Example sentences of "[vb past] an [noun] [prep] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet on the other hand surviving evidence tends to vindicate Richard Padley 's accusation , in the Fabian survey of evacuation , that Whitehall used the decentralised local government system to shirk its responsibilities ; the Ministry of Health and Board of Education , he maintained , doled out ‘ platitudinous ’ advice via circulars and adopted an attitude of complacency over the possibility of medical problems among evacuee children , such as malnutrition , head lice , impetigo , etc . |
| 2 | Another trial in 97 patients showed an advantage for surgery over radiotherapy in forestalling the appearance of distant metastases over five years . |
| 3 | The driver yelled an order for silence over his shoulder and flapped his reins . |
| 4 | Charles led an army of Neustrians over the western Pyrenees , while a further force levied from Austrasia , Lombardy and Burgundy , crossed the eastern Pyrenees . |
| 5 | 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 . |