Example sentences of "and over a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mortar team are still lobbing their bombs into the enemy positions as we dash across the road and over a five-bar gate , then double along the hedgerow that runs alongside the road . |
| 2 | He has an impressive command of the literature of both art and optical science across much of Europe and over a span of four centuries . |
| 3 | Nonetheless , research and development in post-war fighter aircraft went forward at a brisk pace and over a wide range of options . |
| 4 | The Congress approved most of the new powers Mr Gorbachev had requested , including direct control over the government and over a new security council . |
| 5 | Most of the attention , however , was focused on the nine days ahead of battling over the direction of economic reform in Russia and over a new constitution , several drafts of which have been prepared by different factions . |
| 6 | Swirling in an army Chinook helicopter through wind and fog and over a sea of smouldering lava yesterday , it was easy to see why earlier plans to bomb or mine it off course and up on to the surface have been shelved . |
| 7 | From the tee one drives through a wood and over a large chalkpit . |
| 8 | The everyday lives of ordinary people are not the basis for good television unless the characters and events are portrayed in a consistently entertaining fashion , and over a period of time ; hence the great success of television soap operas . |
| 9 | Monomode cables carry light signals on a longer wavelength , and will give Mercury the chance to carry four times as much data as is possible on multimode , and over a greater distance . |
| 10 | According to bogus sexologist Dr John R Brinkley , goat glands held the secret to combating male impotence and over a period of twenty years he amassed a fortune of more than $12 million administering them to 16,000 men worried about their sexual inadequacies . |
| 11 | This does not add much to the cost of the order , and over a period of time the extra components build up into a useful stock of parts . |
| 12 | Here 's two new ones from Fender , but separated by several thousand miles and over a grand 's worth of drinking vouchers … |
| 13 | He is sure to outspeed his rivals in the St Modwen Novices ' Hurdle ( 12.30 ) on ideal ground and over a trip that is certain to suit . |
| 14 | The news media learned of the arrests next morning and over a number of days outraged protests went up from loyalist spokesmen , including leaders of loyalist political parties and Andrew Beattie 's colleagues on the Constitutional Stoppage Central Co-ordinating Committee . |
| 15 | The masculine energy is made available , and over a period of time the woman can crystallize that energy into a bond that will hold fast . |
| 16 | A path leads from the car park through the brambles and over a rock slap stile to enter open fields and descent to a lesser ruined mine building . |
| 17 | The allegation was that she did not do enough to help her , and over a period of time this had made the carer extremely angry , and at the same time made their mother dissatisfied about the care she was receiving . |
| 18 | From here you cross the road and go through an iron gate following the path west to pass a cottage and over a bridge . |
| 19 | Go on to Trecadifor Farm and over a cattle grid . |
| 20 | A programme of restoration back to full working order followed and over a period of 18 months , it was stripped , restored and rebuilt to its present immaculate condition . |
| 21 | It climbs up to and over a ridge and on the ascent reveals an exquisite vista of Loch Maree , a foretaste of joys to come . |
| 22 | There is an attractive walled garden , fifty acres of tranquil woods , farmland , and over a mile of brook and riverside for guests to enjoy at their leisure . |
| 23 | This grows gradually more difficult and strenuous until a final wild swing out and over a jammed block deposits the leader in a superb eyrie behind a tottering pinnacle . |
| 24 | Her eyes swung back towards Marlin , who was asking her if she was all right , then back towards the street as brakes shrieked , and the failed assassin was struck squarely by a speeding car , which reeled round , wheels locked and sliding over the sleet-greased street , throwing the man 's body off the bonnet and over a parked car . |
| 25 | After 48h and over a range of FGF-4 concentrations ( 10 , 50 , 100 or 500ngml -1 , about 0.8–40nM ) , the average length of -AER forelimbs is 50% greater than that of contralateral+AER forelimbs or forelimbs cultured without FGF-4 . |
| 26 | Either from the North Cockerington side along the towpath of the Louth to Tetney Navigation Canal and over a wooden bridge to the Yew lined churchyard path , or from the Alvingham village side and , equal as novel , through a farmyard , loudly alive with the grunting and squealing of pigs in their sites . |
| 27 | It can be approached from a path made of gravestones laid end to end through the churchyard and over a brick-built bridge . |
| 28 | In both cases you have to find a deposit , and over a period of time pay off what is , in effect , a loan . |
| 29 | The place was besieged , and over a period of months , including a winter , the English grip tightened . |
| 30 | Steep paths lead down through the landscaped gardens and over a foot-bridge to the main building directly across the road . |