Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] over the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though her hair was not quite dry Franca began to plait it very fast , letting a long thick plait materialise between her nimble hands , then tossing it over her shoulder and letting it hang down over the back of the chair . |
| 2 | Even though you have checked things over thoroughly , there is always the distinct possibility that something electrical will pack up over the Christmas period . |
| 3 | The generally cooperative partnership between the local states and the developers did break down over the distribution of investment profits from central shopping development . |
| 4 | She could look down over the rail into a walled sunken courtyard belonging to the basement flat , a brick-lined niche with some white cast-iron garden furniture and some shrubs in open barrels . |
| 5 | It often gets me when I am in a high building or can look down over the city , or sometimes at a station when there is another journey to begin . |
| 6 | She would look out over the scenery and think serene thoughts , and before too long Rourke Deveraugh would be nothing more than a hazy memory , a burr on the skin that was shaken off and trampled underfoot . |
| 7 | They drew the eye to One Tree Hill , now forested over , and from this clump , at Chested , he could look back over the top of Chiddingstone Castle to another clump at Mark Beech beyond . |
| 8 | Yet Iago suddenly wheeled his pony again , and made for the highest point of the ridge , where he could look back over the valley , and see as far as the scattered outer copses and the rim of the forest . |
| 9 | If you have given birth , can you look back over the process and recognize how it has changed you ? |
| 10 | Do you build a picture in your head before you play anything or do you just jam around over the backing track and wait for something good to happen ? |
| 11 | Even so , considerable errors can build up over the period of ten or more years that elapses between one Census date and the time when the finalized results of the next Census can be used . |
| 12 | If I have to listen to one more candidate telling me he sees the job as a challenge I 'll throw up over the boardroom table . |
| 13 | Interpreting these counts needs care , particularly those for the winter , when very marked fluctuations have been recorded , for , unlike most other waders , the wintering Black-tailed Godwits may move about over the whole of the estuarine complex from Pagham Harbour to Portsmouth Harbour in Hampshire . |
| 14 | Then he could think back over the rising and understand and admit its weaknesses and set himself to imagine a better future … |
| 15 | But what about this : in 1853 , at Trouville , he watched the sun go down over the sea , and declared that it resembled a large disc of redcurrant jam . |
| 16 | Well , I mean , we had the opportunity , you know chit-chat job and mum said are we gon na go down over the weekend ? |
| 17 | Determined not to put a foot wrong , let alone go in over the top , as I sometimes do . |
| 18 | So what I 'm saying to you is , do n't go in over the top , you know , five , just a normal but a firm handshake because a man would expect it because a weak ha ha handshake can be irritating and the same thing if she is a woman |
| 19 | " As for going underground , I 'd rather go back over the heather . |
| 20 | The review continues that work but we shall go back over the ground to make sure that the newer regulations we have introduced include as little red tape as possible , ’ said . |
| 21 | Next time it might come down over the centre of a large city . ’ |
| 22 | Well mum said were we gon na come down over the weekend ? |
| 23 | You ca n't come in over the top , you must come underneath to get children 's attention . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ God , though , it 's tempting , ’ William says , leaning back and letting Andy crane out over the pyramid of glasses again . |
| 25 | Estabrook watched the smoke drift up over the assassin 's grey eyes , and before he could prevent himself he was telling his story , the rules he 'd drawn for this exchange forgotten . |
| 26 | Eventually , after about a week , her little head would pop up over the hill and watch me put out her food as I whistled , but she would n't come down for it until she felt the coast was clear . |
| 27 | Individual cells may crawl about over the surface of the sponge like amoebae . |