Example sentences of "at the [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over his shoulder she glanced at the clock over the door — the hands seemed to be moving very fast and she was reluctant to say it was time she was going . |
| 2 | He glanced at the clock over the door . |
| 3 | Most are aggregate studies , looking at the correlation over time or across space between levels of crime and unemployment . |
| 4 | The Opposition has had a field day with the charges of betrayal it could with so much justification fling at the Government over broken election promises . |
| 5 | Haacke has provoked resignations at the Guggenheim , and storms at the Tate over Charles Saatchi . |
| 6 | He wore a loose cotton blouson buttoned at the waist over a blue tee-shirt and faded khaki slacks . |
| 7 | Peter Hickton had had trouble with the resident stage crew at the Variety over the Saturday night . |
| 8 | British Nuclear Fuels ( BNFL ) , which operates the Sellafield plant , found 65 fragments of grass-like material at the tide-line over a two-mile stretch of beach during routine monitoring operations in March and April . |
| 9 | I was flicking the coal dust from my trousers and trying to look unconcerned when I saw Wesley Binks doubled up with mirth , pointing triumphantly at me and at the hole over the cellar . |
| 10 | If you at the statistics over the last three to four years , you 'll find the number of U K people travelling abroad has always stayed round about the thirty million mark , despite what 's happened to the prices . |
| 11 | He looks at the window over Tite 's shoulder and says something like : ‘ Oh … early days yet . ’ |
| 12 | FRANCE 'S new Socialist Prime Minister , M Pierre Beregovoy , came under fire at the weekend over his appointment of M Bernard Tapie , a business tycoon and football club owner , as Minister for Cities . |
| 13 | Twoflower looked worriedly at the wizard over the top of his strange seeing-lenses . |
| 14 | He was looking up at the sign over the door . |
| 15 | The boat has received regular visits from its lawyer owner , as well as from other collectors of the cars who have called at the yard over the years . |
| 16 | The reader assists at the triumph over the abyss and experiences , in a very important way , his/her own coming-through or rite of passage . |
| 17 | Many such instances were carried out at the Chapel over the next few years . |
| 18 | Many visitors to Quainton Road expressed surprise at the amount of change that has taken place at the Centre over the last few years . |
| 19 | Instead , I lay the garment out flat on the table and place one heavy book over the top of the neck edge and one at the bottom over the rib to stretch it a little . |
| 20 | But there are some red faces at the BBC over the ending of the London Marathon . |
| 21 | But the battles I had at the BBC over The Monocled Mutineer and Tumbledown ! |
| 22 | Look at the potatoes over there ! |
| 23 | ‘ Look at the tree over there ! ’ cried Peter . |
| 24 | ‘ I thought Spartak were a bit lax at the back over there , and let's be fair , we gave them a soft goal . |
| 25 | ‘ I thought Spartak were a bit lax at the back over there , and let's be fair , we gave them a soft goal . |
| 26 | I said I was rather tied up at the school over most week-ends ; though the half-term holiday was the week-end after next and I might just be in Athens then — but I could n't be sure . |
| 27 | You will have a look at the lines over the weekend , wo n't you ? |
| 28 | The following chapter looks at the debates over permissiveness in more detail , by examining the preoccupations of the moral entrepreneurs of the period , and in particular , Mary Whitehouse and the National Viewers ' and Listeners ' Association . |
| 29 | If the unholy alliance in favour of the National Curriculum is likely to come apart at the seams over the issue of resource , so also , given the very different aspirations of those who support its introduction , there is likely to be a parting of the ways over principles . |
| 30 | Almost , you know and they said they were better , we were right looking at the stage over this time . |