Example sentences of "over [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Tories believe they have time enough to put over that case . |
| 2 | Eddie would have to be pretty discreet about her relationship with Angy if she wanted to persuade Aunt Rosina to hand over that sketch as a keepsake . |
| 3 | There is some justice in the way Macedon , who had thanklessly insulated Greek culture from these destructive outsiders and nomads for so long , should finally , in the persons of Philip and Alexander , have taken over that culture by diplomacy and conquest . |
| 4 | To throw over that stability she had insisted they must have . |
| 5 | But I mean we 've been going over and over that proposal . |
| 6 | Look over that way ; I think you 're wanted . ’ |
| 7 | The fundamental equilibrium relation assumed is that the increment of tensile load in element dx is equal to the total surface shear over that element , that is |
| 8 | The community can unite over that proposition while disagreeing about which alternative would be more and which less just . |
| 9 | ‘ The immediate effects of the theft were considerably lessened both by the death of Laura Stratton and on the very next day by the murder of Dr Kemp , the man to whom the Tongue was due to be handed over that day at an official little ceremony at the Ashmolean . |
| 10 | Were you to turn over that banner which is I think magnificently designed , you would find the other side is entirely about international connections between workers and various groups and so on , so it 's got the international , the wider version and I 'm delighted to know that you have here , you I understand that the G M B is perhaps the only body which has the nearest thing to a formal alliance with the trade union in Germany I mean this is tremendous . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've a feeling we 'll scramble over that hurdle , ’ Matt said drily . |
| 12 | Zaria , a relatively new old friend , had been persuaded to stay over that Sunday night as I had convinced her I was missing my faithful feline companion Springsteen , who was back in Hackney guarding the flat we shared . |
| 13 | According to Eric Partridge 's Dictionary of Catch Phrases , the phrase ‘ over the left shoulder ! ’ negates ‘ one 's own or another 's statement and indicates derisive disbelief , the thumb being sometimes pointed over that shoulder … |
| 14 | Public sector negotiators knew the consequences if they went over that limit , though in practice the Treasury might relent a little with groups like nurses and fund part of the extra settlement . |
| 15 | ‘ Or if there is an emergency , you want me to deal with it while you go and swoon over that dandy Miguel ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I just need a bit of luck to get over that barrier . |
| 17 | Once you get over that hump of being accepted [ for training ] then you can use your disability . ’ |
| 18 | I do not want to go over that ground again ; suffice it to say that we accept the Secretary of State 's assurance that the Government are making a genuine effort to find a mechanism to implement Lord Cullen 's recommendation 30 . |
| 19 | You had to have legs like Marlene Dietrich to triumph over that get-up . |
| 20 | The great office blocks of the 1890s had taken over that role , and the office-block stations had made some attempt to match them . |
| 21 | The modern DNA machinery , according to this view , is a late-comer , a recent usurper of the role of fundamental replicator , having taken over that role from an earlier and cruder replicator . |
| 22 | If share prices fall over that time , a safety net guarantees you will get your money back . |
| 23 | Allow lining paper to fully dry out ; time each pasting so the paste is allowed to soak in for ten minutes before hanging , and if you go over that time , make sure all sections soak for the same time . |
| 24 | ‘ Those who blur over that distinction do not understand its crucial importance for the successful handling of a whole series of intractable problems of which this is just , at the moment , the worst . ’ |
| 25 | We have handed over that power . |
| 26 | He should have known , the way Pete had drooled over that Jimmy . |
| 27 | ‘ Like the way Nigel lied over that Saturday night , all the subterfuge over the petrol in the Datsun . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , the Report estimated that the proportion of dependents who were elderly would increase over that period from 12 per cent to nearly a third by 1979 . |
| 29 | She supposed she 'd take over that duty , which possibly would make her unpopular back in the lab . |
| 30 | Strett , Orrell 's goal-kicker , did not have the happiest of matches , but he put over that penalty goal . |