Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun] over it " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was as if , said Callaghan , they had got bored with the subject , and suddenly ‘ chucked a bucket of whitewash over it . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ With moped racing you can pick up a 50cc for about £20 , almost literally throw a bucket of paint over it and you 're away . ’ |
| 3 | And each time you come to the exercise each time they says they say Here you are solve read through it with a bit of paper over it . |
| 4 | So I think there is a little bit of controversy over it . |
| 5 | Mrs Hellyer only came once a week and though Dad did some of the housework , shuffling round in the mornings and yawning , almost everything had a skin of dust over it and smelt mouldy , like furniture stored in an attic . |
| 6 | you have like a scrag of material over it ? |
| 7 | So get it smooth , coat it with copper , polish that up a bit so it 's really nice and shiny and put a fine coating of silver over it |
| 8 | Although he could see no more than the man 's black outline , he sensed it was a rival he was moving towards , one who saw himself as having rights in the moor , even rights of possession over it . |
| 9 | So I phoned again , and they said , ‘ Try putting a blob of Vaseline over it . ’ |
| 10 | Finally we added dry ice to the trough to make the water bubble and to put a thin layer of mist over it . |
| 11 | Better to lose face and be open about not understanding the cryptic message , than to lose sleep at night over it . |
| 12 | So , I mean , what 's the point of you know making it look really , really nice and you know , all you could is just slap a coat of paint over it ! |
| 13 | A large dollop of thick porridge was placed before her , and a nun came round and poured a minute amount of milk over it . |
| 14 | There 's really been a lot of trouble over it ! |
| 15 | mind , she took a lot of time over it |
| 16 | Control over monetary policy is political and a lack of control over it is undemocratic . |
| 17 | The precipitants to these outbursts were trivial and she was alarmed at both the extent of her anger and her lack of control over it . |
| 18 | and have power of veto over it . |