Example sentences of "[coord] over the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ash liked his characters at or over the edge of madness , constructing systems of belief and survival from the fragments of experience available to them . |
| 2 | But now you have to begin at the other end and tell the story in a straight run through the eyes , or over the shoulder , of the " detective " figure . |
| 3 | I tend to have a fairly light touch , often only skimming across the surface of the paper , or over the top of previously applied colours . |
| 4 | The author manages very successfully to convey all his sadness and bitterness and at the same time great strength of his departure from this world without being verbose or over the top . |
| 5 | such an offer made in a letter or over the telephone could still remain ‘ without prejudice ’ and would not be admissible in evidence . |
| 6 | The greenery-yallery mush makes a terrific flavour to smear under or over the skin of poultry , in which to steam or microwave fish or to marinate prawns before grilling . |
| 7 | The cost is very reasonable starting at around £30 , and the course can be completed in a day , either during the week or over the weekend , in safe flat water conditions . |
| 8 | This evening , or over the weekend , I will be putting together a mailing list so that us train spotter type supporters do n't get in the way of the real reason for Gav 's excellent listserver. ( grovel , fawn … |
| 9 | He was polite but distant after that for the rest of the week , and there was no suggestion that they should get together in the evening or over the weekend . |
| 10 | If you fancy a tour today or over the weekend the mansion and its famous gardens are still open . |
| 11 | She had been continually up the spout , or over the moon , about someone or something . |
| 12 | ‘ And are you , or are you not , sick as a parrot or over the moon respectively , about increased charges for changing rooms and pitches ? ’ |
| 13 | Not by letter or over the phone . ’ |
| 14 | I did n't want to say that to you in a letter or over the phone . ’ |
| 15 | This raises public awareness and the press is always interested in hard statistics ; so if you can say several hundred people signed the petition in an afternoon or over the course of a few days it will undoubtedly earn you publicity . |
| 16 | We had a good field of fire all round in case the enemy came out of the sunken road or over the hedge . |
| 17 | This did happen frequently for a variety of reasons , but it was usually because of a worsening of weather conditions either at home base or over the target area . |
| 18 | Precedent 4 is a document which would be used where second hand goods were sold , for instance , at auction or over the counter , rather than in the context of a sale governed by a set of standard terms and conditions . |
| 19 | In probing the sources of undeserved distress they generally look outwards to the people across the valley , or over the hill . |
| 20 | He used to go He came up when he would go from Blair and he would come up our glen and he would maybe walk over the hill to Braemar , or over the hill to Clover I suppose . |
| 21 | Constance frequently reiterated that she would never buy anything that had belonged to somebody else , that meant something to them , that had been warm against their skin or over the fireplace : only brand-new articles , the stuff of commerce in transit between factory and store , the owners of which already had more money than was good for them and were themselves no better than they should be . |
| 22 | Future Perfect aims to help people approaching or over the age of 50 deal with the transition from their main career by pointing them in the direction of new opportunities . |
| 23 | The neat , sturdy water-buses pass by , on their way to the railway station or over the Basin to the Lido ; they used to be steam-powered , which is why they are called vaporetti . |
| 24 | Perhaps it is this very ‘ emptiness ’ which appeals to many clients , for they can strip their advertisements over the aquamarine seas , or over the azure of skies , so that our subliminal minds will equate the goods they offer with the freshness of unspoiled paradise . |
| 25 | If the ball is short of the service line or over the baseline , then the rally ceases . |
| 26 | Oh or over the seatbelt . |
| 27 | They perceive that they have no influence over their own lives , or over the quality of their own lives . |
| 28 | They came from the big houses down the loch or over the pass towards Loch Lomond , or the castle at Inverary , from miles and miles , little girls in furred and caped coats and dresses gathered into heavy bows behind the cascades of ringlets . |
| 29 | Go past that , then there 's one or two ne ne newish buildings and then you come up to a spot where you drive in and you go up or over the concrete , that 's Norblast |
| 30 | around or over the world in 30 days of driving … that 's the dream of two local motoring enthusiasts who are taking their old morgan car on the longest … the toughest rally of them all … they 've been getting themselves into gear in the Malverns and we 're off there to join them for our Friday feature |