Example sentences of "[adv prt] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she fears the embers ' flicker and the night closing in over chill ash . |
| 2 | An exhibition that brings together ( for the first time in over a century ) the Pre-Raphaelites ' paintings , sculpture and decorative arts that decorated the houses of the region 's Victorian industrialists and entrepreneurs . |
| 3 | As the smoke cleared and the dust settled , two fighter planes came in over the fields and circled the remains of the barn . |
| 4 | With the hood down you can lower the windows and go in over the top , but even this is far from ideal . |
| 5 | Stir in over moderate heat . |
| 6 | B : That was before I was cognisant of the fact that my Wakefield caucus would only have one in over my dead body . |
| 7 | Hong Kong : Surged in the strongest trading volume in over a month . |
| 8 | Since total taxes on financial services bring in over SFr9 billion a year in revenues , politicians are reluctant to vote for change . |
| 9 | Sea-water was washing in over the slippery grey stones . |
| 10 | Leaning in over the sleeping child I must have wanted to see myself as the angel , hovering in protection of an infant who was so obviously in peril . |
| 11 | She helps the local sanctuary by taking vulnerable tiggywinkles in over winter . |
| 12 | ‘ Things are obviously becoming very busy and I went in over the weekend to do a bit of work . |
| 13 | ‘ But the course is n't cheap , and we do deal with cases of people who get in over their heads financially . ’ |
| 14 | There are dangers in over emphasising a particular set of test scores in that the results may not be replicated in future years and all sorts of qualifiers will need to be introduced . |
| 15 | This is our first effort at a full newsletter and we now really appreciate how much effort Lynn has put in over the last few years . |
| 16 | At this level of support the electoral system begins to work very handsomely in a party 's favour , and Labour came first in over three-quarters of the wards . |
| 17 | The old man , propped in his chair for the first time in over a month , laid a trembling hand on the babe 's head . |
| 18 | After about two hours flying over the sea , they swung in over the coast and were given a welcoming burst of anti-aircraft fire . |
| 19 | The water swirled in over small pebbles , widening into a narrow , deep , fast-flowing stream ; shaded from sunlight by overhanging branches . |
| 20 | Determined not to put a foot wrong , let alone go in over the top , as I sometimes do . |
| 21 | Marshmills in Over Stowey , the home of Tom Poole 's cousins |
| 22 | Soon after midday Tom Poole and his brother Richard decided to take their interesting visitors on a short walk to the farmhouse called Marshmills in Over Stowey , home of a large tribe of Poole cousins who were almost a second family to Tom and Richard : among them were Penelope Poole , ‘ a beautiful , dark-eyed girl ’ who would never return Tom Poole 's love for her ( he died unmarried ) , and John Poole , an Oxford fellow and later the rector of Enmore , who was Tom Poole 's friend and companion from childhood . |
| 23 | Other activities of a creative sort are ones that are built in over and above that . |
| 24 | He became aware of the disapproving looks his noisy party were receiving from some of the older locals who had drifted in over the last hour . |
| 25 | But with Karen such frankness was out of the question , and without her cooperation , getting rid of Dennis looked like just another of the many pipe-dreams I had indulged in over the years . |
| 26 | The ‘ plane lumbered around , came back into the wind , and began its second run in over the target zone . |
| 27 | The beautiful thirteenth-century Eleanor Cross was hacked to pieces and James Hissey in Over Fen and Wold of 1898 says ‘ Shame to those savages of the Great Rebellion who swept away the very foundations of it . ’ |
| 28 | Certainly not the army of supporters who 've been painting , odd-jobbing and generally mucking in over the past week . |
| 29 | ‘ Dalglish is the first ex-Liverpool manager to return to Anfield in over 70yearsscharge of a new Dalglish 's decision to abandon the club in the run-in to the 1990-91 season still rankles with many around Merseyside , but Souness insists that should not affect the warmth of his reception , saying : ‘ Kenny should be remembered as the greatest player this club has had and as a successful manager . |
| 30 | ‘ A menace ! ’ quacked another duck , skidding in over the water . |