Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv] over a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fibrous tissue replaces this , the capillaries heal and contract down over a period of months to leave a linear scar . |
| 2 | After his death his empire could barely be sustained by the new rulers ( including Charles the Bald and Charles the Fat — is it possible to hold an empire together when the populace is taking the mickey out of you to that extent ? ) and crumbled away over a period of two centuries . |
| 3 | I cut off the path proper and charged up over a dune and down its other side to where the service pipe carrying the water and electricity to the house appears out of the sand and crosses the creek . |
| 4 | Modelled here by Adele Curry , a student at the Blackpool and Flyde College of Hair and Beauty , the amazing creation which took two weeks to complete and stands well over a foot high is in celebration of Blackpool Tower 's £13 million transformation into Tower World . |
| 5 | The aim of Heidrick and Struggles ' approach is to build a team that can truly work and integrate together over a number of years . |
| 6 | Stamping their hopelessly outsize boots , they trudged in single file out of the gutted , white-stone church and slogged off over a ditch away from the barricade . |
| 7 | The potato starch was dyed in separate batches of red , blue and green , then mixed together in smaller quantities and sprinkled evenly over a glass plate with a tacky varnished coating . |
| 8 | The potato starch was dyed in separate batches of red , blue and green , then mixed together in smaller quantities and sprinkled evenly over a glass plate with a tacky varnished coating . |