Example sentences of "a [noun] over the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew I was courting disaster without a rope and partner on , so rushed around below the ice cliffs of the snout to see if I could force a route over the smooth slabs and close to the col . |
| 2 | THE economy faces a severe slowdown and possibly a recession over the coming months . |
| 3 | His brain drew a veil over the sickening consequences . |
| 4 | The front-page story in the Star — JUDGE 'S MERCY : WIFE KILLED KINKY COPPER Sordid facts of sex life kept secret — told how the judge deliberately drew a veil over the last days of the victim , informing the court that the defendant went berserk after being subjected to ‘ abuse , violence and sexual perversions ’ . |
| 5 | Holiday-makers in Blackpool in the summer of 1919 queued in their thousands for the thrill of taking a joy-ride over the famous sands . |
| 6 | The fact that my attitude to this same suggestion underwent a change over the following days — indeed , that the notion of a trip to the West Country took an ever-increasing hold on my thoughts — is no doubt substantially attributable to — and why should I hide it ? — the arrival of Miss Kenton 's letter , her first in almost seven years if one discounts the Christmas cards . |
| 7 | Taking advantage of the discretionary powers granted him by the tsar , he asked for a treaty guaranteeing Russia 's right to a protectorate over the Orthodox Christians of the Ottoman Empire . |
| 8 | From 1947 to 1950 there was a contest over the rival merits of enterprise agreements against collective industrial bargaining but the Densan precedent had the support of the US occupation , the Japanese state and local employers . |
| 9 | Tallis kissed his cold , thin lips , stroked a finger over the savage mementos of Tig 's attack upon him . |
| 10 | He ran a hand over the parallel scratches down his cheek . |
| 11 | There had already been a kerfuffle over the pornographic ones ; they could n't be included in the facsimile edition and yet at the same time it could hardly be called a complete edition if they were n't there . |
| 12 | The question of the ‘ Lanfranc forgeries ’ — that is , of the additions made to nine papal letters addressed to archbishops of Canterbury in order to provide clear papal authority for Canterbury 's primacy — hangs like a cloud over the primatial disputes of the years from 1072 to 1123 ; and it is important to seek such certainty as is to be obtained on this question . |
| 13 | The litany of senseless destruction , including some of the country 's most important wildlife sites , casts a shadow over the entire roads programme . " |
| 14 | The Financial Times of Sept. 11 commented that the DUP 's withdrawal had " cast a shadow over the entire talks process " . |
| 15 | We had changed a lot over the four years we 'd been together . |
| 16 | But even where there is debate and conflict , there is usually a consensus over the central questions . |
| 17 | As part of its expansion , Barratt will open two new subsidiaries a year over the three years of the growth plan , starting in July with one for south London , to be followed by one for the northern part of the capital later . |
| 18 | Soft ground would put stamina at a premium over the twelve furlongs , and doubts about Sir Ivor 's getting the trip contributed to Piggott 's tactics . |