Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] over [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Desperately unlucky at Crayford last month , the lightweight bitch has since won over the Leger course . |
| 2 | We all agree to the need for more rational use of insecticides than hitherto , especially in agriculture ; yet insecticides to control mosquitoes are normally applied to the inside walls and roofs of buildings so that , unlike agricultural pesticides , they are not widely dispersed over the landscape but confined within houses . |
| 3 | Much modified over the war years , in 1944 a much refined and altered version emerged as the Yak–18 which continued the successful line for many more years . |
| 4 | Having gingerly discarded over a hedge bits of rotted fruit and suspect cheese , I lunched on olives and mineral water in the shade of a great oak wood . |
| 5 | Wayne 's going-out stuff , all hung over the back of his one upright chair , had the definite air of being from another world altogether . |
| 6 | Seven years later , however , Christien has not only got over the pain but has used the experience to make him a better actor . |
| 7 | O. segesta Lyman from off Bermuda was thought to differ from O. smitti in having longer , thinner spinelets and rods sparsely distributed over the surface of the disk and the arm spines , particularly the ventral ones , were more rugose . |
| 8 | It was possible to think , as she herself points out , that she had merely tripped over a plug or something ; in fact Ann has an artificial leg . |
| 9 | They 'd all gone over the side , singing Johnny Lydon 's hit ‘ Who Do You Think You Are Kidding , Mr Galtieri , ’ and 98% of them had n't made it to the beaches . |
| 10 | He had languidly stretched one arm out and in doing so knocked over the wine bottle . |
| 11 | With lights and sounds , the aroma of malt , hops and barley is gently wafted over the audience . |
| 12 | The ECJ has rather wavered over the issue in relation to the Transfers Directive . |
| 13 | Ironically , very often it is conservation policies , successfully applied over a period of time , that have made the centre a more attractive investment to owners and increased the value of properties . |
| 14 | The royal arms , which symbolized the supremacy of the crown over the church , were generally placed over the tympanum where the rood had previously stood . |
| 15 | A method similar to that described above is still probably the most suitable for producing concave trunk mouldings for long-case clocks mentioned in Mr Robey 's second question although they may not be so easily manipulated over the saw bench , particularly if they are stop-ended as the ends may present problems . |
| 16 | It was true , it had the feel of truth : the woman had n't just fallen over a cliff . |
| 17 | This possibly indicates that the alignment was intentionally placed over the countryside from the church at Bishops Cannings to the one at Didcot some 54 kilometres away . |
| 18 | Yarrell is publishing the British birds quarto size — and about one thousand other niny tiny Works are in progress to assist in the mass of confusion already scattered over the World . ’ |
| 19 | K has literally just rung over the moon that I had fixed this as her mother is very fond of David and has known him for years — and it is fitting that widow of first Prof of CEGS ( as above ) be included — her dad built up the department enormously and I knew him through European seminars etc via Law Society with and others including who is a Heriot Row neighbour . |
| 20 | So long as the old couple had not made over the farm , their middle-aged son remained a ‘ boy ’ : ‘ You can be a boy here forever as long as the old fellow is still alive ’ . |
| 21 | Stresses are easily transmitted over the phone and fuel concern . |
| 22 | The basilican church was generally built over the burial place of the saint to whom it was dedicated . |
| 23 | But water chiefs were still saying we have not got over the drought . |
| 24 | The municipal-bond market has only just got over the jolt it received from federal tax changes in 1986 that removed tax breaks for some large buyers of new issues , notably banks and insurance companies . |
| 25 | Woks are best used over a gas flame . |
| 26 | HSC and NutraSweet have already clashed over the aspartame market after HSC filed a complaint against NutraSweet with the European Community . |
| 27 | ‘ We 've just crossed over a road , ’ he said . |
| 28 | The terminal checks with the bank 's computer that the number corresponds with the card , and that the customer has not spent over the limit of £200 that day . |
| 29 | Bedwetting baselines are best set over a period of at least 2 weeks because of the often intermittent nature of the problem . |
| 30 | Bill rang police up and he says , oh he said I 've just run over a dog ! |