Example sentences of "[verb] a [noun] over [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From Clifford 's Tower , the 13th century keep of York Castle erected by the Normans , you can enjoy a panorama over this historic walled city . |
| 2 | I 've come a cropper over this before , bemoaning the appalling performance of a 386/40 until I noticed that the tiny turbo light was off and , instead of running at 40MHz , the machine was running at 8MHz ! |
| 3 | As for multi-processing , Bull says it has recently woken up to the fact that it has a lead over most of its competitors — the Motorola-based DPX/2 line has supported symmetrical multi-processing with up to four processors for years , and now claims to have cornered a leading 20% share of the symmetrical multi-processing market . |
| 4 | Wills , who holds a victory over former world champion Greg Page and was no doubt encouraged by the fact that Derek Williams , whom he had floored and convincingly outpointed in New York this summer , became the new European champion after 55 seconds ' work against Hughroy Currie on Tuesday night , went about his work with pride , determination , and remarkable endurance . |
| 5 | Then , in 1989 , he caused a storm over Wild Orchid , refusing to promote the film when Playboy published pictures of himself and his on-screen/off-screen lover Carre Otis in explicit moments from the film . |
| 6 | Medieval travellers usually had to pick a way over boggy ground as they came off the hills . |
| 7 | Well , Dell has apparently run a car over one of the new machines and it still worked afterwards ! |
| 8 | However , Topham ( 1983 ) raises a question-mark over this criticism . |
| 9 | Well just say and just say that I had a bit of a ba an and I 'd like a check over that 's all just say that to them if you want alright ? |
| 10 | The housemaid said to me that the daughter and son-in-law were coming down for Easter ( I 've often had a laugh over this ) ; and she said : |
| 11 | However , if that election had been fought under some system of proportional representation then the Conservatives would have had a majority over Labour but would have been in a very substantial overall minority since the Liberals and Social Democrats would have held 160 or so seats . |
| 12 | If the source of ivory was elephant ( MacGregor 1985 ) , Indian or African , a larger number might be expected in Kent which appears to have had a dominance over many of the goods imported from the Continent and Mediterranean . |
| 13 | She 's had a breakdown over this . ’ |
| 14 | The suspension was much as I remembered it , crashing a bit over poor surfaces but generally sounding worse than it actually felt . |
| 15 | In the light of this advice , and using conservative growth rate assumptions , the directors have valued these catalogues and the other audio copyrights on the balance sheet at £12m , which represents a surplus over depreciated cost of £8.9m . |
| 16 | Pay attention to plants and flowers and make sure that you have your lighting on dimmer switches so that you can dim it right down for dining as well as drawing a veil over any kitchen clutter . |
| 17 | This antiquities sale offers a Greek over life-size marble head of a goddess , probably Aphrodite , dated around the late 3rd century BC which should sell in the region of $350,000 to $500,000 ( £228,000–326,000 ) . |
| 18 | One of the advantages of using a person-in-role over inanimate objects is that the ‘ passive ’ stage of watching and listening can gradually change to a more active involvement , as and when the class seems ready , but more important of course is the extra dynamic edge that is brought to the whole occasion by having present someone real and breathing and tangible instead of just a photograph . |
| 19 | ‘ Harry , sticking a bucket over some citizen 's head and beating it with a broomstick is not going to advance your career . ’ |
| 20 | But Israel has complicated US mediation efforts by demanding a veto over Palestinian representatives to peace talks . |
| 21 | What we we got a result over that . |
| 22 | And with that she took two of Granny 's pennies from her pocket , put her fingers on Granny 's eyes to push her eyelids down and placed a penny over each eye . |
| 23 | You should have worn a coat over that dress — the night 's not warm enough for an outfit like that . ’ |
| 24 | Perhaps we should draw a veil over further speculation and simply describe train-spotting as one of those lovable British eccentricities , like garden gnomes , toy soldiers , strong tea , and talking about the weather . |
| 25 | There followed a debate over economic policy in which the principal protagonists — though many others joined in — were Keynes on the one hand and the Treasury on the other . |
| 26 | It looked as if Luke 's pride had allowed him to draw a veil over last night 's final moments , and she was grateful for it . |
| 27 | Thus the Church Courts assume a jurisdiction over dead men 's goods . |
| 28 | An inn ; a number of Victorian houses and other properties at the western end of Chiswick High Road , enjoyed a view over open fields and orchards beside the Brentford Fruit and Vegetable Market until the initial work commenced on the construction of the first dual carriageway road , with a separate cyclists track , in the western suburbs . |
| 29 | Warburton of 69 Squadron undertook a reconnaissance over Southern Italy to seek the results of Operation ‘ Colossus ’ , but this day was marked by the first appearance over the island of 7/JG 26 . |
| 30 | HOW C&P ARE HELPING THE NRA TO BUILD A BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS |