Example sentences of "[adv] to the [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it is a view you are after , then better to go to the top of the Pic du Midi than remain down on the col , for from there the prospect has for long been famous , especially to the north over the plains and , on a good day , westward to the Atlantic . |
| 2 | President Berisha , however , has given in to the nationalists over the question of property restitution . |
| 3 | She drew away to the balcony over the lobby , feeling incapable , looking down at the bawling men in dinner jackets far below and the women with stiff hair . |
| 4 | The Swan Inn was on the far side of the village from Fern Cottage , situated close to the bridge over the river Windrush . |
| 5 | A weak sun was rising off to the east over the distant buildings and its pale light was filtering through the branches of the trees about him . |
| 6 | His speech alludes also to the scandals over corruption in political life , particularly where building contracts are concerned , which have been rocking Italy this year . |
| 7 | ‘ And the king was much moved , and went up to the chamber over the gate , and wept : and as he went , thus he said , O my son Absalom , my son , my son Absalom ! would God I had died for thee , O Absalom , my son , my son ! ’ |
| 8 | Not long after her arrival in Scotland she had to attend a New Year meeting in Aberdeen , far to the north over mountainous country . |
| 9 | I have decided that as from tonight I will be reborn under a different star , ’ and here she gestured upwards to the constellation over her head , ‘ I will be rechristened , I will come down those stairs tomorrow night fresh to the world and glistening with a new name ; from now on , you will kindly refer to me , both to my sainted face and behind my back , as Mother . |
| 10 | And the tally of crown successes over its opponents far outnumbers its few failures ; Douglases , Crichtons , Livingstones , Erskines , Gordons , Hamiltons and many other members of aristocratic families who lost out to the crown over a huge range of disputes , from the heights of violent conflict to the crown 's ability to beat off rival claimants to lands , would have been astonished by the belief of later historians that they were more powerful than the monarchy . |
| 11 | Anyway , so that gets back to the thing over policy . |
| 12 | I once heard of a case where two dogs fought almost to the death over an empty sweet paper . |
| 13 | But already a fresh wave of sepoys was pouring over the ramparts and bounding forward to the attack over that rubbery carpet of bodies . |