Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [art] [noun] [adv] over " in BNC.
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1 | Lightly fold one half of the dough back over the rolling pin , then carefully transfer to the tin . |
2 | E.g. it is reasonable to expect all pipes and tanks in an attic to be lagged ; when a property is to be unoccupied for a period particularly over the winter months , all water tanks , pipes , etc should be drained and adequate heating provided . |
3 | Like many of the gentry all over the country , he was convinced that the wound now bleeding Christendom might yet be healed , and the Church , the Body of Christ , made whole ; so when he gave sanctuary to young men on their way to train as priests in France , or secret agents from Spain or Ireland , he did so believing that he was acting in the best interests of his country , claiming that if anyone was a traitor it was the ardent puritans like Walsingham and Drake , who by their political manoeuvrings and piratical attacks on Spanish merchantmen were pushing the Queen remorselessly into a confrontation with King Philip of Spain . |
4 | But two budgets — 1979 , which included a doubling of the standard rate of VAT on many goods and services and 1981 , which was severely deflationary at a time when over two million were out of work — shocked a number of Cabinet ministers . |
5 | RoC , the French hypoallergenic skin care company one of those in the news lately over controversial ingredients in one of its products has launched a national network of RoC Pure Beauty Centres to provide expert advice on skincare . |
6 | He grabbed it and held it before his face and in doing so spilled most of the powder all over the front of his fancy tweed jacket . |