Example sentences of "over the [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | She handed over the small package , and then ran her gaze once more over the chaos in the office . |
| 2 | By summonses dated 16 October , against each plaintiff , the defendants sought a declaration that in the circumstances the English court had no jurisdiction over the defendants in respect of the subject matter of the claim or the relief or remedy sought and an order that the action be dismissed on the grounds that the defendants were domiciled in Scotland for the purposes of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 and that Schedule 4 to the Act provided that the defendants should , subject to exceptions which were not applicable , be sued in the courts of Scotland . |
| 3 | Conversing politely over the tea-cups in the huge drawing-rooms , he sensed their quiet desperation . |
| 4 | David Sutherfield — who was a political counsellor at the US embassy in east Beirut until American diplomats were evacuated a month ago — arrived here over the weekend in the company of another American official for talks with Hussein Husseini , the Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament . |
| 5 | CONFIDENCE in Derby favourite Tenby continued to wane over the weekend in response to his poor workout . |
| 6 | TWO Israeli soldiers died in ambushes and troops shot dead four Palestinians over the weekend in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip . |
| 7 | Two Israeli soldiers were killed in ambushes and troops shot dead four Palestinians over the weekend in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip . |
| 8 | Well well I do , I heard it over the weekend in fact , that I can er , have er , another BUPA medical to start with . |
| 9 | ‘ Just a few of the chaps and chapesses , darling , ’ over the phone in the late afternoon when she had purged wine stains and ashtrays , boxed up the empties , made the kitchen immaculate yet again . |
| 10 | The netting thrown over the tree in the background is obviously intended to trap these newcomers as they arrive to mob the owl . |
| 11 | Ruth pulled the coverlet straight over the bed in No. 4 . |
| 12 | It is understood representations have been made to the BBC over the issue in recent days but the matter remains unresolved , according to senior Church figures . |
| 13 | The ECJ has rather wavered over the issue in relation to the Transfers Directive . |
| 14 | But if the defendant lost , he was ordered to pay his outstanding debt by instalments and if he defaulted on any one of them , he had to pay over the rest in one lump . |
| 15 | Surely I should be over the field in no time . |
| 16 | ‘ When I do go out somewhere special I like to go completely over the top in the glamour stakes — different hairdo , glittery accessories and high heels ’ |
| 17 | On this aspect of the story Mr Sale is an invaluable guide and teacher , but he goes well over the top in his determination to present Columbus as the representative of a devilish western world driven only by the desire to rape , grab and despoil a land of innocence . |
| 18 | ‘ I really do n't think this film goes over the top in any way . |
| 19 | Colin Falck 's Cat Gone from Memorabilia ( Taxus , £5.95 ) , by contrast , goes courageously over the top in its eloquent last verse demonstration of how death and depression transfer emotion and unhinge reason : Come back my love . |
| 20 | It was Mellor , as junior Home Office Minister , who was left by Mrs Thatcher to pick up the pieces when the last government went badly over the top in its determination to reshape television by deregulation , irrespective of quality . |
| 21 | When new they are all highly water repellent and dry quickly — provided you have n't gone over the top in a bog hold and got them saturated . |
| 22 | If you generally want the views of the public it is no good trying to false those views through a straight jacket of your own to make it what you think there views should be unless of course they go right over the top in which they I do n't think that 's happened so far . . |
| 23 | Well what he did say was do n't you know do n't go over the top in criticizing that because |
| 24 | We regard the left critique of pluralism as cogent , but it goes over the top in seeing everything about pluralism as completely wrong since it is the case that an open competitive model of interest-group politics does fit the facts on certain issues . |
| 25 | At the same time I think some people are going well over the top in slagging off Wilko . |
| 26 | The rivers ' safety record is reckoned to be quite good and the authority wants tyo ensure that this wweeekend people don'ty do over the top in case they wind up going under . |
| 27 | The Pope also presided over the opening in Santo Domingo of the Fourth General Latin American Episcopal Conference , held on Oct. 12-28 . |
| 28 | The Soviet Union 's clear lead over the USA in manned , especially long duration , space flights on the Mir space station , the ninth of which began on May 18 , 1991 , was increasingly being set against the scientific value of cheaper unmanned space probes , even though these were also subject to financial cutbacks . |
| 29 | But he makes no secret of his pleasure over the ruling in the Guggenheim case . |
| 30 | Sprinkle the yeast over the water in a cup and leave to stand for a few minutes in a warm place before stirring to completely dissolve the yeast . |