Example sentences of "[adj] over [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A LONDONDERRY school head has called ‘ foul ’ over dog owners who allow their pets to run free over a play area . |
| 2 | So if you 're free over the weekend you can come round yeah ? |
| 3 | You do n't want them emerging with the queasy feeling they could get whacked over the head on their way back to the car . |
| 4 | By the time the demo was over I was nearly nauseous at the presumptuousness of these notions and despondent over the lack of scepticism in the room . |
| 5 | Both Mr Pitman Senior and Junior were reps who grew progressively despondent over the standard of rooms and services they encountered on their travels . |
| 6 | Huge lakes of oil , some over a mile square and up to a metre deep , are persisting in the Kuwaiti desert , taking over from the oil fires as the most serious threat to the country 's environment . |
| 7 | Melt the butter and brush some over the base of a large , deep square or round baking tin or oven dish . |
| 8 | ‘ We may have some over the weekend . |
| 9 | Nastiest — I have n't read any nasty things NME has said about me but I 'm sure there have been some over the years |
| 10 | I 'd finish a bottle in three days and another over the weekend . |
| 11 | The company was formed on Albert Hill in 1864 and by the time it closed in 1879 it had been responsible for 40 bridges in Denmark , 20 bridges in Sweden all built in 1874 , all the viaducts on the Whitby-RedcarMiddlesbrough line including the Staithes Viaduct , Llandudno pier , a bridge in Syria , another over the Tay in Scotland and a footbridge over the Tees at Barnard Castle . |
| 12 | Well in actual fact to te to tell you the honest truth we 've been so busy one way and another over the weekends have n't we ? |
| 13 | One reason why these categories have proved of little practical value is that particular individuals may shift from one to another over the course of time , a fact which also illustrates an additional distinction that has to be made in describing schizophrenia . |
| 14 | She had gone to school with Sarah , and they had helped one another over the years . |
| 15 | London Weather Centre predicted that it would be warmer but wet over the weekend . |
| 16 | ‘ The 18th is getting tougher over the years , ’ says Lyle . |
| 17 | Fibreglass pools are obviously entirely rigid and free-standing , and present no such difficulties during construction , but one must be very careful over the choice of design , for most are made by fibreglass manufacturers with little understanding of plant life and it is often the case that reeds , rushes and irises are expected to become established on a marginal shelf no more than 8 cm ( 3 in ) wide , while the deeper areas of the pool will not have a sufficiently flat floor to place a single waterlily basket . |
| 18 | Other changes in structure developed more slowly , but although the pattern looked different over a period of a few years , analogues of the basic groups seem to have been present ever since the phenomenon of the contemporary football fan arose in the middle to late 1960s . |
| 19 | But the bottom of all the surrounding buildings is hidden by the high brick wall round the garden , and the top of them by the beige silk shades which are half-lowered over the windows . |
| 20 | And I was always cross-examined over the breakfast table . |
| 21 | Just a few over the winter ? |
| 22 | An owl few over the ford , banked into a beechwood and gave a last hollow call , which was lost in the dawn 's loud chorus that seemed to presage a bright hot summer 's day in this rich and placid countryside . |
| 23 | However , there is little else authentically recorded , a strange omission inasmuch as these galleries and a few over the West Yorkshire border are indigenous to this area . |
| 24 | Talks broke down on April 22 over the allocation of government posts , although on April 11 it had appeared that a coalition could be formed when all parties agreed that the budget deficit should not exceed 5 per cent gross domestic product ( GDP ) . |
| 25 | The special rule of the kitchen is to make sure that there is light over every work surface so that you never work in your own shadow . |
| 26 | Company spokesman John Dodds said the investment would be staggered over a period of time and would not necessarily mean a glut of vacancies in Darlington . |
| 27 | If you choose to abandon formality ( 'Why do n't we discuss this over a drink ? ' ) then you are playing high status in that you 're taking this decision , and allowing the other person perhaps to rise above their station . |
| 28 | It 's been like this over a number of issues ever since the children were small , but it 's got worse since they 've been teenagers . |
| 29 | If they were able to do this over the course of the whole meal-time they received a sticker on the chart . |
| 30 | I am away on a short holiday in Scotland between August 14th-26th but would be pleased to discuss this over the telephone when I 'm back . |