Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [verb] [adv prt] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had this apparently contradictory programme been worked out over a long period , it might have seemed more logical . |
| 2 | The lips were drawn back over a row of small pointed teeth in a ghastly grimace , a shriek of pain or terror . |
| 3 | Hong Kong 's Victoria Harbour is used by over a quarter of a million ships a year . |
| 4 | The ex-wife is ringing up over a son in whom she has shown no interest . |
| 5 | On this occasion , Plage was set up over a water-hole in a clearing in the jungle , hoping that a leopard would show up to hunt or drink . |
| 6 | In May 1960 more talks began at leaders ' levels in Paris , with Eisenhower anxious to play the role of peacemaker in his last year in office , but the conference collapsed when a US spy aircraft was shot down over the USSR . |
| 7 | The blade was going in to its hilt , in , and in again , and the blood was spreading out over the priest 's hairless chest . |
| 8 | The sun 's dipping down over the trees and a breeze gets up , rustling the leaves on the ornamental shrubs and blowing some grit into my left eye , making it water again . |
| 9 | They ran side by side , easy with training , breathless only with amazement , and now the sun was coming up over the edge of the sea and the whole world was sharp and glittery , concrete and weeds , and the barbed wire hanging drops of dew and spiders ' webs . |
| 10 | The mining equipment was lined up over the shaft . |
| 11 | The special school sector was built up over a century or more . |
| 12 | Strong and sometimes quite intense relationships with individuals are built up over a period of even a few weeks . |
| 13 | When this happened , say Hoyle and Wickramasinghe , the organic molecules within the comets were spewed out over the land . |
| 14 | It was difficult to see exactly what she looked like , for she and Rupert were bending down over a table examining something together . |
| 15 | These little buildings were spreading out over the savannah in a game of checkers , with the goal of linking all the pieces into a chain of sound administration . |
| 16 | A single one-off move may be disruptive to overall business activities but at least the process is carried out over a short time . |
| 17 | If such doubts exist then an investigation is carried out over a maximum of four months to determine whether the merger should be prohibited or not . |
| 18 | But the skies were darkening and the rain was pouring down over the fields . |
| 19 | The pattern of angina and reinfarction is mimicked by the pattern of intervention , and our experience is that half of all interventions take place in the first 3 months and the rest are spread out over the next 2 years . |
| 20 | Extensive geological and geophysical surveys were carried out over the next two years , and the governments negotiated with an international group of banks interested in financing the construction of the tunnel . |
| 21 | In fact most outstanding problems were ironed out over the last couple of months , Goldstein says ; bug fixing remains . |
| 22 | In fact most outstanding problems were ironed out over the last couple of months , Goldstein says ; bug fixing remains . |
| 23 | Dusk was drifting in over the park , covering the snow in gritty grey shadows , bringing the houses around the park alight almost simultaneously . |
| 24 | He reached up and ruffled Prentice 's hair in the semi-darkness ; the boy 's head was hanging out over the top bunk . |
| 25 | The tree-branches creaked and the dry leaves rattled , for Baba Yaga was flying back over the trees in her pestle and mortar . |
| 26 | and Mrs was born in over the river . |
| 27 | A thick , gold moon was coming up over the sea , glittering on the roofs of the town below them . |
| 28 | There was the sound of a chair being pushed back over the floor linoleum . |
| 29 | You , you say you noticed more and more machinery being brought in over the years ? |
| 30 | The patients were followed up over the one week period of the challenge and , for longterm tolerance ; they were seen one month later . |