Example sentences of "[coord] [vb -s] over [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , the optic lobe contains a wealth of neurons which respond specifically to elaborate patterns of motion , such as the optic flow fields generated on a retina when an insect turns around or flies over the ground , but there have been disappointingly few descriptions of neurons with interesting spatial properties . |
| 2 | But there is probably no substance that will make wrinkles disappear permanently and by midlife many of the lines on our faces have been etched there by laughter or frowns over the years . |
| 3 | Indeed , aggression is one of the most predictable ( stable ) psychological traits or attributes over the life-span ; children who are particularly aggressive at the age of three are also likely to be the children who fight and quarrel most frequently at fourteen and even in early adulthood . |
| 4 | If one keeps traveling in a certain direction on the surface of the earth , one never comes up against an impassable barrier or falls over the edge , but eventually comes back to where one started . |
| 5 | If the lamp is adjusted , by a circular knob set into the side , the purple glow can be made much brighter and plays over the mutant . |
| 6 | And before most ministerial committees an equivalent official committee meets and goes over the points , so that the meeting can proceed without a hitch to an agreed conclusion , provided none of the ministers wishes to interject a personal note . |
| 7 | And upsets over the Will , and claimants . |
| 8 | Under the 1961 Constitution executive power is vested in the President , who appoints and presides over a Council of Ministers . |
| 9 | The administration consists of an executive President who is directly elected by universal adult suffrage for a five-year term , and who appoints and presides over a Council of Ministers . |
| 10 | The Constitution provides for an executive President who is directly elected by universal suffrage for a five-year term , and who appoints and presides over a Council of Ministers . |
| 11 | The President appoints and presides over the Council of Ministers . |
| 12 | The President appoints and presides over the Council of Ministers . |
| 13 | The President , assisted by two Vice-Presidents ( or , in extraordinary circumstances , one Vice-President ) appoints and presides over the Cabinet . |
| 14 | Turns and twindles over the broth |
| 15 | GUIL stands up and looks over the audience . ) |
| 16 | It pitches and bobbles on some roads , and bounces over the potholes driven fast . |
| 17 | The main road between Bretonnia and the Empire runs through this forest and climbs over the Axe Bite Pass . |
| 18 | The Thingi is a £7.49 plastic arm that Velcros itself on to the top of your monitor and hangs over the side . |
| 19 | She 's used to louts , thugs , layabouts — it 's her job : she cuts off the bits that Society does n't like and paints over the scars . |
| 20 | Shortly after the official opening ceremony a collection of no less than 11 Norseman floatplanes that had gathered at Red Lake , started-up , taxied around Howey Bay , took-off ( a tremendous effect as the sound of 11 Pratt and Whitney R–134s revving at full power reverberated around the bay ) and performed a series of fly-bys and overshoots over the bay in salute of CF–DRD and the weekend events . |
| 21 | He attacks the Doctor , but two Didonians enter , and in terror Bennett backs away and falls over the ledge . |
| 22 | I can foresee many problems arising at busy tills and checkouts over the Christmas period as a result of this , because not everyone pays by cheque or credit card . |
| 23 | He has rejected the world since the death of his wife and children , and broods over the failure of his hopes in the French Revolution . |
| 24 | When the excitement had died down I thought about my family , of all their help and sacrifices over the years and of the hardships they had undergone to bring us all up . |