Example sentences of "over them as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , although it is not a reason to pass over them as Todd does , a limiting factor in the work of experimental novelists in Britain does seem , as he suggests , to be that they are consistently assigned to marginal rather than mainstream positions . |
| 2 | We joined the crowd before our handiwork was noticed and watched as Mary and Albert had more confetti thrown over them as they stood on the threshold of the church . |
| 3 | His father , once satisfied that the intensive care nurses were doing their best , left his own men to watch over them as they watched over the boy while he , too , was persuaded to rest . |
| 4 | A million families have insolvency hanging over them as their mortgage debts have grown greater than the values of their homes . |
| 5 | A child could have seen over them : rows of small children were in fact busy looking over them as she stood there , and looking moreover without disguise at her . |
| 6 | But , like a man , he 'll need to learn that yer do n't break yer heart over them as you 've left behind , 'cause yer tied to your ship fer as long as the cap'n says so . |
| 7 | She thought now , This was the time to kill him , the time she had been planning ; the thought lit her up , she felt unaccustomed muscles in her face move again , her tongue seek her lips and pass over them as she considered how to do it . |
| 8 | There was a rumble , and then torchlight spilled out over them as the gates of Ivrigar were opened . |
| 9 | Not only are they having to come to terms with the latest three per cent rise in fares and the implications of rail privatisation , but now the spectre of VAT hangs over them as well . |
| 10 | United have now taken just three points from a possible 12 and manager Alex Ferguson 's only consolation is that the defeat of rivals Aston Villa at Carrow Road means it is now Norwich who hold a twopoint advantage over them as they go into the last seven games . |