Example sentences of "[verb] a [noun] over a " in BNC.
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| 1 | SELLAFIELD bosses are exposed today as liars after denying a cover-up over a leak at the nuclear plant . |
| 2 | There is a strange grafted conjunction between a laburnum and a pink cytisus ( best avoided ) , and a fernery in a secret gully reached by walking a gangplank over a rushing rivulet . |
| 3 | The Stravinsky was a welcome up-beat to the new work and it drew a veil over a performance of the overture which apart from a cracking final Presto was emminently forgettable . |
| 4 | The defendant 's employees erected a tent over a manhole and surrounded the tent with paraffin lamps . |
| 5 | where we found a window over a tiled roof |
| 6 | This can happen while driving a car over a familiar route , and it can happen while reading predictable passages of text . |
| 7 | Now place a sieve over a big bowl . |
| 8 | EFFORTS TO reach a compromise over a move to ban all trade in ivory were under way last night as delegates gathered for the conference of the world 's wildlife monitoring organisation . |
| 9 | Then came a battle over a fine tooth comb among the ladies who had lice in their hair ; this ended at forty-five shillings amid tears and despair . |
| 10 | Heat a wok over a high heat and add the oil and remaining ingredients . |
| 11 | The writ also shows a dispute over a bank account . |
| 12 | Following its flight in the binoculars he saw it make a sweep over a rough piece of land shunned by the golf course architect , a triangle of unsuitable terrain enclosed by the 2nd , 9th and 17th holes . |
| 13 | But do n't make a fuss over a little thing like that . |
| 14 | Yes , yes , but you know , it well to me , the mind boggles that a young mum can make a fuss over a television programme , it really does . |
| 15 | In doing a campaign that takes you around the country on tour you may visit the local newspaper , talk to a consumer group , make a speech over a special lunch for local important big-wigs and then do an interview on the local radio . |
| 16 | A change of appearance was like hanging a net over a mirror , she had the same eyes but consoled herself by looking at herself differently . |
| 17 | The relationship between the two concepts of range and amount is perhaps more complex than one might expect , for some local cases get sustained coverage in local newspapers but not get a mention in he nationals , while , on the other hand , some events get a mention over a large number of newspapers on one particular day but never get featured again . |
| 18 | The attack at Bullingdon Jail near Bicester followed a row over a stolen stereo . |
| 19 | When some sociologists talk of the ‘ socialization function of the family ’ , therefore , they are not talking of a family deliberately and consciously performing a function assigned to it from outside by ‘ society ’ , but rather of a more subtle process that arises out of the facts of being married , of sharing a residence over a long period of time , and of parenthood . |
| 20 | It is the first of a rapidly growing family of microscopes based on the idea of moving a needle over a surface to sense its shape . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm not going to spoil a friendship over a pause . ’ |
| 22 | Under these circumstances , the task of a fire brigade is a very difficult one , since on arrival they have to fight a fire over a large vertical height , from a very constricted position at floor level , at the base of the racking . |
| 23 | Flinging a cloth over a side table , she now turned towards Mick and said , ‘ I 'm not puttin' meself out for you , mind . |
| 24 | It has been used effectively for example in destroying odours from maggot farms which had caused a nuisance over a wide area , for more than twenty years and not even a tall chimney was necessary to remove the resultant exhaust gases . |
| 25 | He was quickly invited to play at court , where he delighted the king by playing at sight pieces by J C Bach , Abel , and ( George III 's favourite ) Handel ; playing brilliantly on the organ ; accompanying Queen Charlotte in an aria ; and improvising a melody over a Handelian bass . |
| 26 | The final assault cast a shadow over a visit to Sarajevo , Bosnia 's capital , by Mr Cyrus Vance , the UN special envoy , who held talks with leaders from the republic 's Serbian , Croatian and Muslim communities and Yugoslav army commanders . |
| 27 | But this ignores the effect of new accounting rules set out in SSAP 24 , which require companies to spread a surplus over a number of years . |
| 28 | There is little in this which is peculiar to a solicitors ' partnership dispute but with regard to the last noted remedy the court recognises the great and possibly irreparable harm that could be done by appointing a receiver over a professional firm and may be reluctant to make such an order at the behest of one disaffected partner ( see Floydd v Cheney [ 1970 ] Ch 602 and Sobell v Boston [ 1975 ] 1 WLR 1587 ) . |
| 29 | He chose a platform over a cave roof to spawn , and 13 days later his female produced 20 fry . |
| 30 | Indeed for the refusal of food and drink there are a range of different visual signals : in different societies this may be signalled by putting a hand over a glass , by putting one 's knife and fork in a particular way or by shaking one 's head in a particular manner . |