Example sentences of "and [vb -s] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the lamp is adjusted , by a circular knob set into the side , the purple glow can be made much brighter and plays over the mutant . |
| 2 | And before most ministerial committees an equivalent official committee meets and goes over the points , so that the meeting can proceed without a hitch to an agreed conclusion , provided none of the ministers wishes to interject a personal note . |
| 3 | Have you ever thought it strange that the curse of the working classes is none other than that beloved boardroom nectar that evaporates executive stress and wins over the most capricious of clients ? |
| 4 | And upsets over the Will , and claimants . |
| 5 | The President appoints and presides over the Council of Ministers . |
| 6 | The President , assisted by two Vice-Presidents ( or , in extraordinary circumstances , one Vice-President ) appoints and presides over the Cabinet . |
| 7 | The President appoints and presides over the Council of Ministers . |
| 8 | Turns and twindles over the broth |
| 9 | GUIL stands up and looks over the audience . ) |
| 10 | It pitches and bobbles on some roads , and bounces over the potholes driven fast . |
| 11 | Initially steady flowing pools and racks , the river deepens and quickens over the next ¾ mile with the racks becoming grade II rock gardens with plenty of water and an enjoyable choice of routes until the head of the Dulnain Gorge . |
| 12 | The main road between Bretonnia and the Empire runs through this forest and climbs over the Axe Bite Pass . |
| 13 | The Thingi is a £7.49 plastic arm that Velcros itself on to the top of your monitor and hangs over the side . |
| 14 | What fired the stock market , however , is a belief that corporate profits should start to improve before consumer spending rises , thanks to the reduction in stocks and costs over the past year . |
| 15 | ‘ Its central theme is the idea of the Atonement as a Divine conflict and victory ; Christ — Christus Victor — fights against and triumphs over the evil powers of the world , the ‘ tyrants ’ under which mankind is in bondage and suffering , and in Him God reconciles the world to himself' ( Aulén 1965 : 4 ) . |
| 16 | She 's used to louts , thugs , layabouts — it 's her job : she cuts off the bits that Society does n't like and paints over the scars . |
| 17 | Shortly after the official opening ceremony a collection of no less than 11 Norseman floatplanes that had gathered at Red Lake , started-up , taxied around Howey Bay , took-off ( a tremendous effect as the sound of 11 Pratt and Whitney R–134s revving at full power reverberated around the bay ) and performed a series of fly-bys and overshoots over the bay in salute of CF–DRD and the weekend events . |
| 18 | He attacks the Doctor , but two Didonians enter , and in terror Bennett backs away and falls over the ledge . |
| 19 | At the same time , UM imports had been steadily rising , including very substantial imports from UM Vehicle Divisions on the Continent which had greatly expanded their total output and exports over the same period . |
| 20 | I can foresee many problems arising at busy tills and checkouts over the Christmas period as a result of this , because not everyone pays by cheque or credit card . |
| 21 | But whilst the law and order debate ebbs and flows over the political terrain , there is a strategic need to establish a second front where radical criminology takes on corporate crimes and crimes of other powerful institutions and privileged people . |
| 22 | He has rejected the world since the death of his wife and children , and broods over the failure of his hopes in the French Revolution . |
| 23 | When the excitement had died down I thought about my family , of all their help and sacrifices over the years and of the hardships they had undergone to bring us all up . |
| 24 | There was merely conventional wisdom about such questions as principles of road design , use zoning , building heights and controls over the external appearance of buildings . |