Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] over [art] " in BNC.

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1 First published ( under a different title ) in 1909 , it eventually sold over a million copies and was translated into 25 languages .
2 The next section between Culver Street and Gigant Street and Guilder Lane and Pennyfarthing Street could have seen little change over a long period .
3 The memoirs of great inter-war players like Dixie Dean , Tommy Lawton , and Stanley Matthews politely skate over the issue , but a Manchester United player in the 1920s recalled a telling incident involving the club captain , Frank Barson .
4 The partnership was successfully liquidated over a period of years and it was left to John Baring to rebuild the business in the form of a limited company .
5 Put in pan and slowly melt over a low heat , but do not boil .
6 Place in a bowl with the milk and gently heat over a pan of simmering water , stirring occasionally until melted and almost smooth .
7 The Prince carelessly handed over the sealed paper , then sent one of his Dutch aides to enquire about the identity of the girl in the diaphanous gold dress .
8 There 's no installation program ; instead you have to create a directory on your hard disk and manually copy over the files .
9 Since the acquisition of premises ( other than where the entrepreneur purchases the premises as a going concern and merely takes over an existing catering enterprise ) normally involves at least a change of use and often the development of the premises , planning permission is required .
10 No one is saying it is fair , but the system has more or less worked over the years .
11 I only took over the financial reins three weeks before the end of the financial year !
12 She only took over the field 6 months ago and fears young hooligans are trying to drive her and her animals away .
13 He admitted that mistakes had been made in the five months since he personally took over the government , especially in the slow pace of privatisation .
14 Mr Yeltsin admitted that mistakes had been made in the five months since he personally took over the government , especially in the very slow pace of privatisation .
15 While the Camphill Development Project will naturally take up time and energy and demand much sacrifice over the next few years it must not become our only goal .
16 Partly because the species are not marketable , partly because trees are only taken over a certain size , erm and so on .
17 ( vi ) Make preparations by dropping suspension from a Pasteur pipette on clean pre-cooled slides and gently dry over a low gas flame .
18 Since the birth of their sons , Felix ( now aged four ) and Max ( one ) , the Roberts were lucky enough to take over the raised ground floor which not only gave them more space but also allowed them vital access to the garden .
19 She 's sixteen , old enough to take over the housekeeping . ’
20 The other way to find out is to cover each eye in turn ; if there 's a squint , the bad eye will generally move outwards to take over the job of seeing .
21 Each truck has to carry 26 of them , together weighing over a ton .
22 The man slowly turned over the page of his magazine .
23 Dyson slowly turned over the empty pages of his diary .
24 Men who think with pride of themselves as gourmets , relish rare vintages and affectedly enthuse over a Romani Conti or other costly wine .
25 Receivership is anathema to corporate financiers , who hate to see their fat fees going to those who just pick over the bones .
26 Until the northern route was made the only road link between Applecross and the world outside lay over the notorious Bealach na Ba , a high and difficult pass attaining an elevation of 2000 feet ; a sore trial for a timid car driver .
27 The former Charlton youngster has had a harrowing time at Wednesday since his £250,000 move in January last year — but is aiming to finally win over the Hillsborough boo-boys .
28 They look like any other novel if you just flick over the pages and they are divided into chapters .
29 When she finally turned over a page and saw his name , it seemed oddly unreal .
30 The first time he sang the poem Bilbo had just handed over the Ring and was off to Rivendell ; the words accordingly express a sense of abdication , of having been left behind , along with determination to accept this and make a new life somewhere as yet unknown .
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