Example sentences of "[vb pp] [art] [noun sg] [noun] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Atari ST has dominated the 16-bit market over the last couple of years as a ‘ dual purpose ’ machine . |
| 2 | But the fact that he had won a signal victory over the headmaster on Monday night made him reluctant to pit himself against him again so soon . |
| 3 | Sharif , 41 , was backed by the coalition Islamic Democratic Alliance ( IDA ) , which had won a landslide victory over the Pakistan People 's Party ( PPP ) in the general election held in October [ see pp. 37763-64 ] . |
| 4 | Once Adam had flashed his passport as a European Community resident , the reception clerk at the Bellevue had simply pushed the register card over the desk and asked the Englishman how he was going to settle the account . |
| 5 | If we 'd had a boom economy over the last five years , the Stock Exchange would never have thought of phasing out the USM . ’ |
| 6 | Odd that he had n't noticed how long the fingers were or with what apparent gentleness they had taped the plastic bags over the girl 's hand to preserve , as he had tonelessly explained , conscientious in his role of instructor , any evidence under the fingernails . |
| 7 | The thumb prick had become a finger prick over the years and was the only bit which mildly hurt . |
| 8 | ‘ But I 've become a cult figure over the past 18 months , I have respect now ; people do n't walk up in the street and say ‘ Hi Chris ’ and clap me on the shoulder . |
| 9 | A large number of pickets have manned the factory gates over the last eight weeks . |
| 10 | Now it 's really gone a bit bit over the top I think . |
| 11 | But Caldaire managing director Mike Widmer said last night the councils had short-changed the bus company over the concessionary fare scheme since 1989 . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's a bit of an aphrodisiac apparently , ’ I explained — ‘ which is tremendously useful when you 've just done a two-and-a-half hour show , driven 45 minutes home , eaten a baked potato the size of a human foot , scrubbed off two layers of greasepaint , nose shading , violet eyeshadow and seemingly permanent mascara , brushed one and a half cans of lacquer off the split ends , flossed the gums , massaged the bridgework , popped the ear plugs over the acupuncture needle , put the airplane mask over the anti-ageing eye cream and — pièce de lack of résistance — applied the ‘ Tonic Bust ’ to prevent anything descending further south during the night . |
| 13 | The Danish and French referendums on the Maastricht treaty have put a question mark over the future of the European Community . |
| 14 | The police had done a reasonable job of cleaning up and had put a plastic sheet over the hole in the window to keep the rain out . |
| 15 | The work is continuing with the development of a new framework for tax incidence , examining the concept of progressivity and investigating the factors which have changed the income distribution over the last 15 years . |
| 16 | ( 9 ) Have you established the time allocation over the three-year period ? |
| 17 | To add an even more damning touch , Zhukov had draped an airforce uniform over the edge of the bed , and superimposed Vologsky 's personal insignia upon it . |