Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since then safety work has pushed up that capacity and when the ( New Zealand ) All Blacks play there in three weeks it will be helped to 21,000 by a temporary stand erected over the Tanner Bank wall on the outfield of the adjacent cricket field , adding 2,300 spectators who need not be counted in the official figure . |
| 2 | Apart from the champagne spilled over the bow , there was plenty consumed in a more conventional fashion as the crew showed off the new boat for the first time . |
| 3 | The real fire-fight developed over the stricken Mowhawk which was hit several times and her captain R. F. Jolly , R. N. was fatally injured and a number of his crew killed . |
| 4 | ‘ Team spirit and research expertise developed over the years would be lost . ’ |
| 5 | When the wind was in the west a sickly smell floated over the pits . |
| 6 | Synthetic sympathy floated over the line . |
| 7 | The unity witnessed over the two days had been greater than he could ever have hoped for , and the remaining morning 's session of ‘ rounding up ’ would , he trusted , be rich in commitments on the part of participants concerning action each would be taking before the important international conference in Switzerland . |
| 8 | Finally a sheer mountain of a wave smashed over the raft with a furious roar and swept it further on to the reef away from the pounding terror . |
| 9 | These seem to have had their fears that the flood gates holding back university collections are now opening confirmed , as Edinburgh University announced last month that it was proposing to sell a sculpture by Adrian de Vries or a Ruisdael landscape , bequeathed by Sir James Torrie , to help put right a deficit permitted over the last few years by a Treasurer who has since resigned . |
| 10 | Lightning played across the front almost continually , and thunder rolled over the catamaran . |
| 11 | While the race covered approximately 1000 miles , the route varied over the years but maintained Brescia as its base . |
| 12 | Thunder crackled over the dark , empty street . |
| 13 | His burnished gold hair curled over the high collar of a royal blue coat , and he wore a black velvet waistcoat sprigged with silver leaves , an expensive-looking garment for a young physician unless he had private means . |
| 14 | It also remains the case that the Cabinet , as an institution , does not rest on parliamentary authority but rather on practice developed over the centuries . |
| 15 | The plan has emerged from a comprehensive study undertaken over the last year , covering such aspects as geology , archaeology , nature conservation , recreation , education , traffic and landscape . |
| 16 | Zambia cried , and with lightning speed vaulted over the safety rail of the gallery and began shinning down support poles to the floor . |
| 17 | Water is pumped through gravel placed over the grid ( or plate ) . |
| 18 | There was a ragged pause , not a movement as the last of her underwear floated over the side of the bed . |
| 19 | But Kennedy 's talent won over the hard-to-please punters despite him being one of the scruffiest acts ever to face the Royal box . |
| 20 | Stack Rock won over the minimum trip at Newbury earlier in the season and , with rain forecast in the Haydock area , he should have everything in his favour today . |
| 21 | In The Galleria shopping complex built over the A1 , the Hatfield store is the largest Rodier Hommes unit in Europe and is an impressive , airy setting for this singular collection . |
| 22 | Despite the Bougainville crisis a general optimism prevailed over the long-term prospects for the mineral sector . |
| 23 | The Abingdon , Oxfordshire company is pleased with its slow but steady improvement , particularly given the investment made over the year in overseas expansion and new products . |
| 24 | These tendencies have entailed certain structural problems — the market suffers from excess capacity ( see section 5.3 ) , with many eurobond operations unable to make profits on turnover averaged over the interest rate cycle . |
| 25 | This uncertainty hung over the European Fusion Programme at the start of 1989 and in Britain , home of JET , there were further questions being asked about the future of fusion and nuclear energy in general . |
| 26 | The body 's symmetrical horns join the neck at the seventeenth fret , leaving the remaining four on the 21-fret neck positioned over the body . |
| 27 | The car shot over the edge and landed in a sand dune . |
| 28 | The train-shed arched over the adjacent pavement and a long colonnade carried pedestrians along the side of the station as though rather hoping that they would become passengers . |
| 29 | No party gained an absolute majority in the Bihari Assembly , and as of early March uncertainty prevailed over the composition of a coalition ministry . |
| 30 | Meanwhile , King Alexander reached-the top of Kinghorn Ness where both rider and horse toppled over the cliff to their deaths . |