Example sentences of "[vb pp] over [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the 1870s leaders of the women 's movement , particularly teachers working for the extension of educational opportunities , were caught over support for the repeal campaign . |
| 2 | Quite the contrary , degrees of review may have differed over time but it is indisputable that the judiciary accepted that non-jurisdictional errors of law could exist . |
| 3 | Individuals usually more widely scattered over shore than Golden Plovers , and less given to manoeuvres in close flocks . |
| 4 | MINIS , moreover , was an ongoing system capable of having refinements added over time . |
| 5 | Yes , do n't you dare come over smoking ! |
| 6 | There seemed real evidence they would be forgotten over time . ’ |
| 7 | PM delighted over peace talks |
| 8 | The CMR further provided that where the vehicle containing the goods is carried over part of the journey by sea , rail , inland waterways or air , and , except in cases of emergency , the goods are not unloaded from the vehicle , the CMR shall nevertheless apply to the whole of the carriage . |
| 9 | Inside the store in Clayton Square yesterday , bargain hunters picked over sale items while others wandered around saying silent farewells to an old friend . |
| 10 | With so much car related crime it 's a problem that wo n't be solved over night . |
| 11 | Now if our assets if by promoting the right to buy , by having capital receipts we seem to have a large balance building up , there is the distinct risk given the sort of policies that this government has pursued over time of a we will be running a risk there , we do n't know what they 're going to do , you do n't know what they 're going to do . |
| 12 | They have looked at the commission of offences reported over time by a sample of youths in longitudinal surveys . |
| 13 | This includes the profit from the SAVE FACE party reported over page , monies raised by various club activities , and the profit from the merchandise we 've been selling by mail order these past three months . |
| 14 | Anyone who needs an operation will wish to be operated on by a competently trained surgeon ; the necessary skills need to be honed over time . |
| 15 | ( The ‘ new evidence ’ was greeted with derision in some quarters when it became known that the L'Express story had originated over lunch with a senior official from the American Embassy in Paris . |
| 16 | Although it is fairly complicated now , it will be simplified over time and will offer a migration route up from things like XT Intrinsics . |
| 17 | They have varied over history and they still vary today with race , culture and class . |
| 18 | Hair styles varied over time . |
| 19 | The words used — the labels — have varied over time : residuum ; social problem group ; hard-core ; problem families ; the culture of poverty ; alienation ; hereditary poverty ; the inadequate poor ; the urban underclass . |
| 20 | Unfortunately , the Society would not accept boys below a certain minimum height , and this minimum varied over time . |
| 21 | He had dowsed a spiral of energy on the stone which he found varied over time . |
| 22 | The methods of distributing the general grant have varied over time . |
| 23 | They measured price changes over periods of one week , one day , five minutes and one minute , and concluded that the relationship between spot and futures prices has varied over time . |
| 24 | Thus the courts were clearly subservient to the commands of the Communist Party , although it should be noted that the degree of independence available to the courts has varied over time : in the 1930s it was minimal , but after 1956 it became greater . |
| 25 | These sums can then be varied over time to reflect changes consequent upon the damage caused to the injured party . |
| 26 | lying discarded over garden walls |
| 27 | And woman 's vulva dropped over man 's neck and tightened . |
| 28 | GP fined over boy 's acid burns |
| 29 | Firm fined over meat claim |
| 30 | Captain fined over oil spill |