Example sentences of "[vb base] a [noun sg] of [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , place a sheet of glass over the design and trace the outlines on to the stiff card that you will be using for your stencil pattern . |
| 2 | Continue in this way until all the seaweed has been prepared , then cover each piece with a clean sheet of blotting paper and place a couple of newspapers over the top . |
| 3 | Place a slice of avocado over each slice of grapefruit and arrange attractively in lines down a serving plate . |
| 4 | Place a block of wood over the plastic tube and knock into the ground , occasionally placing the clothes line pole into the tube to check the tube is vertical |
| 5 | He talked religion with the great Erasmus Darwin in Derby , preached to sometimes vast congregations from Unitarian pulpits — ‘ my Sermons spread a sort of sanctity over my Sedition ’ — and returned in triumph to Bristol with the names of several hundred new subscribers . |
| 6 | Keycard systems hold a number of advantages over traditional cylinder locks for both the guest and the hotelier . |
| 7 | He had a strong feeling that he wanted to dash back to the Romano-British section and break a piece of statuary over the bastard 's head . |
| 8 | But matters were so arranged that for most the outlook was not completely bleak ; almost everyone could arrive eventually at a state of relative freedom from intimidation and enjoy a measure of authority over others . |
| 9 | Lay a bed of mortar over a base of gravel or fine hardcore . |
| 10 | Lay a piece of paper over the artwork and draw on the actual positions of the components , showing the locations of all pinouts and terminals clearly . |
| 11 | The corollary of the possession of power by companies is that the individuals , interest groups , and communities affected by it suffer a lack of control over the conditions which determine how they live their lives . |
| 12 | Facing ever increasing numbers of Norse raids the Mages of Saphery draw a shroud of mists over the eastern sea approaches to Ulthuan . |
| 13 | So , I mean , what 's the point of you know making it look really , really nice and you know , all you could is just slap a coat of paint over it ! |
| 14 | The heads identified as JYM thus exercise a form of control over the process of viewing and apprehension which is normally denied to portraiture . |
| 15 | The cryptic initials traditionally cast a veil of secrecy over the sitter 's identity and their gender , masking the subject through a process of partial revelation , that requires the intervention of a reader with privileged knowledge to complete the act of portraiture . |
| 16 | ‘ We play a lot of games over the next three or four weeks and I would be stuck if Ironside was injured . |
| 17 | ‘ With moped racing you can pick up a 50cc for about £20 , almost literally throw a bucket of paint over it and you 're away . ’ |
| 18 | An individual can not , for instance , as such have a right of way over my land , but only as owner of some adjacent piece of land . |
| 19 | Votes are successively transferred from candidates who have a surplus of votes over and above the quota and from candidates excluded as having the smallest number of votes in the relevant count . |
| 20 | Pattern-notes ( sometimes called " mind-maps " ) can fulfil many of your basic requirements of analytical note-making and they have a number of advantages over their over-used linear equivalent . |
| 21 | I still have a lot of friends over there , If we do get them in our group it wo n't worry me too much . |
| 22 | Television stardom ( Man About The House is soon to be released on video ) ; holidays in America ( her husband is American and they spend a lot of time over there ) ; work in Los Angeles ( last year she appeared in Alan Aykbourn 's Henceforward . |
| 23 | Will your household insurance pay for the damage if you spill a can of paint over your wall-to-wall carpet , put your foot through the bedroom ceiling , or demolish a load-bearing wall and bring half your home tumbling about your ears ? |