Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [noun] [prep] [noun pl] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | She especially distrusted the row of photographs over the fireplace . |
| 2 | Because its essential expression was money , which merely expresses the relationship of exchange , other forms of expression which demonstrated the domination of persons over persons had to supplement it . |
| 3 | ‘ It only came a couple of inches over the white line , he hit the brakes and it shot one way and then the other , ’ he said . |
| 4 | The horseman threw a couple of sacks over the backs of his horses and sat under the hedge to eat his elevenses . |
| 5 | The charges arose out of deals involving arms and technology purchases by the IAF from US defence contractors and raised a number of questions over Israel 's handling of the annual US military grant worth US$1,800 million . |
| 6 | Charles led an army of Neustrians over the western Pyrenees , while a further force levied from Austrasia , Lombardy and Burgundy , crossed the eastern Pyrenees . |
| 7 | Safely out of the sight and sound of him , she gazed raptly at glossy brochures and debated the merits of sofa-beds over plain settees with all the enthusiasm Marie-Christine could have wished . |
| 8 | Because expensive capital equipment and the attainment of a rapid through-put of production were central to this development , ‘ the craft skill and judgement of the workers had to be as much as possible superseded , as did the control of workers over the pace of work ’ ( Lazonick , 1983 , p. 112 ) . |
| 9 | The John Hughes Memorial Trophy at next year 's Aintree Grand National fixture is a likely target for Whaat Fettle , who completed a hat-trick of victories over the Kelso fences when capturing the Pat DeClermont Challenge Cup Handicap Chase . |
| 10 | Ellen was showing Rickie Crowninshield all the elaborate electronic toys that only Ellen wholly understood ; the radios , radars , weatherfaxes and satellite receivers , and Rickie was being surprisingly attentive , but as soon as he saw me he scowled and clamped a pair of headphones over his ears as though to make sure that he did not have to hold any kind of conversation with me . |
| 11 | Benzie ( 1991 ) outlined a number of doubts over the general prospects for international bond issuance . |
| 12 | The rail unions staged a series of strikes over poor pay and BR insistence on an end to collective bargaining , and were somewhat surprised to find themselves with public sympathy despite many complete network shutdowns . |
| 13 | Her brown eyes now had a film of tears over them . |
| 14 | The mill had a number of owners over the years , its major business starting when , by the 1860s , it was taken over by Reece and Sandford . |
| 15 | They had a number of fires over the years at 's Mill , er and one was in eighteen sixty six or sixty seven . |
| 16 | At the year end the group had an excess of liabilities over assets of £2.987m and was in breach of its main banking facilities . |