Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [to-vb] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A couple of blokes tried to go over the wall about a year ago . |
| 2 | Even in death their lips were curled in a snarl ; their wizened faces and staring , blank eyes seemed to gloat over the evil they had planned . |
| 3 | The front bridle legs have to pass over the cross-spar and be free to run in a straight line from the leading edge to the ring . |
| 4 | All the circumstances must be examined to see if the parties intended to leave over the entire agreement or whether they intended to make a binding contract , albeit one with some details still outstanding . |
| 5 | One contained business matters of the sort that households — even households in the depression years tend to accumulate over the years . |
| 6 | It may also bring to a head a number of crucial questions about spreading priorities — for example , defence versus social security spending — when the oil revenues begin to decline over the coming years . |
| 7 | The couple , under the spotlight as royal watchers continue to speculate over the state of their marriage , were seen to exchange smiles . |
| 8 | Her fingers began to move over the sheet of paper , but when she had finished drawing the circle of standing stones , she found she had also sketched in the figure of Julius . |
| 9 | Although arguments continue to rage over the effects of nitrogen on health , once digested through food or water it is suspected of having links with blue baby syndrome by reducing the oxygen -carrying capacity of the blood , and cancers of the stomach and oesophagus . |
| 10 | With the party having re-entered the corridors of power through a side door , and with the Liberals beginning to divide over the conduct of the war , the Conservatives ’ prewar fears had been dissipated . |
| 11 | Americans love to go over the top and now they have the perfect excuse . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , the campaign in Burma was coming to an end with the virtual extermination of the Japanese forces trying to escape over the Sittang river . |
| 13 | At the time there were parents and children waiting to cross over the crossing and it could have been much more serious . |
| 14 | — It was hard going at first , but after a while her hands began to flow over the keys in an easier , more assured style , and Laura found that she was able to relax , the soft chords and harmony having a soothing effect on her lacerated emotions . |
| 15 | " The Congressional Deputies had to shout over the loud-speaker so as to be heard above the noisy protest of hundreds of women market stallholders who filled the public galleries . " |
| 16 | In Britain , Pakistani women continue to enthuse over the fashions in Salwar Kamiz which reach London from Pakistan , usually via Bradford . |
| 17 | Erm from there we went into this purpose built flat above a grocers shop , it was meant for the manager of the grocers shop , but he had better sense and so the flat became available for letting to the Borough Council who at the insistence of the owners of the house we were in , erm , were anxious to get their property back and so we found ourselves in a brand new flat , the first tenants , although this was not very highly to be recommended , you approached your flat up er stone staircase , er from the outside so you exposed to the elements er you then walked across the roof , flat roof over the shops until you came to your flat door , erm , Islington at that time was just beginning the , to see the influx of immigrants from the colonies as they were in those days and er , they in turn created much heavier demand on what little vacant property there was , so that the district rapidly deteriorated and for many people who were not in the fortunate position that we were found it necessary or desirable to leave because they were sharing rooms or sharing houses with people whose ways of life were different from theirs and this is something I think that housing authorities learnt to appreciate over the years that the differences between people 's ways of life are one of the major causes of social distress . |
| 18 | So The Shamen have to win over the college/alternative scene . |
| 19 | The Tories want to trample over the workers , particularly through the instrument of unemployment which has already frightened workers into accepting wage cuts such as at Cambuslang . |