Example sentences of "over the [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Working in the studio , you had to have buckets of water thrown over the actors to give the impression of being at sea ! |
| 2 | AI has appealed to Brazilian parliamentarians expressing its concern over the moves to reinstate the death penalty . |
| 3 | Then sliding reluctantly over the ocean came a thunderous grey cloud , and under it was the crumpled , dark green lozenge of sulky Dominica . |
| 4 | VANDALS who broke into an Orange hall outside Armagh over the weekend damaged a large drum , smashed three windows and ransacked the interior . |
| 5 | The slightest hint of trouble over the weekend brought a massive response from fleets of police cars . |
| 6 | The truth is that while batting in the indoor nets he was struck on the toe by a ball from paceman Chris Lewis and an X-ray over the weekend revealed he had indeed suffered a cracked bone . |
| 7 | Television pictures of the huge and well-organised exodus from the embassy over the weekend had clearly instilled a touching — and , so far at least , ultimately justified — faith in the Federal Republic 's ability to look after all Germans , both East and West . |
| 8 | But despite fears that rain over the weekend had all but ended The Fellow 's cross-channel raid , yesterday 's drying wind has encouraged connections . |
| 9 | AN ARMY bomb disposal unit was called out over the weekend to destroy a live Second World War mortar bomb . |
| 10 | now we 're going to finish off with a sport that enjoys itself in the summer … grass track racing … thousands were out over the weekend to watch the midland finals in Worcestershire |
| 11 | I wo n't be the only person from East Anglian that 's come down to London over the weekend to shop , to stay with relatives or friends and take advantage of London 's shopping . |
| 12 | We reckoned there were at least 12,000 and the total over the weekend topped the 20,000 mark . |
| 13 | Mr Cavaco Silva tried put the brakes on his currency by cutting key interest rates by 1 p.c. to just under 18 p.c. and by selling escudos but the pound ended the day less than 1 p.c. away from its floor of 241.5 against the Portuguese currency , despite successful British efforts over the weekend to force Portugal to join at a higher rate than the Lisbon government had planned on Friday . |
| 14 | After many doubts as to whether the event would go as planned , or if a significant number of aircraft would turn-up , the celebrations held over the weekend went off without a hitch and the whole town was enveloped in Norseman fever or Norsemania , as the local press called it . |
| 15 | As he ended , there was an enormous cheer on our side and I saw one of our backbenchers who had been particularly critical over the weekend waving his order paper in enthusiastic support . |
| 16 | ‘ Things are obviously becoming very busy and I went in over the weekend to do a bit of work . |
| 17 | cos it happened over the weekend digging up holes in the erm in the golf course . |
| 18 | Over 150 enthusiasts turned out at Oxford over the weekend to put their best foot forward with Princess Diana 's personal trainer Carolan Brown . |
| 19 | Opinion polls over the weekend showed 80 per cent . |
| 20 | EL SALVADOR 'S right-wing parties over the weekend forced through a controversial amnesty for army and rebel chiefs accused by a UN commission of human rights atrocities during 12 years of civil war . |
| 21 | They had got together over the weekend to discuss the implications of the confidential letter the two Americans had received from Randy Mueller on behalf of Nate Cocello . |
| 22 | Hundreds of people took to the water over the weekend to recreate ancient and strange boat races . |
| 23 | Shaw , however , worked off most of his exasperation over the weekend winning the Durham and Cleveland County veterans ' over 50 title . |
| 24 | The British management team has been allocated space in Croydon , where Mr Tony Brend , chief executive , chaired emergency meetings over the weekend to try to maintain ‘ business as usual ’ . |
| 25 | I mean we 've only got to have a look at the recent events in London went on about the insurances over the bombings over the weekend have n't we ? |
| 26 | Meanwhile two people who were held for questioning over the weekend have been released without charge . |
| 27 | James Lowther , creative director and deputy chairman at Saatchi and Saatchi , was quietly drafted in by Conservative Central Office over the weekend to spice up the closing stages of John Major 's campaign . |
| 28 | there were hundreds of would be champions turning up at Eastnor Park in Herefordshire over the weekend to ride in the National Mountain Bike Championships … watching them race over 30 miles our man Robin Powell |
| 29 | there were hundreds of would be champions turning up at Eastnor Park in Herefordshire over the weekend to ride in the National Mountain Bike Championships … watching them race over 30 miles our man Robin Powell |
| 30 | I like any types of music , except The Smiths , The Cure , etc I like movies , fun and going out over the weekend to have a good old boogie- Write to Julie … |