Example sentences of "with a [noun sg] [noun] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bevel allows cuts of 0°–45° to both right and left , and the machine comes with a Perspex guard over the front of the blade to protect the operator . |
| 2 | It was a hunting watch — one of the new ones with a metal cover over the glass . |
| 3 | The seam allowances should be neatened , when not covered by a lining , with a machine zig-zag over the raw edges , or by overcasting . |
| 4 | He argued in his essay On Liberty that State schools , with a State control over the curriculum , would be simply a means of producing a docile and bien pensant population , moulded in accordance with the wishes of the government of the day . |
| 5 | THE Prime Minister scored the luckiest escape of a lifetime last night with a knife-edge victory over the ‘ enemy within ’ of his own party . |
| 6 | ‘ All I can say is that it will end with a question mark over the future . |
| 7 | On the table was a vase of flowers , a square honeycomb oozing liquid honey from its wax holes onto the dish , three jars of jam , each one a different colour of dark red , and a jug with a muslin cloth over the top . |
| 8 | Gen. Chaovalit resigned his post ostensibly following a verbal exchange with a Cabinet colleague over the issue of corruption . |
| 9 | Remembering always to carry her gas mask , stumbling home through the blackout with only a narrow beam of light from her torch to help her , and going to services in churches lit only by candles with a blackout curtain over the door . |
| 10 | Not far away , at the top of Richmond Hill in Surrey , with a line view over the Royal Park on the one side and the valley of the River Thames — below Richmond Terrace — on the other side , charity funds provided a Home for permanently handicapped British Service men . |
| 11 | The 60 shops , with a glass roof over the courtyard , have a marketing committee on which he sits . |