Example sentences of "over the [adj] [noun] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 However , half-a-thumb's-length beyond it ( roughly two minutes at 75kts ) is another very distinctive marker point , a 300ft mast reaching to over 700ft amsl ( L ) which we can use to back-confirm our time over the half-way point as we pass south abeam it .
2 He says I 'm gon na fall over the blooming stuff if you keep mov it 's nice so is n't it ?
3 Lord Apsley was nearly four times over the legal limit when he arrived for a function at an army barracks .
4 Elizabeth Thomas , prosecuting , said Lord Apsley was nearly four times over the legal limit when he was later breathalysed at Cirencester Police Station .
5 Mrs Rita Crane , prosecuting , said Lord Apsley was nearly 4 times over the legal limit when he was later breathalysed at Cirencester police station .
6 Martin Clarke , who will serve only half the term , was three times over the legal limit when he struck David Adams as he cycled home from the supermarket on 21 December .
7 Gray said everyone at the club is deeply disappointed over the current situation but they all trying to put it right .
8 His short pants have shoved up over the bare knees and one shows bloody scratches .
9 And er the dampness and the tramping all over the rough ground and what have you , was n't good for his knees .
10 However , Stuart Roberts , 36 , of Oak Road , Rivenhall , was over the breath-alcohol limit when he entered Witham police station .
11 Oh , he slipped off the old bar stool occasionally and when going home tripped over the odd stone that he was sure was n't there when he went out .
12 Once more it was impossible to get high enough to see over the neighbouring branches but he called down that he was reasonably sure that they were now at the southernmost end of the depression which contained the Swamp and that if after another mile or so they turned westward they could do so on dry land .
13 Once more it was impossible to get high enough to see over the neighbouring branches but he called down that he was reasonably sure that they were now at the southernmost end of the depression which contained the Swamp and that if after another mile or so they turned westward they could do so on dry land .
14 Earlier however Kelburne looked as though they were going to walk all over the young Aberdonians when they raced into a 2-0 advantage from scores by David McKay and Michael Starling but a goal by Philip Webster just before half time gave the northerners a timely boost .
15 A weak sun was rising off to the east over the distant buildings and its pale light was filtering through the branches of the trees about him .
16 The series aspect of any element is illustrated in the blow-up of figure 9.16(c) and application of Kirchhoff 's voltage law to this aspect gives or This time note that it has been possible to neglect the change in the current phasor I over the infinitesimal element as it only leads to terms that are second order in smallness .
17 This has happened all over the Western world and we must now start to pick up the pieces .
18 ‘ We 've got more snow up here and all over the Swiss Alps than we have had in 50 years , ’ said Dr Othmar Buser , whose research centre is perched at 2,660m on the Weissfluhjoch above Davos .
19 They were full of movement , the maids , but the strange girl was as still as a hunting cat , her fingers closed over the cheap pin and her eyes open now .
20 ENGLAND scored their second big win in two days over the Soviet Union when they won 4-2 at Bexley Heath last night .
21 The clerk behind the hatch asked for their empties before she 'd hand over the new bottles but they had n't got them .
22 I fucking let milk boil over the other night and I ca n't get it off .
23 If I can get across this road and the bridge I 'll take you over the other side and you might be able see the big tree trunk better .
24 Our flight was announced over the loud speakers and we made our way through lots of small passages until we were on the plane .
25 But this time , faced with an orchestra which apparently was at first slow to respond to his blandishments , the musician took priority over the Mahlerian moraliser and he revealed many details and subtleties of the score while keeping its huge overall span firmly within his sights .
26 It takes nerve to haggle over the small print if you are told that your new colleagues have worked under similar terms for years without batting an eyelid .
27 He skirted over the small matter that he was one of them .
28 According to Spill , there are a number of checkpoints that SCO must negotiate over the coming months if it is to maintain its MIPS effort — each requiring a commitment of political will , as well as cash .
29 Mrs Wallington 's tight face relaxed a little as David leaned forward over the criss-crossed string that her hands held taut between them .
30 My room was over the back door and it squeaked like a murdered rat .
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