Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun sg] [noun pl] [vb pp] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | as the storm clouds gathered over the struggling Third Division club . |
| 2 | Naturally , most of the iron tonics sold over chemists ' counters were bought because of the universal metaphor that iron equals strength rather than because of a popular awareness of the needs of haemoglobin . |
| 3 | He stood with the carving implements poised over the ruined saddle . |
| 4 | It was at this moment that Signor Fixit appeared in the doorway with the plastic strips draped over his shoulders like variously coloured spaghetti . |
| 5 | Extra-judicial killings by the security forces increased over the same period . |