Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] over the top " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now it 's really gone a bit bit over the top I think . |
| 2 | Instead , distract your child 's attention from the buckles by fitting a play tray over the top . |
| 3 | he 's being a zombie , so he 's coming downstairs with two sleeping bags over the top of his head and knocking everything over , just look at it |
| 4 | I prefer to kill rabbits the easy way whenever possible , so I position a purse net over the top of every bolt-hole and every entrance , subsequently making sure that every purse net that bags a rabbit is quickly removed and replaced with a fresh net . |
| 5 | On the table was a vase of flowers , a square honeycomb oozing liquid honey from its wax holes onto the dish , three jars of jam , each one a different colour of dark red , and a jug with a muslin cloth over the top . |
| 6 | And a cotton rag over the top of that . |
| 7 | Sprinkle the grated cheese and sesame seeds over the top and bake for 30–35 minutes until crisp and golden on top . |
| 8 | Every installation should be fitted with an expansion pipe which provides a safety discharge over the top of the balance tank or cold water feed tank in the roof space ; a safety blow-off valve near the boiler ; drainage cocks for emptying the system conveniently ; a hot-water thermostat and a room thermostat . |
| 9 | Sweetcorn , chickpeas or maples may well be the going bait and it could then be an advantage to fish a couple of very large jumbo tiger nuts of half a brazil nut over the top of the baited area . |
| 10 | But because I was in like really really tight tights , er like and then a pair of ski pants over the top er , my whole leg was like , you know , sort of soaked in and this bloke was there going , hee , that 's pretty impressive and I was like , I 'm not going to let him know I was crying and like got up and went to the top of the slope and I carried on skiing for about an extra half an hour , but like when I got home , and I just took off , my whole leg started , feet swelling as I took the like , the tight like leggings off . |
| 11 | Tranmere 's John Aldridge then blazed a 50th minute penalty over the top , but Steve Mungall headed one back 11 minutes later . |
| 12 | Place a piece of cling film directly on top of the icing and another piece of cling film over the top of the bowl to prevent the icing from drying . |
| 13 | Did you remember if you cook a cake and you put a piece of erm kitchen paper over the top |
| 14 | Now someone else told me , and it worked , and if you just lay a piece of kitchen paper over the top , that absorbs some of the moisture |
| 15 | Add a length of plastic pipe over the top of the funnel so that it comes up to the top of the bottle . |
| 16 | Because , you know , I 'd never been skiing before , so I went out all togged up , with like , my tights sort of , like , you know , thermal tights and you know , pair of track suits , sort of bottoms , plus plastic overtop and then I had like , sort of thermal top on , plus the that 's a sort of like , T-shirt , plus the polo-neck plus a jumper , plus a sort of like erm , a sort of sheepskin waistcoat and , and jacket and then this plastic thing over the top . |
| 17 | There are times when barbel are so preoccupied with whatever business they have at hand , whether it be feeding , spawning , or just browsing , you can stand on the river 's edge right over the top of them and watch them without them taking fright and scurrying off . |
| 18 | Tape non-stick baking paper over the top . |
| 19 | The third — and the most vigorous grower — is planted in ordinary compost in an empty sweet jar which has a polythene bag over the top . |
| 20 | If you do n't have a propagator or frame , root cuttings in a pot on the windowsill , but pop a polythene bag over the top . |
| 21 | Stand the pot in water until the surface of the compost looks moist , then pop a clear , polythene bag over the top and place it on a warm and sunny window-sill . |
| 22 | Place a serving plate over the top of the terrine , invert it and give the top a tap . |