Example sentences of "over [adv] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she had finished , she passed it over so that I could sign it . |
| 2 | Later , when the wind has picked up , the gliders weathercock round and can be free to tip over so that the into-wind wing is upwards . |
| 3 | Self-discipline begins to take over so that children come more and more to behave reasonably , even when there is no one present to tell them what to do . |
| 4 | Alternate benches were so made that the back could be swung over so that by a simple movement you had two benches facing each other instead of one behind the other and back-to-back with the adjoining classes , the teacher sitting on a chair between the ends of the benches . |
| 5 | You 're coming over so that we can discuss the demand that the women 's movement is making for free contraception and abortion on demand , and the strategy that our local women 's group might develop in struggling for that at a local level , how we relate to other women and groups of women in the area , how the abortion issue relates to other ones . |
| 6 | On the shelf below him the old man was vomiting again , too weak even to roll over so that blood and mucus oozed down his chin and neck , some of it bubbling back into his throat . |
| 7 | The stem of the rose that he had decorated the table with had bent over so that the pink flower seemed to be praying , bowing , deferring . |
| 8 | He turned the newspaper over so that he could not see that headline and those paragraphs . |
| 9 | Turn the grapefruit shells over so that they can drain . |
| 10 | As we saw in the last chapter , Hooke 's law is really only true for small strains and at large strains the interatomic force curve bends over so that the strain energy is less than we have calculated , very roughly about half . |
| 11 | For example , Uranus , which is much more massive than the Earth , seems to have been tipped over so that it lies on its side . |
| 12 | Drop front bed and turn garment over so that it hangs , wrong side facing you , over the front bed . |
| 13 | Turn the rug over so that the pile is facing the floor and then calculate the knot-count as outlined in Chapter II ( p. 27 ) . |
| 14 | … The proceedings in the present case are for the direct purpose of handing the appellant over so that he may be dealt with on these charges . |
| 15 | So , apart from opening presents , they watched each other and waited for Christmas to be over so that they could resume their intense and private working lives . |
| 16 | There looked to be over a pound of the delicious , translucent sweets the bag was bursting , spilling over so that a dozen or more lay scattered on the dusty floor , gleaming like diamonds through the wrappers . |
| 17 | ‘ Nothing , ’ Lucy said , taking another chair from by the wall and bringing it over so that she could sit facing him across the desk . |
| 18 | She raised her hand and stroked his face , and he caught it with his own , turning it over so that it was palm up , and kissing it . |
| 19 | He rolled his hand over so that hers rested in his palm . |
| 20 | The kiss grew stronger and wilder , and he rolled over so that he covered the length of her . |
| 21 | car you , you er you break , break open the window and get it and er you cover their seats in syrup , all over so that you know , really sticky , golden syrup . |
| 22 | Now , of course , the word processor or computer can take over much that used to be printed . |
| 23 | John Fahey , PRO , said his role as ‘ spokesman ’ was over now that an independent medical expert had examined the situation but it was up to the people of Ovens and Ballincollig to decide whether the assurances resolved their worries . |
| 24 | One is that you tell no one over there that you have met me . |
| 25 | Patience is not what we associate with Pound , and from time to time he seems to have kicked over the traces ( at least once to be ticked off for it by Dorothy ) : yet we see all over again that the young Pound was well content with Edwardian England , was hopeful of it and ready to abide by its rules in everything that mattered . |
| 26 | For about 100 years Jewish and Christian scholars have demonstrated over and over again that the stereotype of the Pharisees found in the Gospels is a distortion which reflects the animosity of the Evangelists rather than the historical truth or even the attitude of Jesus himself . |
| 27 | They told her over and over again that she must not do it , but she could n't help it . |
| 28 | But , with the near-unanimous support of the Tory backbenches , the Prime Minister insisted over and over again that it was ‘ perfectly in order ’ to send illegal immigrants home . |
| 29 | He muttered over and over again that he was stymied . |
| 30 | I 've told him over and over again that you simply ca n't these days . ’ |