Example sentences of "[noun] from [v-ing] over " in BNC.

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1	As I try to sleep , my mattress raised on corrugated iron sheeting to discourage the rats from running over me , I hear a familiar sound : click-click , click-click , click-click .
2	The most that can be achieved by the summit is to keep the Community from toppling over the edge .
3	It 's like that wire-mesh barrier thing — the one he told me about — the one that stops boats at the last moment from going over the weir .
4	He pulled the drapes back , and it helped a little — the mixed twilight and yellow sodium light would at least be enough to prevent Alison from falling over the bag in the middle of the floor .
5	After that , the framework of garden size and the plant 's neighbours constrains the subject from spilling over the edges .
6	We were just watching 4 What It 's Worth about all those people who go on holiday to the sunny Mediterranean , having booked a sea view , and come back with gastroenteritis from living over the dustbins and now want their money back , when Elinor came running up the garden path closely followed by Nigel .
7	That 's what you look for , you see , you look for corcus races really and while conflict is perfectly real , and no question of that , but it tremendously easily becomes pathological and gets out of hand and a good deal of social organization consists really and how do you erm in a sense how do you keep people and societies from falling over these cliffs ?
8	In this case , subsistence requirements could still be met from cotton income , but as there appears to be no clearly demonstrated link between cash crop promotion and improvements in food crops to make up for the shortfall in the cropping area that results from giving over the land to cash crops , the issue of food security must be raised .
9	Similarly , a plate with a slight rim prevents food from sliding over the edge too easily .
10	This prevents the muzzle from slipping over the ferret 's nose .

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