Example sentences of "over [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | of over produced , over simplified talk show material |
| 2 | Since 1976 , in Britain at least , anyone of eighteen or over has been allowed by law to go to the General Register Office , the local Social Services or the appropriate adoption agency to obtain their original birth certificate . |
| 3 | The discharge rate of people aged 15 or over has almost doubled since 1982 . |
| 4 | A Special Report of the Girls ' Friendly Society in 1879 pointed out that middle-class women tended ‘ to over regulate those women whom we would serve ’ , because they were ignorant of working-class life . |
| 5 | The scheme which offers help to people aged 70 and over discharged from the accident and emergency department has been run on short-term funding for over five years . |
| 6 | Many a kite has been lost out to sea from a beach site , or into treetops from the local park , as the result of an over stressed and broken line . |
| 7 | As soon as the next over starts , the work begins all over again . |
| 8 | In the fifth over came the controversy of the match as Gooch survived the run-out . |
| 9 | On the Niskanen assumptions , then , bureaus will receive less than they need , they will be too small rather than too large , and services will be under rather than over supplied ( Breton and Wintrobe , 1982 ) . |
| 10 | Then Greig went , having made 48 , Hendrick followed next ball , and the last over began with four still required . |
| 11 | The innings lost momentum when Willey and Larkins were run out in quick succession , and as the final over began 15 were still needed . |
| 12 | The conditional probability of leaving the spell is also very small for men aged 55 and over compared to teenage men . |
| 13 | to that knacker 's yard for the over spent |
| 14 | When he was out England had ten overs to score 39 , with five wickets left , and by the beginning of the penultimate over needed just seven with three wickets left . |
| 15 | The ICC ruling limiting bouncers to one per over took full effect , with match referee Raman Subba Row and the chairman himself , Sir Colin Cowdrey , in situ to reside over any inconsistencies . |
| 16 | Personally I ca n't afford to over indulge , I just drink what I 'm comfortable with . |
| 17 | The scoreboard read one over gone , two wickets down and no runs scored . |
| 18 | For the record , the eight balls of Aqib 's fateful over resulted in the following : 1 . |
| 19 | Nesting fish , like many cichlids , form pairs that share the parental duties equally , and the same is true of over go per cent of all bird species , where incubation and feeding duties are particularly demanding . |
| 20 | ‘ I over reacted , ’ said Ricky dropping a hand on her hair . |
| 21 | A slow yorker from Aqib in his next over bowled Malcolm , ending the day 's play . |
| 22 | We over did the chicken manure once on ½ acre of strawberries . |
| 23 | Men aged 60 and over and women aged 55 and over do not receive an invalidity allowance . |
| 24 | Thus older people predominate among long-term claimants : 75 per cent of people aged 60 and over have been receiving Income Support for three years or more , compared with 40 per cent of those under 60 ; elderly people comprise 60 per cent of those receiving this benefit for five years or more . |
| 25 | This means that approximately 4,275,000 adults aged 60 and over have some form of disability , using the OPCS definition . |
| 26 | Overall the OPCS survey indicates that 3,323,000 people aged 60 and over have problems with mobility . |
| 27 | The figures for the proportion of vacancies that are acceptable , men aged 55 and over have very low reservation wages ( especially in the second period ) and appear to accept almost any job . |
| 28 | Over have so far signed a petition in an attempt to save the hill from further housing . |
| 29 | When the over ended he took the umpire aside and explained ‘ I have two artificial hips and I do not really know where my feet are going to land ’ — he was given a special Man of the Match award . |