Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] over [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Possibly its most endearing feature is that all the control is executed from the Macintosh , the PC can be connected locally or over a telephone line with modems and , apart from being started up , needs no attention .
2 But , perhaps more importantly , no other player could ( Law 18. ( 2 ) ( d ) ) wilfully fall on or over a player lying on the ground with the ball in his possession .
3 Many talks fail because speakers talk down or over the heads of their audience .
4 ( 6 ) In this section — " disposition " has the same meaning as in the Law of Property Act 1925 ; " interest in land " means any estate , interest or charge in or over land or in or over the proceeds of sale of land .
5 ( 6 ) In subsection ( 5 ) above — " disposition " and " purchaser " have the same meanings as in the Law of Property Act 1925 ; and " interest in land " means any estate , interest or charge in or over land or in or over the proceeds of sale of land .
6 These were men unmarked by battle who screamed indistinguishable news as they rode , so that over the river and through the trees you could glimpse the turning masks of grinning enemy faces , while on this side of the river the King put up his hand and Tuathal and his men came to a halt .
7 Sprinkle the rind inside and over the fish .
8 The square , window-type frame gives practice with moving in and out as well as up , down and over the top of , and there is experience of being enclosed within a three-dimensional shape .
9 Desperate to charge our batteries , we linger as long as we dare before racing off down and over the glacier , through the boulders , and onto the base-camp grass .
10 Alternatively , there is MID- CRED where details of all beneficiaries are established on our computer file , but authorisation is given in writing rather than over the telephone .
11 The 78 , which appeared at the beginning of the 1977 season , was one of Chapman 's greatest and most revolutionary contributions to motor racing and the concept which it employed ( the so-called Venturi effect , by which the air was channelled under rather than over the car , thus giving it infinitely superior down-force and road-holding ability ) set the standard for many years to come .
12 New copper washers under the dome fixing nuts appears to have cured them but a new ‘ 0 ’ ring on the breather seat still allows the oil to pass through and over the engine .
13 Gibbons communicate and hold territories by means of loud hooting voices that carry through and over the forest canopy .
14 All the time I was attempting to identify by ear bird noises in the spinney : a jay screeched raucously ; ‘ My toe hurts Betty , ’ crooned a wood pigeon ; a tiny wren ticked its loud emphatic alarm notes ; and over and over a willow warbler trilled .
15 Over and over the events of the day I go , vainly searching for where I went wrong …
16 She could almost touch him now , but he was frowning , running his finger over and over the Paisley pattern on the corner of the duvet that overlapped the sill .
17 He had been wakeful all night , gnawing over and over the tangle of his doubts and fears , and unable to worry his way through them to any certain hope .
18 It had to come from some distance away since over the centuries the trees and bushes on both sides of the river had been lopped down .
19 Dave talked right on and over the start of the lyric , and then made it worse by trying to pretend that his mistake was intentional .
20 Consequently , the carriage started to knit , then slid off and over the needles .
21 Very gently the two women drew the light quilt away , sliding it from under the arm of the sleeper , drawing it down at both sides , peeling it off and over the end of the bed .
22 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
23 He lumbered into the back of the truck , pulling himself up and over the tailboard .
24 Headed back up by to , hook ball , looking for , gets his head underneath and it 's just over the top of the bar , he got the full force of his head beneath that ball and it looped up and over the top of er an anxious looking Paul crossbar .
25 Now the cruisers ' engines abraded up and over the hills , their clackering drone in need of silencers .
26 Move your hands to the forehead and smoothly stroke the brow , hand-over-hand up and over the hair to the crown of the head .
27 Oncoming bikers seemed intent on taking the short cut up and over the Aussie 's Nissan .
28 There are infrared-sensing security lights on the wall of the house and if they go on then the whole thing 's off ; I 'm up and over the wall and back into the woods and away .
29 The wind was hissing loudly over them , whipping off their tops and spraying them into a conveyor-belt of sand , an opaque draught , streaming across the road and up and over the dunes on the other side .
30 You could spend weeks pedalling up and over the North York Moors , but if you 've only got a weekend to spare , then the Rosedale area is without doubt the place to go .
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