Example sentences of "[verb] to over [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This frequently leads to over growth by the strongest weeds , which can quickly choke less robust plants . |
| 2 | In contrast , private sector development was geared to over spill residents from Tyneside and the implicit assumption ( and certainly reality ) was that most of these would commute back to the conurbation for work . |
| 3 | The identity of the ‘ Boy-in-the-box ’ was unmasked by those letters referred to over lunch in the Savoy and which sent Forster back to the book she thought was finished . |
| 4 | Such a statement flies in the face of the types of acrylic primers offered to artists who wish to over paint in oils . |
| 5 | Membership of these and other worthy causes mean that our countryside is not lost to over development . |