Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] the [adj] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1973 , the board used the public outcry over leaked reports of proposed cuts in the network ‘ to press for a higher level of investment , which they now thought they had a chance of being granted ’ ( Pryke and Dodgson 1975 : 23 ) . |
| 2 | On the eve of the summit Gorbachev reaffirmed the sharp differences over this issue [ see also p. 37535 ] , but both sides indicated that they were seeking a mutually acceptable solution . |
| 3 | Some Western Marxists left the Communist fold over the suppression of the Hungarian uprising in 1956 and the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia , swelling the Trotskyist splinter groups who defended an alternative interpretation of revolutionary Marxism through the Stalinist period . |
| 4 | Hrun slung the unconscious dragonlord over his shoulder and set off at a trot back to the arena . |
| 5 | He planned a trans-Pennine route to link the London and North Western Railway , and he promoted bills to eclipse the Pease interest in the north-east , where a struggle to control the movement of Cleveland ironstone intensified the original rivalry over coalfields . |
| 6 | Setting out from Alfoxden at half-past four , Coleridge and the Wordsworths followed the Great Track over the Quantock Hills , and as they marched westward through a ‘ dark and cloudy ’ evening , agreed that a poem should be written for publication to cover the expenses of their journey . |
| 7 | Tom pulled the voluminous nightshirt over his head and threw it into a copper tub with the sheets . |
| 8 | If the move up-market started anywhere , it was on Saturday 4 July 1981 , when SLOA ran the first PSLC over the Settle & Carlisle and down the Appleby-Warcop branch , for what now seems a very modest fare of £15 first class , £12 second class from London ( Euston ) , together with a tray meal at £2 ! |
| 9 | Harry rolled the two bodies over the gunwale into the sea , then stabbed twice through the bottom of the boat to sink it . |
| 10 | Marcus pulled the meagre pillow over his head . |
| 11 | Joe handed the foaming mugs over the bar , and they both collapsed into the little wooden dining chairs set each side of the dying open fire . |
| 12 | The Labour front bench exploited the recent disclosures over hidden subsidies to sweeten the sale of the Rover Group , telling Mrs Thatcher that she went to Strasbourg with a tarnished reputation . |
| 13 | The Labour front bench exploited the recent disclosures over hidden subsidies to sweeten the sale of the Rover Group , telling Mrs Thatcher that she went to Strasbourg with a tarnished reputation . |
| 14 | Kevin slipped the two connectors over the thinner pipe , and supported the weight with soil and stones , while he slid the connectors over the larger sections of pipe to complete the repair . |
| 15 | Since communism represented the final victory over nationalism and fascism , the states simply denied the existence of those ideologies in society but , below the surface , the old antagonisms festered . |
| 16 | Tuppe flung the aquatic anomaly over his shoulder , wiped his fingers on the paper bag and clambered to his feet on the copper map . |
| 17 | The men of 602 were part of that group of young men who gave the greatest gift of all in 1941 , when the Battle of Britain stopped the Nazi war-machine over the fields of southern England , the Scots accounting for 130 of the 175 enemy aircraft downed . |
| 18 | Lizzy pulled the dirty sheet over her breasts and laughed . |
| 19 | The stable reached the same total over jumps when Dominant Serenade won at Kelso . |
| 20 | But as soon as his foot was on the first step of the stairs , Charles heard the fatal summons over the loudspeaker . |
| 21 | At one end stood the Imperial Throne over which hung a purple baldaquin at the top of which was a golden Imperial eagle . |
| 22 | Douglas chased the German back over Edinburgh again for a second time , so low that ‘ grannies ’ fell off chimneys and empty cartridge cases rained in back-gardens . |
| 23 | When the wheels were finished they taped them to the four corners of t ] he bed and Mum spread the red blanket over the covers . |
| 24 | When Dot went to bed that night , Gloria laid the fawn coat over the top of the blanket . |
| 25 | Jonathan designed the power-assisted pushbike over the last year as a pupil at Ballyclare High School . |
| 26 | The South-West 's late try came when Clough was sent a hospital pass and Fallon booted the loose ball over the line . |