Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] over [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's been a great weight on my shoulders over the last month . |
| 2 | I cast my eye over the front page of the Telegraph while Anne poured the coffee . |
| 3 | Thomas 's hospitals by my constituents over the past year ? |
| 4 | Despite my closeness over a long period to Harold Wilson , I was certainly not close to his publicised cronies . |
| 5 | ‘ Help ! ’ she called once , until I had my hand over the lower part of her face . |
| 6 | Building up the Rose Bowl is going to take all my energies over the next year or so . |
| 7 | And she asked for their support over a difficult period . |
| 8 | We thank all our customers for their support over the past year . |
| 9 | She sat up and tugged her shirt over the hopeless tangle of her hair . |
| 10 | Although this is not so good as the quick sponge or madeira cake for cutting and shaping , it is ideal for the simpler shaped fantasy cakes and its advantage over the quick sponge is that it is lighter . |
| 11 | Mrs. Fielding , who suffers from extreme nervousness , was staying with one of her sons over the new year when thieves broke into her home in Milton Keynes and ransacked it . |
| 12 | When appealed to for her support over the ginger beer , Araminta had laughed . |
| 13 | It means you have to keep club staff there for a lot longer , till about 6.30 , and that people spend their money over a longer period of time . |
| 14 | The sudden weakness in her legs made her stumble over a non-existent obstacle , there was a blackness before her eyes and she would have fallen but for his lightning reactions and the strong hand that grasped her elbow , supporting her . |
| 15 | His tousled hair gave him an appealingly boyish appearance , and Robbie found herself aching to smooth it for him , to run her fingers over the dark stubble on his cheeks . |
| 16 | Robbie had to fight down an impulse to reach out and run her fingers over the dark mat . |
| 17 | Mrs Thatcher sees nothing in the single market which cuts against the grain of her policies over the past decade , since it should promote the free enterprise culture within the EC . |
| 18 | Turning the British fascist 's ‘ there ai n't no black in the union jack ’ bullshit on its head , 3:6 Philly argue their case over a snappy jazz groove for the original , and rip up Run DMC 's ‘ Back From Hell ’ beats for the ‘ Docta D version ’ . |
| 19 | The Netherlands government expressed its disappointment over the Indonesian decision and regret over " the words in which it was phrased " . |
| 20 | They did n't even bother to use the gate but swung their legs over the low railing and walked straight in among the stones to where the girl was . |
| 21 | There would of course have been no story if the author had not given Ayesha enough of human frailty and caprice to bring about certain changes in the circumstances of her rule over the cannibalistic Amahaggar and her relations with Leo Vincey . |
| 22 | ART lovers have been left scratching their heads over a bizarre exhibition of kissing toothbrushes and dancing ties in Darlington . |
| 23 | Their secret lies in their enormously elongated toes , which spread their weight over a wide area of lily leaf . |
| 24 | Borrowers are able to use the facility up to 140 per cent of their quota over a four-year period and with much more relaxed repayment conditions than the normal facilities . |
| 25 | The Israeli Labour government 's resort to harsh collective punishment tactics reflected its anxiety over a recent increase in guerrilla activities by Palestinian supporters of the Islamic Resistance Movement ( Hamas ) . |
| 26 | They meet monthly in each other 's home , and share their experiences over a simple meal , pray together and deepen their understanding of marriage , family life and their faith . |
| 27 | BASS , the UK 's biggest brewer and pub owner , are now well on their way to meeting the November 1992 deadline for disposing or freeing half their pubs over the 2,000 limit . |
| 28 | The unions have thus been able to extend their influence over a comprehensive range of working arrangements , and to reduce the areas of sole managerial prerogative . |
| 29 | Since the end of the Second World War , state institutions have extended their influence over a whole range of activities which touch individual lives . |
| 30 | Does my hon. Friend agree that our achievements in that aspect of education could not be better illustrated than by that which pertains in Nottinghamshire , where the university now has the highest ratio of applications to available places and where Nottingham polytechnic , which is soon to be a university , is planning to increase its capacity over the next couple of years to 16,000 student places ? |