Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] over the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The earl had successfully held minor raids near Carlisle , apparently launched to sound out the defences of the western march , and at Berwick the garrison , with the help of George Dunbar , that angry refugee from over the border , poacher turned forester , had decisively defeated a party of four hundred Scots . |
| 2 | Yeah , well he does get a bit of over the top |
| 3 | The Oldham-based firm , which manufactures a wide range of healthcare products , from swabs to saline solution and a variety of over the counter medicines and treatments , recently spent more than £1m on extending its Bootle pharmaceutical manufacturing facility , which trades under the name Seton Prebbles . |
| 4 | Choose a dessert from over the page or serve cheese . |
| 5 | And others she did n't recognize : a young woman from over the sea , sometimes dressed in a nun 's habit , sometimes holding a clear-handled gun ; a foreign man , dark-complexioned and dangerous , his hands red with blood ; a beautiful young-old man with generous lips , picking up a guitar and smiling ; and a man in a tropical suit , with a deathshead skull behind his smile . |
| 6 | Illicit stills flourished , smugglers and " rum-runners " brought in alcohol from over the borders , and " bootleggers " distributed the liquor . |
| 7 | ‘ Come on , Angus , ’ Donald persisted , ‘ let us hear a song from over the mountains . |
| 8 | The voice from over the way was equally cold . |
| 9 | Page two , trying to pick up the bit at over the bottom of the door . |
| 10 | Oh we were brought up together all on the same vicinity for over the years you get to know one another and and erm thoroughly enjoy ourselves . |