Example sentences of "to be [verb] over the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They turned south this time and soon Jenna was amused and intrigued to see huge gaggles of geese in fields , moving about almost as one and honking loud enough to be heard over the noise of the car . |
| 2 | ‘ I just wanted to say something , ’ Loren Aldridge told her , leaning close and raising her voice to be heard over the music . |
| 3 | Then he looked up , raising his voice so as to be heard over the sow 's din . |
| 4 | ‘ How long ? ’ shouted Billie from the rear , loud enough to be heard over the roar of the two-hundred horsepower engine . |
| 5 | all single men will have to be shot over the age of forty |
| 6 | Cattle required good quality pasture and plentiful hay if they were to be kept over the winter , which they generally were . |
| 7 | That enabled a considerable amount of groundwork for the valuation exercise to be undertaken over the summer . |
| 8 | A pair of grey-backed crows — hooded crows — flew across the track , and then , as the Land-Rover topped the rise and started down into a narrowing glen , a buzzard soared up in leisurely circles , to be lost over the crest of the moor . |
| 9 | If the Government of the day decide that a motorway is to be built and a footpath is to be built over the road , the cost of building a bridge or underpass is all part of the cost of building the motorway , and it is borne by the taxpayers . |
| 10 | The airport was to be built over the sea , partly on piles and partly on reclaimed land off Taipa Island , which was itself to be the subject of major development . |
| 11 | Fortunately , it 's a tremendously generous jug , enabling a secure launch to be made over the bulge into the easier crack above . |
| 12 | He had taken her to most of the local beauty spots ; arranged for cannon to be fired over the lake for their echoes and the quaint museum to be selectively open when they visited the place . |
| 13 | Comfortable forward grip for repetitive tasks allows gentle pressure to be exerted over the striker plate |
| 14 | Much important political or national news is likely to be announced over the radio . |
| 15 | They did n't want to be hit over the head like that , he concluded with his characteristic weary shrug . |
| 16 | Nat 's Dachsteins , dropped on a piece of exposed ground , are frozen solidly to it , have to be prised free , and will need to be thawed over the stove . |
| 17 | Some specific tasks had to be tackled over the course of the project . |
| 18 | It involves co-operation between both sides of the body : for instance , as one leg is put into a trouser-leg , the other holds the body upright ; a sweater has to be pulled over the head and then organized so that one 's arms can slide into the sleeves . |
| 19 | To help the long trek to some of the tees , the Committee allow cars to be driven over the course to suitable parking lots . |
| 20 | You can ask for any particularly bad points against the plaintiff to be discussed over the phone or in a covering letter as they may well fall outside the expert 's evidence in chief . |
| 21 | Mr Floyd has rejected an appeal by the Ramblers ' Association for an underpass or footbridge to be provided over the bypass where a footpath will be cut in two . |
| 22 | But they will have to be shovelled over the side . |
| 23 | But she had to battle for a York neck victory from Satank and trainer Jack Berry said : ‘ She ran well , but looked to be going over the top . |
| 24 | Its function is similar to the one found on table-top video machines , that is it enables the recorded picture to be replayed over the viewfinder both forwards and in reverse at a fast speed so that particular points on the tape can be located quickly . |
| 25 | It is true that the elections resulted in a House fairly evenly balanced between the two parties , but the fact that the elections came to be fought over the issue of the Church in Danger meant that those Tories who were returned were in no mood for compromise , with the result that the new House proved extremely difficult for the ministry to manage . |
| 26 | Bull said it still continues to be part of ACE Consortium , but only as far as desktop Intel-based systems are concerned : it refused to be drawn over the question of whether its relationship with IBM would result in it favouring OS/2 over Windows 3 , saying only that ‘ Windows is what our customers are buying today ’ . |
| 27 | Another point to bear in mind when working out your interview schedule is whether or not candidates are to be shown over the work place before the interview . |
| 28 | It now seems that a solution to the problem may be found in Law 145 of 10 February 1992 , which allocates funding worth L65 billion ( £30.1 million ; $52.2 million ) to be spent over the period 1991-93 on experimental projects to improve the use of museum resources . |
| 29 | The government appears to be divided over the issue . |
| 30 | Kuntze was to take over the company 's chairmanship from Jurgen Hippenstiel-Imhausen , who resigned in March and who on May 10 became the first person to be arrested over the affair . |