Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] over [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally a continuous length of baler twine is threaded under the legs and over the top , pulled quite tight and tied halfway up the load . |
| 2 | Gently slide your hands over your partner 's face starting from the chin , circling the eyes and over the forehead . |
| 3 | A white terrier bounds through the grass , down the steps and over the daisies . |
| 4 | They also remarked with astonishment a sort of combat between God and her without being able to determine whether God was more occupied in seeking in the secrets of his wisdom the means of exercising her by suffering than she was disposed to suffer for his love ; for she showed an incredible avidity for crosses and an invincible patience over her trials and over every affliction which Almighty God sent to exercise her love and fidelity . |
| 5 | Although the High Stewards still had the surname Fitzallan , they had become known as The Stewards and over the generations adopted the name Steward , and later Stewart . |
| 6 | Steep paths lead down through the landscaped gardens and over a foot-bridge to the main building directly across the road . |
| 7 | A path leads from the car park through the brambles and over a rock slap stile to enter open fields and descent to a lesser ruined mine building . |
| 8 | Similar disasters are scattered piecemeal all over Britain , on bomb sites and over the slums they were built to clear . |
| 9 | some of the ways in which English is constantly changing between generations and over the centuries ; and people 's attitudes to such change . |
| 10 | some of the main characteristics of literary language ; and how it conveys meanings ; some of the ways in which English is constantly changing between generations and over the centuries ; and people 's attitudes to such change . |
| 11 | Our explanation for this was that unions might feel they had less control over the conditions of indirectly employed temporary workers than over the conditions of those who are directly employed . |
| 12 | In Woodrow , it was held that affray is a continuing offence , so that where an indictment charged the defendants with a single offence and particularised several incidents that had occurred at different places and over a period of several hours , the indictment was not bad for duplicity . |
| 13 | They had to take many economic decisions in the course of each annual cycle , and according to their status and wealth they made different decisions from one another in various places and over the year . |
| 14 | From the 11th century , such events had been popular for about 500 years but over the centuries there had been great changes to the ways in which they had been conducted . |
| 15 | Text comes in either from our own word processing systems , on disk from various sources or over the Telecom Gold Email service . |
| 16 | Make frizzy , overdry hair softer and more manageable by massaging hair wax into the ends and over the surface . |
| 17 | Slowly , methodically , they moved between the trees and over the rough-grassed , uneven ground , making sure nothing slipped between them . |
| 18 | The village was decked with flags and flowers , with garlands of leaves between the trees and over the doors of all the cottages , and the villagers were all out in the street , the children playing in their best white frilled dresses and shirts . |
| 19 | The Brook provided the water for at least eight mills and over the years there was often great competition for the supply . |
| 20 | Hour after hour the legions marched past , walking as much over each others ' bodies as over the ground , while I waited for the queen . |
| 21 | It swung back and forth , creaking in the wind as it moved past the cliffs and over the sea . |
| 22 | Between six and ten years ago , there was a hundred and eighty pits in this country , yes a hundred and eighty pits , now we have a handful left and it has been leaked that all thirty one pits will still be closed within twelve months , done quietly and by the back door ignoring procedures and over the years this is what has been done . |
| 23 | Once the liquid slip leaves the blending tank it is passed through fine sieves and over an electro-magnet to remove any particles of iron . |
| 24 | Along the edge of the Cromarty Firth there were more seagulls in the fields than over the whole of Lewis . |
| 25 | Reverting to that basic unit proportion which for convenience is 500mm ( 19¾in ) , the outer eyelets are positioned this distance from the central eyelets and over the cross-spar in all cases . |
| 26 | After cleaning and testing , fit the insulating jacket around the sides and over the top . |
| 27 | Roll out most of this ( 450g/1lb ) to a large circle and use to cover the cake , smoothing down over the sides and over the join . |
| 28 | Use to cover the cake , smoothing around the sides and over the cake drum . |
| 29 | A small road ran across the bridge , through the fields and over a hill . |
| 30 | The rural women often become tired of their hard lives in the fields and over the years save up the proceeds from the goods they sell at market . |