Example sentences of "over [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An attempt to contest Japan 's control over Korean foreign policy at the Hague peace Conference in 1907 fell on deaf ears ; whether Korea was , or was not , independent meant little to most of the nations of the West . |
| 2 | It was a scary journey , scrabbling over that slippery great red tongue and passing through a great hall of teeth and palate , each pillar taller than she was and as sharp as a knife . |
| 3 | The impersonal grey line of the North Sea kept us company to Helmsdale which nestles in the folds of heather hills close-cropped by winds that come relentlessly over that cruel water . |
| 4 | And all over that saucy trollop . ’ |
| 5 | She looked back over that stormy summer and was surprised to see each scene , even the ones that had seemed rather painful at the time , shining with an almost holy silver light . |
| 6 | For his insulting treatment of her over that exclusive French agency ? |
| 7 | Then she all at once became aware that Ven was looking at her seriously , all mockery , however gentle , gone , and suddenly she was feeling quite breathless , and discovering that she needed to say something , and quite urgently , to get her over that breathless feeling . |
| 8 | We quarrelled , I remember , over that Nilotic whore of his , Kuchuk Hanem . |
| 9 | ‘ We will be studying this programme very closely to see if it crosses over that legal line . |
| 10 | He spent a whole year over that clever toy . |
| 11 | I ca n't get over that ruddy idiot in ! |
| 12 | And the mistress , much older by all appearances than her husband , who fussed too much over that great big daughter . |
| 13 | ‘ I had to go up to Clapton yesterday and haggle with Antinou for hours over that bloody Egyptian cotton . |
| 14 | e e e he told me you were playing ladies , I said oh I bet you enjoyed them all , bet you go over that bloody table ! |
| 15 | He urged the garrison to trust in God , and referred to David and Goliath , to Israel triumphing over that mighty host by the seashore , to Daniel in the den of lions . |
| 16 | She felt a sudden flash of doubt , remembering the things Jeff had told her , and thought again what had occurred to her over that fateful cup of coffee . |
| 17 | ‘ The thoughts and feelings of that poor mother , giving over that tiny tot to a complete stranger , still haunt me today . ’ |
| 18 | Additionally , in the case of a complete failure to perform to contract at all , the buyer will usually have the right to go elsewhere to a third party for the same goods and to charge the seller for any increase in the price paid to the third party over that payable to the seller . |
| 19 | It was a picture of Dick Hansen over that frozen lake in his P-40 . |
| 20 | With one of the pair in orbit , the interferometer swings around much more rapidly — reducing the time required for observing each source — and the separation is not limited by the size of the Earth : present technology permits a radio telescope in an orbit a hundred times larger , improving the resolution a hundredfold over that possible from Earth |
| 21 | Therefore I believe that man and his God have evolved together over that immense period of time which started with the advent of earthly life , reaches right through to the present time and will continue onwards forever , or until there is no longer life on earth . |
| 22 | She felt the hood over that sensitive spot being peeled back , and the small pink organ enticed out , until it stood proudly erect screaming for the touch of his fingertips . |
| 23 | They wore the same green and white of malai children all over that archipelagic state . |
| 24 | You can make connections or deals on the floor , but you know that it 's over that expense-account lunch , or in the private suite , the yacht , that real money is changing hands . |
| 25 | There 's no reason for the door to stay shut for good over that flying incident , but it will only be opened if he wants it enough . ’ |
| 26 | I could remember nothing further back than the time I was walking over that miserable plain . |
| 27 | This chapter surveys the development of his general biological theorizing over that remarkable early period . |
| 28 | There 's good sport over that high pasture , I remember it well from my time there as a boy . |
| 29 | As well as proving to Anthea he meant business , it would put one over that nauseating Toby Latimer in no mean fashion . |
| 30 | Velcro , the touch fastener so beloved of outdoor skiing types and their like , is at the centre of a bitter spat between its board and disgruntled shareholders over that vexed question of shareholder value . |