Example sentences of "over for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 10–17 Jesus violates the taboo against healing on the sabbath by healing a woman who has been bent over for many years , justifying this on the grounds that it is even more urgent to help a fellow human being , a woman , than to rescue an animal that has fallen into a ditch ( an exception allowed under the law ) . |
| 2 | The party 's finally over for this man and the street can now try and get some sleep . |
| 3 | Stone and marble fixtures weighing 400 tonnes from a garden in Boston have been shipped over for this sale . |
| 4 | By 1916 it had become obvious that the war was not likely to be over for some time and the government round that it was necessary to introduce military conscription in place of voluntary conscription , in order to ensure replacement of the thousands of soldiers being killed and wounded on the battlefields . |
| 5 | His section has been over for some time . ’ |
| 6 | In terms of the definition of er what is historic York I think again an issue we went over for some length of time at the greenbelt inquiry , I would draw your attention back to my earlier comments that York is basically a modern industrial city with a very precious historic core , that historic core er represents no more than actually five percent of the built up area , that something like eighty five percent of the city was built after eighteen hundred , the view that was expressed by the County in N Y Two , in terms of the definition of the greenbelt , the Greater York greenbelt and its purposes was not accepted by the City Council , we do not accept that all of the func elements of the York greenbelt contribute towards preserving the character of the historic city , we rely on the the fact that the two comments the Senior Inspector made at this , the the green wedges and historic core itself that establish the historic character of the city , there are many parts of the edge of York which could repli be replicated in many cities , historic or otherwise around the country and finally just coming back to the issue of scale of development erm the point I should have made earlier about the house builders figures for the city of York is that the house builders did suggest a figure of four thousand for the city , erm , I 'm not aware on what basis that was made , but clearly my evidence would quite clearly indicate that I believe that could not be accommodated , certainly on any known sites within the cit current city boundary , thank you Chair . |
| 7 | The Russians should have the courtesy to move over for some miles into middle Asia , where there is an abundance of space that lies close to them but far from us : let Russia give us sufficient coast on the Black Sea so that , from there we can resettle our beggars and peasants in Asia Minor … |
| 8 | Every year on the Wednesday evening , after going up to bed , I used to stand at my window and gaze towards the fair some five hundred yards away , watching the flickering lights and hearing the screams and music , feeling quite sad that the show was over for another year . |
| 9 | Then it s all over for another year . |
| 10 | It 's all over for another year except that Keith Ward and I must immediately set about seeking next year 's sponsor . |
| 11 | The extraordinary laying is over for another year and the crabs ' progeny , abandoned , must now look after themselves . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll just phone the Nobel Prize Committee and tell them their search is over for another year . ’ |
| 13 | Our Annual General Meeting is over for another year . |
| 14 | THE ‘ Antiques Roadshow ’ may be over for another year but the affection for collectibles continues with bargains still being unearthed in the most unusual of places . |
| 15 | In 1991 the previous year 's ceiling of 23.65 million b/d was rolled over for another year , but no country quotas were set . |
| 16 | Well , the Gold Cup meeting may be over for another year , but two of the most popular racehorses for decades were back at Cheltenham today to compete against each other for charity . |
| 17 | She lifted a lined face to him , and he reached over for another Kleenex and smoothed the wetness away , so that she was almost without makeup . |
| 18 | Trinity hit back with a 34th-minute try from David Jones and substitute Paul Round charged over for another touchdown on the hour . |
| 19 | ‘ You have been thrown over for another woman , that 's what I think . |
| 20 | In the second half ; whilst the forwards tangled with each other here on the left , they missed Gloucester 's Peter Glanville drive over for another score . |
| 21 | " Now , I asked you to come over for several reasons . |
| 22 | TELL your friends that you are going to the Cape Verde Islands and , in all probability , their eyes will glaze over for several seconds while they frantically try to recall their long-forgotten school geography . |
| 23 | He remained doubled over for several seconds before slowly straightening up and wiping the sweat from his forehead . |