Example sentences of "[vb past] over [art] [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The remaining 17% occurred over the 10 seconds preceding the onset of the common cavity episode , being evenly distributed through this time .
2 He gambolled over the four fences on the run towards the turn for home on the first circuit , and made towards the stands with a commanding lead .
3 And he paid over a thousand pounds for it .
4 Dad paid over the four shillings and while he was entering it up in the book said , ‘ Mr Priest , I was wondering if yer could give me permission to build a small wooden shed facing the house ? ’
5 I simply climbed over the eight foot fence , strolled over to the main accomodation block and mingled with all the other prisoners there .
6 There was a nasty moment before the ball flew over the three bunkers that block the fairway .
7 He approached the three horses and , dancing first on one foot and then on the other , ran like a deer , leapt over the three horses , over the flaming swords , and alighted on the saddle of his own horse , the great Koulash .
8 Less than a mile to go as they pinged over the three obstacles set close together at the far end of the back straight , and Mill House was ail of three lengths ahead : as they stretched out round the long sweeping turn towards the Pond Fence , the third from home , it really seemed as if he was at last going to take his revenge on Arkle .
9 The war , which arose over the two countries ' rival ambitions in Manchuria and Korea , was widely regarded in Russia as the product of intrigue at court and among a handful of entrepreneurs , and aroused little patriotic enthusiasm .
10 The Prester was believed to have written to the Byzantine Emperor Manuel Comnenus , enumerating the wonders of his kingdom , and affirming that he ruled over the three Indies and over seventy kings , and that twenty bishops , twelve archbishops and a patriarch acknowledged his authority .
11 I thought over the 90 minutes we were the better team .
12 We had no experience of mining or waste and it [ the mining waste ] just grew over the 18 years until look at the height of it now ’ .
13 Then we went over the two Harnham Bridges , one with its niches to enable pedestrians to shelter from passing vehicles and so to Exeter Street and home .
14 In all over six hundred school children participated over the three days of the event .
15 Judicial dispute continued over the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that defined the constitutionality of abortion .
16 ‘ Large numbers of entries were received for all the competitions , which ran over the two days and were thrown open to the past members of the Club , as well as members of the Ladies and Artisans sections .
17 No , I had over a thousand pound .
18 They had over a hundred shops in in Edinburgh .
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