Example sentences of "[conj] [vb pp] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sauce from Mr Bishop 's tomato ketchup bottles had been emptied out in great red gobs or smeared over the cupboards . |
| 2 | Among the tepid metal and tile of the locker room , or slumped over the paper cups and coffee balloons of the commissary-Johnny 's there , with unspeakable skidmarks all over his smock . |
| 3 | What happens when you introduce something new to his familiar environment — for example , placing a brightly coloured cloth or jacket on the paddock fence , or hung over the pole of a small jump . |
| 4 | He is being honoured by an exhibition assembling the more than 300 paintings , sculptures and decorative artworks he has donated or promised over the years . |
| 5 | But there are also thousands of people walking around in a semi-drugged state day after day because they are in the habit of taking tablets , whether prescribed or bought over the counter . |
| 6 | Despite the deficiencies in the present system we believe that child resistant closures should be used now for all medicines whether dispensed or bought over the counter . |
| 7 | Some worshippers believe the water has healing properties when drunk or sprinkled over the sick . |
| 8 | The cubs , all between three and seven weeks old , have been found orphaned or abandoned over the last few weeks . |
| 9 | It is well settled that such a grant or demise will … impliedly confer on the grantee or lessee … easements over the land retained corresponding to the continuous or apparent quasi-easements enjoyed at the time of the grant or demise by the property granted or demised over the property retained … |
| 10 | However , it is unclear whether survival rates of those with dementia have increased or decreased over the post-war period . |
| 11 | If adults are asked about their childhood , it seems highly likely that their memories will have become distorted or lost over the years , and that they will be coloured by the person 's present mood state , particularly by the existence of any psychiatric disorder . |
| 12 | The arguments for and against their management styles seem likely to be won or lost over the brandy and cigars at dinners before tomorrow 's monthly meeting of the BBC board . |
| 13 | If unions or individuals bargain for , and receive , wages on the basis of an expected rate of inflation that does not occur , then real wages will be higher or lower than expected over the period of the bargain . |
| 14 | Almost all of this increase was attributable to the growing proportion of lone mother families , which more than doubled over the period . |
| 15 | Although , at 12% , the proportion of Catholics employed is still out of step with the Northern Ireland population , Short 's points out that it has more than doubled over the last 10 years , while the proportion of Catholic apprentices taken on has trebled to 20% . |
| 16 | Moreover , both total exports and exports of manufactured goods increased more than GDP , which more than doubled over the whole period . |
| 17 | Using its restrictive definition of homelessness , the Department of the Environment estimates that the number of homeless families in England has more than doubled over the past decade to 146000 last year . |
| 18 | The emphasis is on teamwork and on productivity ; our productivity per employee has more than doubled over the past two years . |
| 19 | The number of companies incorporating environmental statements into their reports has more than doubled over the past year — but many of the statements provide little hard information . |
| 20 | The total fines levied more than doubled over the previous year , from £428,000 to £1.05 million . |
| 21 | The number of babies born to single women over 40 has more than doubled over the last 10 years with the North West top of the older mums ' baby league table . |
| 22 | The number of babies born to single women over 40 has more than doubled over the last 10 years , with the North West top of the older mums ' baby league table . |
| 23 | Since employment growth was relatively modest , the mass of means of production per worker more than doubled over the period . |
| 24 | ‘ Just talk to them , find out what they 've seen and heard over the last couple of weeks , ’ the DI said . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've put Mr Trumper 's things in the bedroom and checked over the flat . |
| 26 | They make oral sex safer because if placed over the vulva , they prevent HIV transmission through infected vaginal juices or menstrual blood getting into a partner 's mouth — particularly if your partner has bleeding gums , mouth ulcers or cuts . |
| 27 | Half-way along it , Ember whipped round to yell , ‘ Go , Jez ! ’ and vaulted over the hand-rail . |
| 28 | The man burst into the Alpine Cafe in Marine Drive , Southport , and vaulted over the counter to snatch £90 in cash . |
| 29 | Police issued the photofit of a man who burst into the Alpine Cafe in Marine Drive , Southport , and vaulted over the counter . |
| 30 | While Dylan 's is the voice of death , despair , loss , wrack and ruin , Young 's call , seemingly polished and matured over the years , speaks of hope , regeneration and humility , reaching a peak on the heartbreaking beauty of ‘ Such A Woman ’ . |