Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The value of A 2 will tell us whether or not the size of the polymer coil , which is dissolved in a particular solvent , will be perturbed or expanded over that of the unperturbed state , but the extent of this expansion is best estimated by calculating the expansion factor α . |
| 2 | In some places the young people had the boundaries impressed upon their person as well as their memories , by being physically bumped against the ground or bent over stones and beaten . |
| 3 | What to do in a democratic society with the errant or aberrant citizen of genius — this question , fumbled at or glossed over by everyone who has written on Pound 's case ( jurists and psychiatrists , as well as biographers and critics ) , is here posed more starkly , and explored more searchingly , then ever before . |
| 4 | This does not mean that reality should be watered down or glossed over . |
| 5 | Furthermore , it is commonly argued that the courts can fail to place a proper actuarial value on potential pension benefits and that ( typically in pursuit of a ‘ clean break ’ ) a divorcing wife 's loss of potential benefits can be ‘ traded off ’ or glossed over against her need for a home . |
| 6 | Compatible colours include teal , blueberry or moss , used as liner , mascara , or smudged over eyelids for a dramatic effect . |
| 7 | They were walking along a broad corridor between glass-partitioned offices , lit by bleak fluorescent strip lighting , where sallow-faced men in shirt-sleeves stared at computer terminals or pored over sheets of printout . |
| 8 | Someone who used bad language , for example , or refused to work , pretended sickness , or climbed over a fence instead of using the official entrance ( or , what is more likely , exit ) was deemed DISORDERLY ; he could be put on bread and water for forty-eight hours and other privileges were stopped . |
| 9 | Ministers are told any gifts worth more than £125 must be refused or handed over to the department . |
| 10 | No Yugoslavs who have come into the hands of Allied Troops will be returned direct to Yugoslavia or handed over to Yugoslav Tps against their will . |
| 11 | I think I 'm exhausted or hung over . |
| 12 | Whatever he backed or took over — insecure but deserving commercial ventures , a struggling publishing firm , an inefficient factory which he refused to modernize because it would make some workers redundant-always miraculously turned the corner and became financially successful . |
| 13 | But anybody er with an any child with an accident you know she was there , whether they 'd scalded themself , burnt themselves or fell over or what . |
| 14 | Four senior officials in the Foreign Affairs and Interior ministries were dismissed or resigned over their role in granting him entry . |
| 15 | There was , as far as he could see , nothing that need be identified or admired or paused over : just bare grey rock sheering down to a narrow track which was used for the most part by packhorses and even then not often . |
| 16 | As homework we asked the women to keep a diary and initially to record everything they ate or drank over one week . |
| 17 | There are accordingly pages of text in the surviving papers which have been mutilated : sections cut out or pasted over , and some very heavily scored through . |
| 18 | ‘ The appeal of Caran d'Ache Neocolor II lies for me in combining the exciting possibilities of using the crayons dry as a direct drawing method , or as a painting medium , when they can be dipped into water , finely sprayed for a diffused image , or washed over with a brush — releasing a full flow of colour and texture . ’ |
| 19 | Overalled figures , wearing goggles , face-masks , helmets or turbans , moved slowly through the sulphurous gloom or crouched over their inscrutable tasks beside furnaces and machines . |
| 20 | The windows were gone entirely or boarded over . |
| 21 | Crevasses were walked around or jumped over , and those of any size were given respectful avoidance . |
| 22 | He laid the palm of his hand across Elisabeth 's forehead and pressed back the curls that tumbled over her brow . |
| 23 | Turning from the window , she gazed on the face of her husband , a kind face and not unattractive , with its straight features and good skin , and the unruly mop of hair that tumbled over his forehead ; he stirred in her arms , whimpering like a child , and pressing himself against her . |
| 24 | ‘ Do you really want to go into that now ? ’ he challenged her softly , his ironic gaze returning briefly to her party face and the shiny , streaky curls that tumbled over her brow and about her neck , just skimming her bare shoulders . |
| 25 | He tousled her hair that tumbled over her shoulders in a wild , bright mane of warmest auburn . |
| 26 | Then to each of the heavily loaded bombers that roared over her head Jane had whispered , ‘ Good luck . |
| 27 | Yet another method was to harness the fish , with a thin silk cord that unwound over a large pulley , actuating an electric relay once every revolution . |
| 28 | In mid-scream , he was choked into silence by a hand that came over his face , forcing his jaw shut . |
| 29 | Despite these important responsibilities the relationship that came over to the objectors was one of cosy acquiescence between these bureaucracies and the nuclear industry . |
| 30 | I 'll never forget the sense of joy that came over our evening congregation when Edwin announced we had just exceeded our target of £200,000 . |