Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] over a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Severed human limbs , heads and trunks lay scattered over a wide area ; other human remains , accompanied by tattered shreds of uniform , hung grotesquely from the remaining tree branches . |
| 2 | You know you always talk too much when you 've got over a bad turn . ’ |
| 3 | The final separation may mean an agony of divided loyalty for the children of the marriage or it may spell relief from intolerable tensions which have developed over a long period . |
| 4 | Both Labour and Conservative governments since the Second World War have presided over a massive expansion in building , including 21 new English towns — three in the North-East . |
| 5 | Besides , the variations in the pattern and emphasis of such courses seem to have grown up largely pragmatically , as a function of the organizational ‘ discretion ’ that both institutions and academics have in responding to the needs , pressures and priorities they have perceived over a long period of time . |
| 6 | If we find that magnets attached to cats will upset their ability to find their way home , then we are beginning , very dimly , to understand the amazing homing abilities that the animals have evolved over a long period of time . |