Example sentences of "over [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A cricket landmark vanishes with the final over for Gover Matthew Engel pays tribute to the academy which kept a straight bat for 61 years
2 He mentioned a sum which would pay my rent until I 'd finished the helium balloon and leave some over for sandwiches .
3 Earlier , on May 23 , David Conlon struck six sixes in an over for Huyton against Liverpool rivals Sefton .
4 As I have mentioned above , the amount of immigration into the area has necessitated the passing over of land for new housing .
5 But the passing over of Neil Back leaves the Lions without a commodity of which they could find themselves in dire need .
6 Lisburn stayed on top of the Lombard & Ulster League with an exciting one wicket win in the final over against Bangor at Upritchard Park .
7 The turning point for England was provided by Stewart , in the final over before tea , when the accomplished DeSilva aimed a leg glance at Jarvis .
8 The turning point for England was provided by Stewart , in the final over before tea , when the accomplished DeSilva aimed a leg glance at Jarvis .
9 Roberts 's fifty included an over from Botham from which he hit twenty-four runs ( 462660 ) , a new Test record for a six-ball over , and Lloyd finally declared on the third morning at 426 for 9 .
10 Carrick in the end never got his hands to an enormous skier by Harden to mid-wicket , and in the same over from Peter Hartley another high one from Rose was grassed by Batty .
11 Prabhakar received two bouncers in an over from McDermott , the second of which was called a no-ball under the new regulation .
12 His three fours in an over from Gladstone Small were perhaps the statistical highlight , but it was his running between the wickets that really caught the eye .
13 He took three audacious fours off an over from Hemmings , and the loss of Vengsarkar , flicking at one of Fraser 's worst deliveries , did nothing to sober him up .
14 Paddling out at real Waimea was the equivalent of squaring up to an over from Harold Larwood and finding you had forgotten your box and pads .
15 Salim Malik had played on when former Essex team-mate Gooch slipped in an inswinger , and when Malcolm bowled a second bouncer in an over to Inzamam-ul-Haq , umpire Palmer no-balled him .
16 After his ‘ over by Christmas ’ offensive into North Korea had ended in a rout he began to drop dark hints about Red China 's inability to wage ‘ modern war ’ .
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