Example sentences of "[noun sg] from over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Psychiatrists envisaged that curare might be useful in relieving muscular tension and so diminish the feedback from over active muscles which perpetuates a sense of anxiety in tense patients . |
| 2 | The light from over there , ’ she said , nodding in the direction of the window , ‘ that 's in gravity , but it 's not being pulled down or anything . ’ |
| 3 | The earl had successfully held minor raids near Carlisle , apparently launched to sound out the defences of the western march , and at Berwick the garrison , with the help of George Dunbar , that angry refugee from over the border , poacher turned forester , had decisively defeated a party of four hundred Scots . |
| 4 | Immediately Nathan pulled her cardigan from over her arm and draped it around her shoulders . |
| 5 | ‘ Because that 's exactly what Charlie would n't want them to do : start anything without a clear directive from over here . |
| 6 | She seemed to be more pleased with that , and flashing me a grin from over her shoulder went off towards the Clubhouse entrance . |
| 7 | Choose a dessert from over the page or serve cheese . |
| 8 | But he stayed where he was and he continued to regard the Robemaker from over the restricting mask and , presently , the Robemaker said , ‘ Does it not irk you and chafe you to be so confined , Wolfprince ? ’ |
| 9 | With this sensitivity it could easily detect a shrimp from over a metre away for these crustaceans generate tiny electrical fields of up to one thousandth of a volt ( 0.2–1 millivolt ) per centimetre each time they flick their tails . |
| 10 | ‘ What greenhorns you are , ’ said Glenda Grower , shaking her great mass of long , auburn hair from over her eyes . |
| 11 | ‘ Nothing remains a kick long , does it ? ’ said Hilary , scooping back a lock of fair hair from over his eye . |
| 12 | some shit from over here : |
| 13 | And others she did n't recognize : a young woman from over the sea , sometimes dressed in a nun 's habit , sometimes holding a clear-handled gun ; a foreign man , dark-complexioned and dangerous , his hands red with blood ; a beautiful young-old man with generous lips , picking up a guitar and smiling ; and a man in a tropical suit , with a deathshead skull behind his smile . |
| 14 | Illicit stills flourished , smugglers and " rum-runners " brought in alcohol from over the borders , and " bootleggers " distributed the liquor . |
| 15 | ‘ Come on , Angus , ’ Donald persisted , ‘ let us hear a song from over the mountains . |
| 16 | The voice from over the way was equally cold . |
| 17 | ‘ We 've had a lot of conflicting information from over there . |
| 18 | Er , it 's very difficult , yes you all laughed when I asked a question last year from over there to get a capital P in Pearson because you all laughed it took twenty weeks to get it in The Times , do you remember ? |
| 19 | Where do you get that lipstick from over there ? |