Example sentences of "to be [verb] over [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One half has then to be turned over before the two halves are trimmed and married up . |
| 2 | Emma allowed herself to be led over to the sofa . |
| 3 | They are also used in pots and containers on patios and courtyards , where they look attractive and are not so liable to be blown over as the taller full standard . |
| 4 | A third defendant , Keith Bunting , 23 , of Ashley Road , Dovercourt , denies using threatening or insulting behaviour and resisting arrest while a fourth , Damon Wait , 17 , of Victoria Road , Dovercourt , agreed to be bound over in the sum of £50 to keep the peace for 12 months . |
| 5 | Suddenly Clare jumped up , leaving his bucket to be kicked over by the cow , went quickly towards her , and , kneeling down beside her , took her in his arms . |
| 6 | It 's when the teachers think this is a boring , mundane , difficult thing to do , then that tends to be put over to the children and of course the disaster is that the children will believe it , and it if the children will believe it then we grow up in a highly technological society producing very few technologists or scientists . |
| 7 | It 's when the teachers think this is a boring , mundane , difficult thing to do , then that tends to be put over to the children and of course the disaster is that the children will believe it , and it if the children will believe it then we grow up in a highly technological society producing very few technologists or scientists . |
| 8 | It is very difficult to ‘ rebuild ’ Britain 's competitiveness if the basis for that rebuilding are derelict industrial estates waiting to be grassed over with the help of Government landscaping grants . |
| 9 | It would not be a source of comfort to the hardpressed British public if they were to become aware that ( reckoning our overseas statistics globally not a single bean of substance for themselves or of capital equipment for British manufacturers is likely to be left over from the American credit ; and that we shall require , on balance , the whole of it , and , unless we change our ways , much more to feed and sustain Allies , liberated territories and ex-enemies , to maintain our military prestige overseas , and , generally speaking to cut a dash in the world considerably above our means . |
| 10 | an over-ambitious agenda which takes too long to complete or has to be carried over to the next meeting . |
| 11 | Such attitudes were far removed from the world of the fictional Sir Joseph Bowlem in Dickens 's Chimes short story who boasted ‘ I allow nothing to be carried over into the New Year ; every description of account is settled in this house at the close of the old one ’ , and the real life employee of Manders the Wolverhampton paintmakers who scribbled on the flyleaf of a 1896 catalogue : |
| 12 | This policy was to be carried over into the post-independence period . |
| 13 | Now , thanks in no small measure to his own contribution to the Hampshire cause , he has one ; and the only disappointment is that the climax of the match was watched by only about 8000 people , as the weather caused it to be carried over into the second day . |
| 14 | This concept has played the leading role in the development of the modern law but the question of definition has tended to be passed over in the cases with little analysis . |
| 15 | But not in the lake ; the lake water itself was caustic , and all our water had to be brought over from the mainland . |
| 16 | Thatcher said that the UK was ‘ financially sound ’ , there was a ban on overtime ( voluntary ) on British Rail ; the US was organising sanctions against Poland for daring to be taken over by the military and the Social Science Research Council , to muffled cheers and sobs , got a £1 million cut . |
| 17 | The last residents moved out towards the end of 1940 , leaving Barham House to be taken over by the army . |
| 18 | SMR 's role was to be taken over by the Shackleton-equipped Maritime Operational Training Unit at Kinloss and the unit was scheduled to disband in September 1956 with the remaining Lancs being ferried to Wroughton to await their fate . |
| 19 | A paper long allied to the Liberal tradition had been allowed to be taken over by the right-wing Mail . |
| 20 | January 15 is the date by which the inhabitants of Florida 's Vero Beach will know if their most famous local employer is to be taken over by the French . |
| 21 | No provision is to be made for liabilities to pay interest [ on loans not to be taken over by the purchaser ] ( v ) Full provision will be made for future rentals and other property costs on the Scottish warehouse lease |
| 22 | The distribution of land , all land under of production confiscate with the exception of those to be nationalized to be taken over by the Peasant Association , the unified |
| 23 | A TINY island rich in wildlife , scenery and history is to be taken over by the RSPB with the help of a £400,000 appeal . |
| 24 | Are we about to be taken over by the machine ? |
| 25 | But the couple 's solicitor Con Fernandez said the pair were just skittles waiting to be bowled over by the long arm of the law . |
| 26 | But the couple 's solicitor Con Fernandez said the pair were just skittles waiting to be bowled over by the long arm of the law . |
| 27 | In Roslavl' during March and April it was frequently noted that the public believed that ecclesiastical gold was to be handed over to the Jews . |
| 28 | Reveille for the remainder was at 0600 , as the transit camp we had been living in for the fortnight had to be handed over to the next inhabitants spick and span . |
| 29 | On 14 August 1903 , the school teachers asked to keep their travelling privileges after the schools were to be handed over to the Local Education Authority . |
| 30 | The ‘ appointed day ’ when all tramways had to be handed over to the Board , was 1 July 1933 . |