Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | just off hanging over the welly boots when somebody puts their feet in the welly boots they get a bit of shock ! |
| 2 | Circumstantial evidence could take the form of showing the defendant wished to cover up an offence committed by himself , such as driving over the prescribed limit , being involved in an accident and then , as mentioned ( C ) 2 ante alleging that someone else was driving at the time of the accident . |
| 3 | After mulling over the idea for almost a year , Mr Chambers made the decision to leave Greenfield Human Resources — the agency he joined as a trainee in 1956 and left as a director — and set up on his own . |
| 4 | I apologize for using the semimetaphorical terms ‘ hard ’ and ‘ soft ’ in this essay , but after puzzling over the matter for some time I can see no other way of setting about it . |
| 5 | After grappling over the course of the novel with his essential nature and that of those around him , he finally renounces his quest for a fixed meaning , a completed story : |
| 6 | A US armed forces spokesman , Lt-Col Greg Smith , said many of the 527 migrants were ill and were being examined by doctors after disembarking over the weekend . |
| 7 | After wandering over the ‘ handsome ’ mouth and the ‘ bad-boy 's ’ ears and the hair ( ’ a masterpiece ’ ) , Danby concluded that North was a type of composite mythological figure , ready to step into a set constructed from ‘ 200 years of American archetypes and 50 years of the cinema ’ . |
| 8 | After passing over the top of Red Crag — an ill-defined top marked with a small cairn of stones to the left of the fence — bear to the left through the remains of a wooden gate towards a much lower peak intriguingly called Pikeawassa . |
| 9 | Already , after going over the encounter a few times , it was becoming , like the blue overhead , ambiguous . |
| 10 | If a house is bought this way all the surveys and investigations should be carried out first , and you must be ready to sign and exchange contracts on the day of the auction after paying over the 10 per cent deposit . |
| 11 | PAY settlements in manufacturing industry are now only slightly ahead of inflation , after halving over the last year , according to revised figures released yesterday by the Confederation of British Industry . |
| 12 | A thief made off with £45 from a shop in Easington Village after leaning over the counter and snatching a cash bag . |
| 13 | Our agreement would propose a royalty of 2% of our receipts on each written component for the use of the syllabus of Project English and for looking over the Activity Book and Video Guide manuscripts . |
| 14 | But Horton , determined to make amends for missing out by such a narrow margin last year , moved to the front with an excellent 68 but with Coles so close to him , nothing can be taken for granted over the final two rounds . |
| 15 | Herons seem to be incapable of stepping over the deterrent . |
| 16 | Texas Instruments , Sun 's co-developer and fabricator , said that the ‘ business decision ’ to start ramping-up production of the smaller chips at the expense of fussing over the 50MHz part was made two months ago , because Sun could n't wait any longer . |
| 17 | The purpose of the research is to examine the factors which have influenced the rapid growth of subcontracting over the past decade in certain sectors . |
| 18 | And it would seem as though it 's a logical thing to unblock a bit of the fence , so they can , instead of clamber over the bridge , just come straight through . |
| 19 | He started by saying that after Montaine 's death Jean-Claude had survived in the dark — a dirty , torn piece of sacking over the window and newspaper plugging the broken panes , obscuring the merest ray of sunlight . |
| 20 | The Mason climbed the spokes of the cart wheel , grunted with the exertion of climbing over the rim of the stage , and rose to his feet where the golden pavilion hid him from Gabriel 's view . |
| 21 | Between them , the Waleses have established a way of operating over the last ten years that is unmistakably their own ; and quite unlike any other branch of the Royal Family . |
| 22 | Since the average rate at which the foreign debt was raised was probably about 25 dinars , its dinar value in early 1988 was about 50 times as great , approximately the same as the change in the cost of living over the same period . |
| 23 | Certainly , it seems reasonable to assume that individuals whose temperamental make-up is more ‘ psychotic ’ , and who therefore have a greater predisposition to psychosis , will be in greatest danger of passing over the threshold into overt illness , just as those of anxious temperament are more likely to develop an anxiety neurosis , and persons whose blood pressure is more labile will carry an enhanced risk of heart attack or stroke . |
| 24 | Nowadays , too , the suggestion that a woman 's role consists entirely of slaving over the cooker , the kitchen sink and the washing is certain to irritate a significant number of people , though it is still a real enough situation for the majority of women . |
| 25 | And that 's why they 're sort of clambering over the bridge , in order to get onto the shortcut . |
| 26 | Within a couple of minutes of going over the destroyer 's port side , Donald Roy 's kilted Scotsmen were attacking the pumphouse 50 yards from the caisson ( 'H' on diagram p. 41 ) . |
| 27 | As he puffed the cigar to life , he shook his head , a man weary of going over the same ground again . |
| 28 | At ten fifty-five hours sharp Lance-Corporal Trumper stood trembling outside the colonel 's tent , almost as fearful of his commanding officer as of going over the top . |
| 29 | I find it almost amusing to listen to several of my contemporaries tell me about that ill-fated occasion and how they found a means of getting over the Alps . |
| 30 | Elsewhere members of the public had experienced odours from one source for over 20 years ; needless to say even the most persistent critic became tired of complaining over the years . |