Example sentences of "[noun] and [noun pl] [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes , if the lights had been left on , and I was unable to sleep , I 'd look across to Tom and feel great sorrow to see that fine man lying on the floor in a bleak underground room , with a rough blanket over his legs and cockroaches crawling over him as he slept . |
| 2 | A head with two huge eyes and antennae pressed over its back pushes through the pupa at one end . |
| 3 | Excursions all around the Vorarlberg are worthwhile to see all the fantastic scenery , and the many ancient villages , castles and churches scattered over the countryside . |
| 4 | To what extent have ideas , movements and institutions changed over a period of time ( a ) in form ( b ) in substance ? |
| 5 | And the time is six sixteen and still to come , parents and teachers protest over plans to cut help for pupils whose first language is n't English . |
| 6 | How have your feelings towards your own parents and teachers changed over the years ? |
| 7 | Problems of classification remain especially with poets whose circumstances and allegiances changed over time . |
| 8 | A six foot two giant with black hair and eyebrows joined over the bridge of his large nose . |
| 9 | Their training and the pressure to conform to state rules and regulations have over the years made them appear to their pupils , and many parents , as agents of the regime . |
| 10 | Sales of polymers , healthcare products and agrochemicals improved over the nine months , while sales of organic and industrial products and imaging technologies fell . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've built up a dossier on his drug and arms deals over the past few years . |
| 12 | Frederica gagged on hers , nauseated by a memory of the foundering black body as the life left the legs , of the crawling sheet of sticky blood over the shoulder under the pics , of trailing hooves and horns dragged over sawdust . |
| 13 | The rain is going to continue overnight with heavy rain in places and mists developing over the Cotswolds and the Chilterns . |
| 14 | Why have penal ideas and practices altered over time in the West in the ways described in the ‘ Schools of Penal Thought ’ section of the previous chapter ? |
| 15 | The Association , through many workshops and seminars held over the years , has supported artists who express their Christian faith through their art . |
| 16 | The concept of a profession is , as we have seen , based upon claims to specialised knowledge and skills developed over time through training . |
| 17 | The earthen floors were swept and the tables scrubbed ; the pots and pans gleamed over the hob , and there was a pleasant smell of baking coming from the wood oven . |
| 18 | The English and French fought over her like the Greeks and Romans fought over Helen of Troy ! ’ |
| 19 | Usually most of the people who 've had coursework and exams to do over the1561 |
| 20 | Porto Heli is a multi-activity centre , running a flexible mix of Dinghy Sailing holidays ( p20 ) and Windsurf holidays ( p27 ) in the style developed by Brian Amstutz and Groves Sailing over the past eleven years . |
| 21 | It had at least seven governing bodies and watchdogs set over it : the Danzig Volkstag , the Danzig Senate , the Polish Commissioner General , the German Commissioner General , the Danzig Harbour Board , the League of Nations High Commissioner , the Council of the League of Nations at the High Court in the Hague and finally , the League itself sitting in Geneva . |
| 22 | The country is pleasantly undulating around here , and it reminds me a bit of Italy , with the hot sunshine , and the little red-roofed farms and houses dotted over the country . |
| 23 | all languages and dialects change over time ; |
| 24 | We had decided to print birthday messages to him in the Beirut press and once again our love and thoughts went over the telex and into a vacuum . |
| 25 | Again for sweaters , little crescent moons and stars scattered over the fabric makes a very pretty design , as does one big intarsia crescent moon which again can be classically simple or fun with a face on it . |
| 26 | Hot liquid and entrails spilled over him , and he scrambled out from under the thing . |
| 27 | Such matches and mismatches change over time , and so therefore does the use of the argument , and subjects which were previously regarded as vocational even if only in relation to a teaching career — are now justified on general grounds . |
| 28 | Laura found other themes in Victorian novels to bolster what she already believed ; for example the home was viewed as a haven isolated from the trials and tribulations of the ‘ real ’ world and women presiding over the home were to make it as attractive as possible to persuade men to stay there rather than , for example , drinking in a pub all evening . |
| 29 | It was not filled with crusty old men and women poring over the paintings ; the whole building had a bright and open atmosphere , instead of the sullen brooding one she 'd expected . |
| 30 | The design , the cover informed her , was inspired by ancient Viking jewellery , which explained the serpentine interweaving of the colours , and her brain and fingers co-ordinated over the task with such dexterity that Leonora had no doubt this was something she 'd done often before . |