Example sentences of "[am/are] [v-ing] over [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I am puzzling over the dot matrix display board that 's trying to tell me what trains are coming my way . |
2 | It is quite acceptable to ask to sample before you buy , although this is only possible if you are purchasing over the counter . |
3 | How do I know that machines are communicating over the air waves ? |
4 | It 's funny but life seems infinitely sweeter ( you 're going over the top now ) ; anyway I thrive on challenges and this is the ultimate one . |
5 | Bear that in mind when you 're going over the staff with a fine-tooth comb . ’ |
6 | There 's something to have a bash at while you 're relaxing over the Christmas hols ! |
7 | They 're staying over the week-end . ’ |
8 | And it 's the usual , well you know son you 're getting on now and it 's time to settle down and I 've put your name down for agency in Taiwan or whatever , and we 've got this lovely girl who we think is ideal for you , da da , da da da and we 're sending over the papers for you to fill in . |
9 | Right before we er kick off the lecture erm we 'll have a lecture on Wednesday right hopefully we 'll finish the course then on Wednesday , we 're running over a touch behind |
10 | Whatever you 're doing over the weekend of 28th/29th November , forget it , your time could be better spent … |
11 | They 're opening the door now , they 're coming over the roof with a net . |
12 | For me , it depends on what you 're saying over the noise . |
13 | " You and Lorne , you 're fighting over the girl . |
14 | The stile is stopped up and , and res erm children particularly are clambering over the bridge in order to use the footpath , which actually does end at the stile , which has been stopped up , erm through the nature reserve . |
15 | Cause in the summer when the traffic lights are changing the trees are growing over the ones this side |
16 | And he warned his opponents : ‘ If you are going over the top on me you 've got to put me out of the game . |
17 | ‘ Choppers are patrolling over the city , ’ Tass added . |
18 | Right bear in mind you are getting over a cold . |
19 | It 's now believed the worst of the outbreak is over and some birds are getting over the disease . |
20 | So if you are foaming over the price of a pint , shop around for the special offers . |
21 | The inter-library comparison of 14 university libraries carried out by the Centre for Interfirm Comparison in 1979/80 showed how staff costs are predominating over the budgets for materials . |
22 | Erm I 'm ranging over a lot of what for you perhaps is historical material , given your age , but er you 're probably not very familiar erm if you want to ask questions about er detail or whatever please feel free to do so . |
23 | Now I have said that , it 's not government policy , perhaps I 'm stretching over the bounds of saying it , but er those these ideas are around . |
24 | The government and the ANC are bickering over the preconditions for negotiation — matters such as the bringing home of exiles and the release of political prisoners . |
25 | ‘ We expect the control we are exercising over the sound levels at the concert will prevent undue disturbance to residents , ’ said assistant director of environmental health Ray Jones . |
26 | When we are required to respond to Green Papers , White Papers or Royal Commissions , whether we are negotiating over the Courts and Legal Services Bill or standard fees in the magistrates ' courts , the quality of our response must at the very least match that of other interested parties and groupings . |
27 | AT A crowded night market in Bangkok a stallholder and a tourist are haggling over the price of a polo shirt . |
28 | It is a Tuesday morning in 1989 , clouds are settling over the Southside and Rangers are due to play Dundee United in a re-scheduled Scottish Cup match . |
29 | Sticking with clothing , those hapless popsters OCEAN COLOUR SCENE are grieving over the loss of more than £2,000 worth of T-shirts which managed to fall out of the back of their van while they drove through the Moseley area of Birmingham last week . |