Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] over [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may not knock over the wine , but the person sitting next to you and other members of the audience wo n't listen to your words . |
| 2 | ( Robyn scans the front-page headline of the Guardian , ‘ LAWSON DRAWN INTO FRAY OVER WESTLAND ’ , but does not linger over the text beneath . |
| 3 | We will not linger over the fiction of popular representation … let us rather see what is the substance beneath the various forms of power in the governing class . |
| 4 | Few were surprised that the whole exercise did not win over the Stock Exchange . |
| 5 | In a number of situations the costs of the products will be a basis for setting prices , e.g. where the market price does not predominate over the pricing decision , as in the case of a monopoly or an oligopoly . |
| 6 | There were strong regional differences ( with the south being the least tolerant region ) after individual social and economic characteristics had been taken into account , however , and those regional differences did not decline over the period . |
| 7 | Its critics say that even if the waves do not lap over the runway , exorbitant landing fees will frustrate Osaka 's ambitions to displace Seoul as an airline hub for East Asia . |
| 8 | Down at Lucifer 's feet , in front of the stage , a girl with long , black hair stood on tip-toe but still could not see over the heads of the crowd . |
| 9 | Of course , it is essential that we do not cross over the line of ‘ Insider Dealing ’ by giving privileged information . |
| 10 | When Lord John Russell declared that ‘ the whisper of a faction could not prevail over the voice of a nation ’ , he was appealing to moral principle ; and if , when that appeal was made , it chimed in with political expediency it was only because factious and sometimes unprincipled Tory opposition had made it to do so . |
| 11 | Moreover , in relations between member states , rights and obligations arising from the Convention of 1958 could not prevail over the obligations of member states under the E.E.C . |
| 12 | But , for all the toughness of Knobelsdorf , one may well ask why the Crown Prince , with his unique access to the ear of the All-highest , could not prevail over the views of his Chief-of-Staff ? |
| 13 | America 's first hostile bids did not go over the heads of the managers , but that did not make them friendly . |
| 14 | They just will not go over the bridge . ’ |
| 15 | When you beat your olive trees , you shall not go over the boughs again ; it shall be for the sojourner , the fatherless and the widow . |
| 16 | He was a loquacious and precocious boy , drinking double brandies at the age of eighteen — a habit which did not change over the years . |
| 17 | ‘ When Maeve was taken , ’ said Grainne , and those nearest noted that she did not falter over the name , ‘ when Maeve was taken , the huge and fearsome Gateway to the Dark Ireland opened for a time . |
| 18 | I could not get over the kindness of it , his attention . |
| 19 | He could not get over the fact that the only woman who had come through the near-impossible screening , then training , had not been some six foot Amazon with a face like Atilla the Hun — but a petite , feminine five foot three in her stockinged feet , who turned all the men 's head when she passed . |
| 20 | I could not get over the fact that people were giving me the responsibility of telling them how to get me up , and that I could choose what time I went to bed ! |
| 21 | Do not breath over the drops as CO2 will cause lead precipitation . |
| 22 | ‘ I ca n't explain over the phone . |
| 23 | Can I just say then that I think either it 's got to be blocked completely so they ca n't jump over the bridge , or it 's got to be unblocked . |
| 24 | She did n't fall over the wheel and she did pass her test . |
| 25 | In the summer , washday may happen out of doors , and can stimulate lots of talk and valuable practical experience as children add soap to the water , wash the clothes ( taking care that water does n't flood over the sides of the bowl ) , wring the clothes and peg them out on a line . |
| 26 | Maybe what we should say at the end of the day is erm just is n't talking about that , he 's on about a completely different subject and we really should n't erm we should n't beat over the head for having a bad theory of the self . |
| 27 | How many times do I have to tell you do n't run over the board ! |
| 28 | ‘ For a Mortimer , ’ said Douglas , ‘ they wo n't haggle over the price . ’ |
| 29 | A TRIBE of pygmies has been banned from driving after 37 accidents in Zaire — as they ca n't see over the dashboard . |
| 30 | Now she ca n't see over the weeds . |