Example sentences of "[to-vb] over the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ross Wyndham was all that she had tried so hard to forget — and more : tall , lean , dark and almost painfully attractive , his tanned skin darkened further by the thick black hair , which was swept back like a lion 's mane over his well-shaped head before sweeping down to curl over the top edge of his collar . |
| 2 | There was little spring in the ancient planks and Miss Barnsdale towered beside the box horse , ready to yank at the arms of any child who did n't manage to leap over the rough leather back first time . |
| 3 | There was a mixture of the formal and the informal about it ; the Keeper of Zoology in the 1810s was wont from time to time to leap over the stuffed animals . |
| 4 | To this man he entrusted six wagonloads of treasure , and sent him off to wander over the whole wide world , looking for a twin brother and sister , Stoja and Stojane . |
| 5 | More birds , more shufflings , more rings to slip over the pink-grey legs with their webbed feet . |
| 6 | The top layer of fabric tends to slip over the bottom layer while under the pressure foot , so carefully machine the seam over the needles and tacking , following the direction of the nap ( i.e. , the direction in which the pile is lying ) . |
| 7 | He came to stoop over the trussed man , tested his bonds with a fierce and agonising tug . |
| 8 | Perhaps the real reason for the temporary arrangements at Stretford Bridge was to enable trains to be run between there and Bishop 's Castle before agreement to work over the joint line had been reached . |
| 9 | As Kmart has begun putting these data to work over the past few years , the company 's operations have become steadily more centralised . |
| 10 | They arrived at the edge of the trees just in time to see Angel One advance to stand over the sprawled figure of Brett Grant . |
| 11 | If only the Department of Education and Science would take a leaf out of C&P 's book when introducing some of the fundamental changes that education has had to absorb over the last few years ! |
| 12 | The pace of investment is planned to increase over the next five years with over £50 million of expenditure planned in new and improved port facilities and associated infrastructure . |
| 13 | Though the number of people over the age of 65 is predicted not to increase over the next 10 years and to rise slowly thereafter , the profile of this group will change considerably . |
| 14 | Four more applications were received yesterday and the total of 15 is expected to increase over the next day or two . |
| 15 | But we 're now reasonably confident that we will continue to increase over the next few years and are budgeting for a modest growth . ’ |
| 16 | As the EADT reported last month , the number of fundholders in Essex is set to soar over the next year . |
| 17 | Now if you 're a horse racing fan … the brain will be galloping … the mouth watering … at the thought of what 's to come over the next few weeks … |
| 18 | But if progress in the past couple of decades has appeared hectic , there is plenty to come over the next two . |
| 19 | It takes nerve to haggle over the small print if you are told that your new colleagues have worked under similar terms for years without batting an eyelid . |
| 20 | But it has also been argued that the basic features of positivism applied to all causal theories of crime , whether biological ( as in the case of the founding fathers ) , psychological or sociological , that were to appear over the next half century or more ( Jeffery , 1960 ; Matza , 1964 ) . |
| 21 | The newsheet had started to appear over the past few days as the villagers began to return to their homes . |
| 22 | Gerard handed Katherine her cup , and Mr Lee took a certain small pleasure in allowing him to pass over the second cup , even though he could have easily reached out and taken it . |
| 23 | A new bridge has just been completed to enable the railway to pass over the new Metrolink . |
| 24 | While it would be churlish to pass over the considerable tree planting effort already wrought in the central belt by the trust , the results of a three-year research project undertaken at the University of Edinburgh reveal little evidence that the needs and wants of local people have provided the vehicle for environmental change . |
| 25 | Compaq has set UnixWare some milestones to meet over the coming months . |
| 26 | With the humidity likely to lessen over the next 24 hours , Bristol 's all-sand circuit should be in perfect nick for front-running Lady Riptide . |
| 27 | Sometimes the ghee ( clarified butter ) which was offered to pour over the plain rice was kept there along with big spoons for dishing up . |
| 28 | After all , his impulsive invitation — made largely , she guessed , so that Faye and Bill could be alone for the evening to talk over the difficult issues of the amniocentesis — was not on a par with his dates with Marise or Paula . |
| 29 | At bottom this division is based on the fact that he is at one and the same time part of the natural order — along with the elements , plants and animals — yet also a spiritual and personal being who feels a destiny and calling to rule over the natural world . |
| 30 | Twiceover Micky will be there , for I know he likes it , leaving it until tomorrow night to preside over the first night of The Hamburg Ballet , one of the great ballet companies of the world , which he has sold his soul and what else only his God knows to cajole to Belfast , its first-ever visit to these islands . |