Example sentences of "of [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others suggest that the birds are able to use their sense of sell over longer distances by remembering the scents of the prevailing winds . |
| 2 | One may go on saying that newer nations will develop and strengthen in the way that , say , Pakistan have in their own time in Test cricket , and Zimbabwe obviously need much development before they become capable of competing over a Test series against a major nation . |
| 3 | around about it , like whether we liked it or not , whether he was , it was a good thing to have had it , we should have been better not to have had it with the situation at the time , you know , that kind of mulling over might be |
| 4 | When they launched themselves into production in 1922 , Balcon and Saville with Woman to Woman , the story of a shell-shocked officer who comes out of amnesia to discover the truth about his sordid past , and Wilcox with two films of which the second , a florid melodrama called The Flames of Passion , was a hit , they used the same director , Graham Cutts , and judged it worthwhile incurring the expense of bringing over American stars , Betty Compson for Woman , Mae Marsh for Flames , in order to increase their films ' marquee value at home and abroad . |
| 5 | He knew from past experience that she was capable of leaping over to the terrace . |
| 6 | Nor are the decisive , deliberate , well coordinated movements of leaping over tables and chairs , or miaowing like a cat while turning somersaults on the floor , in the category of tics . |
| 7 | And they must of come over for Christmas dinner . |
| 8 | MANY PLACES OF INTEREST on and around the Three Peaks can only be reached on foot after many miles of walking over rough ground , but visitors to Leck Fell are favoured by a quiet moorland road that takes them to their objective precisely and , if they travel by car , without effort . |
| 9 | Should you not suspend the sitting until there is someone on the Tory Benches who is capable of walking over and picking up the notes to the Minister ? |
| 10 | ‘ Independently of climbing over rocks and fallen stumps of trees , the sportsman has to creep and crawl beneath and among the branches with the utmost caution , taking care only to advance when the bird 's attention is occupied in singing , or in scratching up the leaves in search of food ; to watch its actions it is necessary to remain perfectly motionless , not venturing to move even in the slightest degree , or it vanishes from sight as if by magic … |
| 11 | Beware of appearing over aggressive or unnecessarily rude . |
| 12 | The action begins with 36 holes of qualifying over both Valley and Dunluce courses , following which the field will be trimmed to 64 for knock-out by match-play starting Thursday . |
| 13 | Who would complain if landowners intent on forestry covered their land with such exotically random foliage instead of the tight rows of lugubrious , tax-avoiding sitkas they are fond of splattering over their hillsides ? |
| 14 | Yeah and you er I ov I overslept , well I woke up at five and normally I think if I go to sleep now and I sort of get myself awake but today I must of turned over |
| 15 | But on the other hand , in doing this he is in danger of passing over altogether the notion of social ‘ repression ’ . |
| 16 | My friends are still traumatised by the shock of passing over , but rest assured I shall soon be attempting communion with them . |
| 17 | This is the only method that can reproduce several colours simultaneously by the simple process of writing over different coloured carbon papers in turn when preparing the master copy . |
| 18 | Go and find Donal , Ellie , she told herself sternly , instead of mooning over a man you know nothing about and probably would n't like if you did . |
| 19 | That sort of came over quite strongly . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm sick to death of looking over my shoulder every time I come here , wondering and dreading if someone who knows me has seen me and can guess what I 'm coming here for ! ’ |
| 21 | By contrast , general purposive browsing describes the academic researcher who indulges in a similar activity of looking over books but with a serious purpose in mind , such as keeping up to date in his field or looking for new ideas . |
| 22 | ‘ When I was talking to him , he had this habit of looking over my head and I wondered whether what I was saying was going in , but he was digesting it and seeing how he could turn it round to his way of doing things . |
| 23 | She insisted on helping Sabine carry the bundles of bedding over to Les Hiboux . |
| 24 | ‘ The largest single category of problems mentioned , however , was depression and anxiety attributable to the stresses of caring over a prolonged period of time . ’ |
| 25 | Transatlantic tourists and suburban groupies may be willing to fork out the £1 cover charge for sporadic glimpses of Michael Caine and Jason Donovan , but grown-ups are kept loyal by cooking that is honest and robust and hardly ever hiccups in spite of turning over almost as many portions as Ramsden 's . |
| 26 | He tried to rise , his full height : to face Parker , for now he had no intention of turning over , but the foreman , a first alarm , felt a coldness , and punched him down . |
| 27 | Power for this method is best supplied by one or more external canister filters , which should be capable of turning over the tank water at least three times each hour . |
| 28 | At first , Merrill paid scant attention to their conversation , but her interest was caught when he and Luke began speaking of environmental issues , rain forests , renewable sources of timber , and the possibility of turning over a greater part of their production to make more use of softwood . |
| 29 | The hours of waiting over ! |
| 30 | Instead of going over to Pyke , Terry led me to a corner table among the old men who drank alone every night , and there he calmly sucked his roll-ups as we sipped our usual pint with a whisky chaser . |