Example sentences of "[verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also contributed over eighty papers and articles to a diversity of publications . |
| 2 | I must admit , I do enjoy over indulging on the Christmas pudding as well ! |
| 3 | In 1978 , a DoT study showed that 55 per cent of adults thought being caught over the limit was simply ‘ bad luck ’ . |
| 4 | In the 1870s leaders of the women 's movement , particularly teachers working for the extension of educational opportunities , were caught over support for the repeal campaign . |
| 5 | On the right are the results of an experiment in which starlings caught over Holland in the autumn were transported to and released in Switzerland . |
| 6 | The latter also diverged from the Prime Minister , with whom he had latterly differed over Westland , Libya , and other issues . |
| 7 | Practice has differed over the years . |
| 8 | Quite the contrary , degrees of review may have differed over time but it is indisputable that the judiciary accepted that non-jurisdictional errors of law could exist . |
| 9 | Yet she did compromise over the budget at Fontainebleau in 1984 , signed the Single European Act in 1986 , and accepted the Delors proposals for budgeting and agriculture reform in 1988 . |
| 10 | A squadron of them moving four abreast in perfect formation , frightened because we 'd put the light on , scampering around trying to jump over the bed and the settee . |
| 11 | Herr Nordern would , yes , although he would no more have refused than he would have tried to jump over the Wall . |
| 12 | The women had made great play with brooms and buckets , sweeping the pavement around the policeman 's feet till he was forced to jump over them to avoid being floored . |
| 13 | You think the fans are going to jump over the fences and grab you . |
| 14 | To jump over the gap between two cells , a nerve impulse has to be translated from electricity to chemicals and back . |
| 15 | I crossed the field , keeping extremely close to the top wall ready to jump over it if two tons of Fray Bentos came visiting , but there was no sign of either bull or cattle . |
| 16 | These advantages may relate to factor supplies , technology spillovers from domestic firms that can only be captured by locating there , the need to jump over trade barriers , or simply the opportunity to exploit a potential monopoly position . |
| 17 | Not that ready to jump over the edge yet . ’ |
| 18 | There was something lying on the ground in front of me and I tried to jump over it , but my feet would n't leave the ground and I sort of waded through it . |
| 19 | before you were er trying to jump over cables and |
| 20 | It is theoretically possible for a cow to jump over the moon with something like the same improbability . |
| 21 | The boys were waiting to cross the road here and the horse came down this lane , galloped straight across the road in front of the traffic then onto the pavement , tried to jump over the boys and jumped onto the boys . |
| 22 | Ross Wyndham was all that she had tried so hard to forget — and more : tall , lean , dark and almost painfully attractive , his tanned skin darkened further by the thick black hair , which was swept back like a lion 's mane over his well-shaped head before sweeping down to curl over the top edge of his collar . |
| 23 | I 'll wait over there while you clean up . ’ |
| 24 | It had been expected that the AIX Unix database would be a derivation of DB/2 , the latest version of Database Manager for OS/2 , but IBM said on Friday that the two products would only ‘ merge over time ’ . |
| 25 | It had been expected that the AIX Unix database would be a derivation of DB/2 , the latest version of Database Manager for OS/2 , but IBM said that the two products would only ‘ merge over time ’ . |
| 26 | Doctor : ‘ The good news is — you see that nurse over there ? |
| 27 | Do n't keep painting over chipped or worn polish . |
| 28 | And you 're painting over that . |
| 29 | This guitar 's overall colouring has obviously darkened with the passing of over three decades , and the lacquer is now finely cracked over the close-grained spruce top . |
| 30 | Saw me looked after ; and educated over here . |