Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [noun pl] [vb pp] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | as the storm clouds gathered over the struggling Third Division club . |
| 2 | Note here the delicate manner in which O Faircheallaigh approaches the issue of what influence the mining companies exerted over Irish politicians : |
| 3 | Extra-judicial killings by the security forces increased over the same period . |
| 4 | At first the companions think they have stumbled across a dead ship ; the crew lies slumped over the flight deck controls , their heartbeats non-existent . |
| 5 | The economic programme presented in February , which relaxed the monetarist controls implemented over the previous two years and sought to lift the economy out of recession by investing in state enterprises and boosting imports [ see pp. 38774-75 ] , was rejected by the Sejm ( lower house of parliament ) on March 5 by 171 votes to 138 with 38 abstentions . |
| 6 | It was at this moment that Signor Fixit appeared in the doorway with the plastic strips draped over his shoulders like variously coloured spaghetti . |
| 7 | Naturally , most of the iron tonics sold over chemists ' counters were bought because of the universal metaphor that iron equals strength rather than because of a popular awareness of the needs of haemoglobin . |
| 8 | He stood with the carving implements poised over the ruined saddle . |