Example sentences of "[noun sg] and over the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One trader happened to have a case of brylcream in stock and over the course of several months he saw the retail price of his 144 jars increase : it doubled , trebled , eventually quintupled . |
| 2 | Thus in the first twelve years of his reign he received an average of about £26,000 per annum from extraordinary revenue and over the reign as a whole about £13,500 per annum . |
| 3 | Apart from the pictures from the camera trained on the area of primary interest , others images , were recorded on the same tape and when played displayed on the three other quarters of the video screen contemporaneously , were from cameras situated in other areas of the club and over the entrance door . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm a great fan and over the years have accumulated a vast knowledge on the subject . |
| 5 | Not surprisingly British ministers continued to deal warily with the United States , concerned both for their own freedom of action and over the reliability of the Americans as friends . |
| 6 | The deeply moated site of the former manor house marks the edge of the old settlement ; sheep now graze peacefully over the remains of the village and over the ridge and furrow patterns of what were once the communal arable fields . |
| 7 | began his career with in June 1950 as a maintenance electrician and over the years he has worked for at Wallingford , at Newark and from 1987 for at Gainsborough . |
| 8 | Roll out the marzipan on a surface dusted with icing sugar or cornflour into a large rectangle and use to cover the base , smoothing into the hollow and over the corners , and trimming away excess from around the bottom . |
| 9 | Roll out two-thirds of the marzipan ( about 225g/8oz ) to a large rectangle on a surface dusted with icing sugar or cornflour and cover the rectangular cake , smoothing into the hollow and over the edges , and trimming away excess around the base . |
| 10 | The premises had recently been painted in a garish olive green and over the shopfront large gilt lettering announced it as ‘ Bradley 's Dining Rooms ’ . |
| 11 | He pulled her by the hand through the crowded kitchen and hall and over the bodies on the stairs . |
| 12 | Most relatives , however , develop an amazing degree of flexibility and over the years accommodate to eccentricity , peculiar behaviour , apathy and social withdrawal , though sometimes at a high cost to their own lives . |
| 13 | Instinctively drawing in his limbs and curling his long back , the Perk sailed out of her grasp and over the edge of the steps like a furry stone in a leather jerkin . |
| 14 | My house faces southwest and over the years and especially in the last recent abnormally hot summers , the panels in the front door have undergone considerable shrinkage . |
| 15 | ‘ Nearby there was an old hermit — Servanus , who became St Servanus — and he took in the child and over the years the child became his dearest friend , his Myn Ghu or Mungo . |
| 16 | In a letter to the Secretary of State , I outlined my deep concern over the case and over the way in which the allegation by Mrs. X had been investigated . |
| 17 | Example 2:9 Right of way : limited times The right in common with the landlord and all others having the like right at all times between 8.30 am and 6.30 pm on weekdays and between 8.30 am and 1.30 pm on Saturdays ( but not on public holidays ) to pass and repass on foot only through the main entrance to the building of which the demised property forms part and over the stairs and corridors leading therefrom to the demised property ( c ) Lifts A right to use a lift may be implied in the case of a letting on , say , the tenth floor of a block ( Liverpool City Council v Irwin [ 1977 ] AC 239 ) or where it would be inconvenient and uneconomic for the tenant to use the stairs ( Dikstein v Kanevsky [ 1947 ] VLR 216 ) . |
| 18 | Their near-simultaneity was coincidence , in the sense of being beyond all collusion and foreknowledge , though all were by graduates of Oxford engaged in teaching and over the age of thirty . |
| 19 | ‘ Not two miles from Atholl Castle — across the ford and over the hill . |
| 20 | Anyone possessing the gall to launch three blows into orbit and over the fence in the opening 20 minutes of the day , as Hooper did at The Oval last August when West Indies were following on , is no mere mortal . |
| 21 | I like us to think for a little while this morning just what it means to be a Christian , we 've been hearing and seeing and been challenged and accepting Christ as our saviour and over the week in Harlow a number made that response and not only in Harlow and in Earls Court but right across the country and into Europe and into Africa as well , through the , through the life link , men and women who have been challenged into accepting Jesus Christ as their saviour and I 'd like us to think for a little while this morning just what it means to be a Christian now obviously as we perhaps know er , and , and , and God work clearly shows to us that it is not in being religion , somebody well said that religion is man 's attempt to find God but the gospel is God 's method of seeking out and finding men and so just as the same as you 've seen that bridge of life illustration and we try with our planks to get across to God we ca n't make it , |
| 22 | He ran down the field and over the brook to the cattle-wade . |
| 23 | He watched curiously as the Men and the People followed him across the field and over the fence which the tree was beyond . |
| 24 | He continued to see Jennifer on a regular basis and over the years ; she would come for holidays and weekends , and he did the loving-father duties , which he treated seriously , and never shirked his responsibilities . |
| 25 | It is like the crew of a sailing-boat ; you build a team and over the years you make your performances together . |
| 26 | Making a retail price was Sotheby 's lot 278 , a fine Meissen Augustus Rex bottle vase of 1725–30 , estimated at £20–30,000 , it was contested in various places in the room and over the telephone , selling in the room for £42,000 ( $63,000 ) . |
| 27 | This practice has continued to the present day and over the years many of the field geologists became recognised petrographers . |
| 28 | Another big advantage of Creation 6 as far as the Duomatic user is concerned , is that the programme allows you to see your design in full colour and over the whole 180 needles , or however wide the knitting is to be , before committing punch to card . |
| 29 | A comfortable little dacha in the peace of the countryside , perhaps , or a manipulated exit visa , a chance to get over the border and over the wall ? |
| 30 | These areas are recognised along the axis of the Sole Pit Trough , onto the flanks of the East Midlands Platform and over the Audrey-Ann area of Quadrant 49 . |