Example sentences of "[verb] the [adj] [noun sg] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Princess of Wales may have foreseen the latest controversy over her marriage in the stars . |
| 2 | We have the problem facing us of implementing the planned museum extension , i.e. of building the mezzanine floor over our landlord 's garage . |
| 3 | But the downside is that Pinatubo — which had been dormant for 600 years — may have been the reason we have all been reaching for our brollies and in some cases sandbagging the front door over the past few weeks . |
| 4 | Tuppe flung the aquatic anomaly over his shoulder , wiped his fingers on the paper bag and clambered to his feet on the copper map . |
| 5 | ONE MORNING EARLY IN JUNE , BETWEEN DAWN AND SUNRISE , THE headman stood on his roof and shouted out across the village that today they would build the temporary bridge over the main river and that one man from each household was needed . |
| 6 | A group of World War Two paratroopers are planning to re-create the airborne drop over Arnhem in Holland in 1944 . |
| 7 | Veterans of the Second World War aiming to re-create the airborne drop over Arnhem are undergoing parachute training . |
| 8 | They looked intently at him , then at each other , then executed a smart about-face ; the scullion with the loaf threw it at the other , who caught it and started to hit the other minion over the head with it as they ran back into the mist the way they had come , their figures — one crouched almost double , one striking out with the loaf of bread — and their running footsteps quickly absorbed by the rolling mists . |
| 9 | Admittedly Dane did throw the odd comment over his shoulder as they drove , pointing out places of interest , but every time he did so Marianne managed to draw his attention back by launching into yet another anecdote which involved only herself and Dane . |
| 10 | AN peace talks appeared near collapse yesterday and a United Nations Security Council vote to enforce the no-fly zone over the region was delayed . |
| 11 | Thus , assuming all goes well in this weekend 's national league games , Scotland will have used a mere 16 players during the course of the campaign , Peter Wright 's introduction for the injured Alan Watt proving the only alteration over the four games . |
| 12 | Hrun slung the unconscious dragonlord over his shoulder and set off at a trot back to the arena . |
| 13 | On Oct. 8 the German Bundestag approved at a first reading the ratification of the Maastricht Treaty on condition that it be given the final say over the introduction of a single European currency in the final stage of European monetary union ( EMU ) . |
| 14 | Given the powerful influence over the whole of Welsh education , until and unless the University shows a greater interest in and awareness of the importance of further education to the Principality , it will not be able to flourish properly . |
| 15 | Magistrates will be given the same immunity over their actions in court as judges now enjoy . |
| 16 | Given the still-simmering controversy over a fellow Tory 's ‘ bloody nigger ’ insult , the argument was indefensible . |
| 17 | They plan to paint the Irish tricolour over the Union Jack . |
| 18 | The comments come just ahead of two key decisions by Scottish Office ministers which will set the tone for the new curriculum and could damage the wide agreement over its introduction . |
| 19 | South-west of the town , Barton Swing Aqueduct , built in 1894 , replaced the masonry aqueduct built by James Brindley ( q.v. ) to carry the Bridgewater Canal over the Irwell valley . |
| 20 | His 68 equalled the best round over the course — a similar effort by Kerry 's Eoghan O'Connell last year . |
| 21 | When it comes to improvising you should be able to see the whole scale over the entire neck of your instrument , thereby providing total freedom on your bass . |
| 22 | When Dot went to bed that night , Gloria laid the fawn coat over the top of the blanket . |
| 23 | Each was required in turn to break off and tell us the advertisements were coming and it did prove hard , such was the intensity of the exchange , to sustain the intellectual commitment over commercial claims for Whiskas and options . |
| 24 | The trade unions have sustained the Labour party over all these years and Labour gave the trade unions the appalling powers which were so badly abused in the run-up to the 1979 election when , as we all know , the country was brought to its knees by a new strike almost every week . |
| 25 | The orchestral playing is quite ravishing at times , and Giulinii displays the utmost care over detail so that lots of subtleties can be heard despite the full textures . |
| 26 | This may not always be the lowest price available , but the one which represents the best value over a period of time . |
| 27 | As he filled her glass again he knocked over the salt cellar and quickly chucked the spilt salt over his left shoulder . |
| 28 | The plan envisaged realising the desired network over a ten year period at a projected cost of 10 million guilders with a committed programme of annual subsidy from central government . |
| 29 | American war planes will launch lightning strikes against the Serbs if they continue to breach the no-fly zone over the former Yugoslav republic . |
| 30 | Mr. Kinnock has attacked the Prime Minister over unemployment . |