Example sentences of "to [det] [noun] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even when she was finally outside , in the morning sunshine , she had to fight the urge to turn round and rush straight back to that flat over the stables — back to Julius . |
| 2 | And while they were up there in the wide , blue yonder , they jabbered non-stop to each other over the radio . |
| 3 | ‘ After all that we 've been to each other over the years , Dane , darling … ’ |
| 4 | So instead of ringing each other up on the telephone we spoke to each other over the C.B. as you do n't have to pay each time you speak as when you speak on a C.B. your words travel with Radio waves and when you speak on a telephone your words travel down wires . |
| 5 | Other girls at Group included ‘ Jolly Molly ’ — plump and good-natured ; Harriet , who was trying to improve her mind and always listened to the afternoon plays on BBC radio ( relayed to each hut over the Tannoy system ) ; Veronique , who was stage-mad and had a friend in the current London production of Lady Windermere 's Fan , and dough-faced Olive ( more about her a bit further on ) . |
| 6 | Helen had gone to some lengths over the picnic ; the recipe book included a relevant section , she discovered . |
| 7 | Moneylenders were registered ; subject to some conditions over the way they did business ; they were able to advertise in only a very restricted way ( for example , they were not allowed to mention interest rates or repayment schedules ) ; and courts could re-open their loans , setting new terms , if they charged excessive interest and the original terms were ‘ harsh and unconscionable ’ . |
| 8 | As in the Z2 Carbonate , the platform sediments prograded to some extent over the top of already deposited slope carbonates and , consequently , a lower unit of slope and upper unit of platform sediments is commonly encountered in the Z3 Carbonate ( Fig. 28 ) . |
| 9 | Scholars differ to some extent over the precise reasons why British ministers finally gave way . |
| 10 | Whereas they eventually came to some agreement over the various ‘ courses ’ , they argued vehemently over Elisabeth 's insistence that the recital should both begin and close with Strauss 's Morgen . |
| 11 | Resorting to personal ties to survive or advance is a mechanism which has been used to some effect over the generations , but which prevents people turning to organisations or political activity which might , in the long run , prove more effective in solving their problems . |
| 12 | An inveterate reader of newspapers , his understanding of what constitutes ‘ a good story ’ had been put to some use over the years in the cause of promoting his own artists , not least the Sex Pistols . |
| 13 | Erm , cos I just thought he was guessing , you know , and he said he says , I did n't see him , he said I only saw him and pointed to this girl over the other side of the room he was standing beside you when you were in the chair . |
| 14 | ‘ Any businesses or land owners with interests in the City Challenge Initiative bid should give urgent consideration to this matter over the next few days to make sure they do not miss out on this important opportunity , ’ said Mr Checkley . |
| 15 | His efforts to this end over the next three years were broadly approved by the British public . |
| 16 | Indecent material may only be displayed in licensed sex shops which have no window display and can not be seen into from the street , do not admit people under 18 years of age and which carry a warning sign to this effect over the door . |
| 17 | The first part of this investigation will assess the statistical evidence relating to this market over the period 1960-1989 concentrating on the aggregate relationship between teacher 's relative earnings , teacher supply and the demand for teachers . |
| 18 | The focus on studying behaviour also led to much dispute over the appropriate level at which to try to explain that behaviour . |
| 19 | Similar to Bills of Exchange , it is possible to either roll over the debt by replacing a Note with another of longer tenor , or by asking for the payee 's consent to the extension of the maturity date . |
| 20 | One can only hope that in their visits to these firms over the last few days , Ray Noorda and Roel Pieper were sufficiently persuasive . |
| 21 | They claimed the Goths who had settled along the Vistula and in the Ukraine as the founders of the Polish state , saying that rule and order had been brought to these lands over the heads of the drunken , idolatrous and stupid Polish peasantry . |
| 22 | If there is a good general historical museum within the region , offering wide ranging collections , then this is a resource that pupils should return to many times over the years , to pursue different enquiries . |
| 23 | Free speech and free political association were to be backed by an extension of the franchise to all adults over the age of 20 , a formal extension of the power of the elected legislature ( the Diet ) and guarantees of judicial independence from both the executive and the Diet . |
| 24 | The NILP pledged an extension of the city boundary and the extension of the local government franchise to all citizens over the age of twenty-one , the abolition of the company vote , the realignment of electoral boundaries and the allocation of houses ‘ solely on the basis of need ’ . |
| 25 | His reply to the expected criticism is that ideals must be striven for particularly now since ‘ in a position in which old peoples and old cultures are likely to be supplanted by new — we are in a common danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe ’ . |
| 26 | Charles made his subjects swear a new form of allegiance to him as emperor , the vow being administered to all people over the age of twelve : |
| 27 | The competition is open to all readers over the age of 18 in Great Britain , Northern Ireland , Jersey , Guernsey and the Isle of Man , but not Eire . |
| 28 | It did seem that the mother 's intrusion in quarrels led to more conflict over the longer term . |
| 29 | Liza , apathetic and unable to come to any decision over the baby 's name , allowed Harriet to choose Celia , having said it would have been her and Tom 's choice had they produced a second daughter . |
| 30 | Travelling to several countries over the last year , has brought it home to me how disastrous are the effects , worldwide , of the virus causing AIDS . |