Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv prt] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The story got about over the years that his lectures were very obscure . |
| 2 | Sandblasting of the Great Slab area at Stanage to remove graffiti painted on over the August bank holiday has had the beneficial side effect of totally cleaning the afflicted area of chalk and rubber marks , and has also increased the friction . |
| 3 | To test this particular application of Procedure Audit , a monitoring process was established in a section of thirty persons , and the administrative assistant briefed to record the number of queries referred back over a period of two months . |
| 4 | This time she saw pebbles laid out over the whole of the surface , more or less evenly spaced . |
| 5 | Babur looks out over the dark quiet trees to the white lights and feels at home . |
| 6 | Formulation of the plan seems to be the result of a complex but highly structured process of consultations and meetings carried out over a six month period , and culminating in the ratification of the plan by the full Politburo . |
| 7 | It remains to be seen whether the special provision built up over the last decade will survive what may be the collapse of pre-vocational college-based education . |
| 8 | Mr. Philpot travelled from Pembrokeshire for a gathering which was not primarily a fund-raising event , but rather a celebration of the building carried out over the previous fifteen years to provide extensions of both premises and facilities . |
| 9 | His hand slid down over her back , his fingers splaying out over the firm swell of her bottom , pulling her body closer still to his . |
| 10 | Sitting on the tall range , its small legs sticking out over the bright brass rail which acted both as a safety barrier round the hotplates and as a place to hang grubby kitchen towels , the small attendant 's face was almost at the same level as the human 's . |
| 11 | This is entirely due to excessive muscular tension building up over the years and pulling the bones of the spine closer together , by as much as two or even three inches . |
| 12 | The cheapest and most practical method was for the shikari to sit out over a tethered bait in a tree hide or machan waiting for the tiger to appear . |
| 13 | His readiness to speak on almost any topic , and especially on medical ethics , was remarkable : his speeches averaged out over the pontificate at almost one a day . |
| 14 | The personal relationships built up over the 15 weeks often encourage longer discussions on how the subjects the pupils are learning about relate to the outside ‘ grown-up ’ world of industry and academe . |
| 15 | The dark , lazy appraisal moved down over the jut of her breasts beneath the soft material , and she shivered involuntarily , despite the warm night . |
| 16 | Today certain people will not go on the station after dark , so the past tragedy lingers on over an entire railway complex . |
| 17 | Thus , research carried out over the past few years indicates that the traits described above actually overlap considerably with those found in so-called ‘ schizotypal ’ individuals , i.e. People whose temperamental make-up seems similar to that underlying schizophrenia , continuous with it in the personality domain but without any obvious signs of psychotic illness . |
| 18 | These are piers built out over the harbour , and indicate old merchants ' houses , where ships could unload directly into the premises . |
| 19 | The noise brought Jacqui to the door and light spilled out over the scene . |
| 20 | And the mile-high fuel club topping up over the North Sea . |
| 21 | We were in a car looking down over the Bay and I said I 've got to go out . |
| 22 | Below the attics was a back bedroom looking out over the flower garden , and so on to the main road beyond . |
| 23 | But , with a research department reduced by over a half and with the strategic use of a cash cow , the nylon business produced innovation after innovation . |
| 24 | We have taken various risks looking back over the years , like Wapping . |
| 25 | She sat down and leaned back against the rock looking out over the sweep of moorland . |
| 26 | Place the horses inside the stable holes , securing them with royal icing and positioning them so that their heads peep out over the doors . |
| 27 | Nothing is invisible to radar , but a stealthy aircraft shows up over the background noise only at so close a range that radar , which has dominated air and combat for two generations , is virtually useless against it . |
| 28 | She could imagine what he looked like : dark , slightly wavy hair and blue eyes , the right eyes to look out over the miles of sea all around him . |
| 29 | The overhead door swung up easily to his touch and the light splayed out over the gravel of the drive and the unkempt verges of silvered grass . |
| 30 | Whilst the signaller busied himself with decoding the latest message from on high , the Troop Commander 's mind raced back over a fairly hectic three weeks , Which had taken the troop from Hameln ( of Pied Piper fame ) , the regiment 's home base on the River Weser , eastwards to the River Leine and north the River Aller , before swinging north-west to the mouth of the Weser in the Bremerhaven area . |