Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] over the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The earl had successfully held minor raids near Carlisle , apparently launched to sound out the defences of the western march , and at Berwick the garrison , with the help of George Dunbar , that angry refugee from over the border , poacher turned forester , had decisively defeated a party of four hundred Scots .
2 Yeah , well he does get a bit of over the top
3 The Oldham-based firm , which manufactures a wide range of healthcare products , from swabs to saline solution and a variety of over the counter medicines and treatments , recently spent more than £1m on extending its Bootle pharmaceutical manufacturing facility , which trades under the name Seton Prebbles .
4 He commented : ‘ We were woken up with a jolt when we found out that Spinneys were going to be bought out by some ‘ jocks from over the border ’ .
5 Choose a dessert from over the page or serve cheese .
6 You know what I mean : people expect you to talk about dark strangers from over the water and golden fortunes coming their way .
7 The fringe flapped in the little wind , and eddies from over the field brought the resinous warmth of the dying fires and another powdering of silvery ash mixed with charcoal .
8 That 's when Mrs Marsh from over the road comes and sits with her while I get to the shops .
9 I had seen that look somewhere before , and memory suggested two pictures : one was from an old history book and showed Marie Antoinette on her way to the guillotine — ‘ The Queen went forth , stately and calm ’ ; , the other ( ‘ Tales from over the Border ’ ) showed a beautiful girl withdrawing modestly while a Highland chief petitioned her father for her hand in marriage .
10 And others she did n't recognize : a young woman from over the sea , sometimes dressed in a nun 's habit , sometimes holding a clear-handled gun ; a foreign man , dark-complexioned and dangerous , his hands red with blood ; a beautiful young-old man with generous lips , picking up a guitar and smiling ; and a man in a tropical suit , with a deathshead skull behind his smile .
11 The voice from over the way was equally cold .
12 The Medes from over the way were joining in , perhaps , or the dreadful Throckmorton brothers from Number Thirteen .
13 Page two , trying to pick up the bit at over the bottom of the door .
14 In 1989 , it was decided to change peptic ulcer drugs containing cimetidine , ranitidine or sucralfate in general use from prescription drugs to over the counter distribution .
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