Example sentences of "[noun] by [noun sg] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He showed no desire to get up and greet me but I was merciless and dragged him inch by inch over the cobbles till he was lying at my feet . |
| 2 | There were layers of Gaily 's patience , built up grain by grain over the years like geological strata . |
| 3 | She told neighbours by telephone over the weekend that she intended to stay in Spain until the end of this month . |
| 4 | Incidentally , the Maltese have a delightful habit of carrying their political leaders by hand over the heads of the crowd . |
| 5 | The producer must provide a description , checking that it is accurate ( no identifiable solvent residues ) , prepare a transfer note , ensure that the skip is secure , check that the waste transfer site is appropriately licensed to accept all the wastes in the skip , transfer the waste to the site suitably contained ( in this case by sheeting over the skip ) — and finally retain the transfer document for two years . |
| 6 | I am also sure that schools will take these concepts , adapt them to their needs and circumstances and successfully absorb them , as they have with the many other innovations taken on board by education over the past few years . |