Example sentences of "[pron] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the route takes them over a culvert near the hospital . |
| 2 | Littering the slopes of the volcano are thousands of large bombs ejected by the eruption , some of them over a metre in diameter . |
| 3 | The bulk of the programme would then outline in some detail the specific projects being funded , and the resources allocated to them over a 3–4-year period . |
| 4 | Last March , in common with many other small businesses , the Russells needed extra funds to tide them over a difficult period . |
| 5 | ‘ Corsages were kept in a little drop of water , ’ Harry explained , ‘ but you ca n't plunge a bouquet in a drop of water , so I put them over a bowl of water supported by two canes . |
| 6 | We took about £150m out of them over a couple of years . ’ |
| 7 | Management should effect redundancies at one point in time rather than spreading them over a long period . |
| 8 | These children had suffered 25 attacks between them over a 59-day period . |
| 9 | This is the so-called ‘ poverty-trap ’ of the lower paid : a small increase in earning takes them over a threshold , whereby they may lose certain welfare benefits and at the same time have to pay a disproportionately large increase in tax on their original income . |
| 10 | Many commonly-prescribed drugs increase the sensitivity of the skin and eyes to ultra-violet light — particularly if you take them over a long period of time . |
| 11 | Rub sugar lumps on to the peel of the lemons , holding them over a bowl , until each lump starts crumbling , then start on another . |
| 12 | The Profitboss. genuinely cares for his customers and develops sound trusting relationships with them over a long period of time . |
| 13 | Forest-living Indians catch them and roast them over a fire so that the poison drips from their skins . |
| 14 | Harvest the seeds in July-August by cutting the seedheads just before the first seeds start to fall , and hanging them over a tray in a dry airy place . |
| 15 | When the ideas of the French Revolution concerning the rights of nations to self-government reached the Slovenes , they already had many of the attributes of a modern nation , but it was to take them over a century to achieve a form of self-determination within the wider Yugoslav state . |
| 16 | I had wrung out the Spidersuit and Y-fronts and hung them over a Bible suck thinking how He would just have to lump a bare arse on His books for one night . |
| 17 | A better approach is to adopt a serial approach and solve them over a number of stages . |
| 18 | However , if the force-carrying particles have a high mass , it will be difficult to produce and exchange them over a large distance . |
| 19 | They spread the risks of lending by pooling funds and allocating them over a wide range of depositors ( e.g. unit trusts ) . |
| 20 | Shall we discuss them over a cup of coffee ? ’ |
| 21 | I peel off my clothes , and put them over a low branch . |
| 22 | The whole House will want to congratulate the British miners on doing everything that has been asked of them over a number of years and achieving that massive increase in productivity . |
| 23 | Under the agreement the seven EFTA member countries would immediately abolish trade barriers on all goods covered except for certain sensitive products , while Czechoslovakia would abolish them over a 10-year period . |
| 24 | A man was monitoring one of them over a pair of headphones . |
| 25 | The NEAP process involves : ( i ) the identification of a country 's environmental conditions and specific problems ; ( ii ) preparation of proposals to overcome the problems ; and ( iii ) formulation of a plan of action to deal with them over a specific period of time . |
| 26 | After we 've seen the patients , I 'll tell you more about them over a drink . ’ |
| 27 | You have them over a barrel on this issue , with all the right on your side . |
| 28 | Chop the vegetables and heat them over a low flame . |
| 29 | Another major advantage over the thinner types of cladding is that they provide additional insulation to exterior walls ( which can be augmented by fixing them over an extra layer of insulation ) . |
| 30 | There is a general expectation that people will not remember detailed facts correctly if they are only exposed to them in the spoken mode , especially if they are required to remember them over an extended period of time . |