complete superiority over their rivals in the season-opening race . |
| 24 | According to FMLN sources , the plan envisaged giving the guerrillas full administrative control over their zone in a " transitional period " , until peace talks produced a final accord which would allow them to disarm and convert themselves into a purely political movement . |
| 25 | Anneliese grinned , casting a wicked look over her shoulder at where her older brother stood close by , talking and laughing in a group with Salvo and several other relatives . |
| 26 | Dr Murdoch resigned from the British Medical Association over its attitude to the Arthur case , but criticism has also come from within the BMA . |
| 27 | But Marc turned and , to Sarella 's embarrassment , instead of moving away , placed one hand possessively on the wall beside her head and leaned there , with a smiling glance over his shoulder at his younger brother . |
| 28 | In order to rebreathe , make a loose mask over your face with your hands ( see Figure 5.1 ) . |
| 29 | In other words , it was the settled view of European law , at that stage in its development , that upon accession , a member state abandoned sovereign control over its affairs to the extent that they fell within the purview of the Treaty of Rome , as interpreted by the European Court of Justice . |
| 30 | Even the USA , which in the 1980s still seemed sufficiently vast and dominant to deal with its economic problems without taking any notice of anyone else , at the end of that decade became aware that it ‘ had ceded considerable control over its economy to foreign investors … ( who ) now hold the power to help keep the US economy growing , or to help plunge it into recession ’ ( The Wall Street Journal , December 5 , 1988 , p1 ) . |