Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adv] over the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the meeting , it was decided that County , the underwriters Dillon Read and Phillips & Drew would take some of the remaining shares and then sell them slowly over the next few weeks , a move which had been discussed with County 's lawyers beforehand . |
| 2 | Two glasses of wine send me high over the rainbowed moon . |
| 3 | Their extra wide tyres cushion you perfectly over the roughest of roads and each bike has easy-to-use gears . |
| 4 | All she succeeded in doing was knocking it farther over the slithering groundsheet . |
| 5 | I do n't know whether this will be acceptable to Policy and Resources Committee or the Council at the end of the day , but essentially what is showing there is something that , taken over the three years meets er , a figure equivalent to the annual but it does n't do it uniformly over the three years . |
| 6 | ‘ And a holiday abroad each year to make up for not seeing you much over the past while ! ’ |
| 7 | I gather that he 's got himself together over the last 18 months and it has certainly paid off . |
| 8 | I 've had to put it together over the last three days . |
| 9 | She had n't been keeping track of the conversation , but he seemed to have pulled himself together over the past few minutes . |
| 10 | They took me all over the Ursuline convent … and to meet the Reverend Mother — an old Irishwoman . |
| 11 | He sent them all over the Islamic world to kill his enemies . ’ |
| 12 | This and his link with Stevenson 's had served him well over the last few years , and he had become something of an expert in railway funding , especially in European railways . |
| 13 | Antoinette 's high heels tapped her away over the wooden floor of the landing , towards the front stairs . |
| 14 | On the way back , I set down the grassbox , unplug the sprinkler and coil the hosepipe ( which Pa , being always so busy , has obviously forgotten ) in even circles around my hand and elbow , then go to the shed and lay it carefully over the two dowelling pegs . |
| 15 | He plans to release it all over the Far East as well as Britain , and said : ‘ It will sell like hot cakes . ’ |
| 16 | Now bring it all over the left hand side and we 'll get B to the plus sixteen B square , minus two , two , five equals what ? |
| 17 | He lifted the edge of the hood , and laid it gently over the shattered head , hiding the face . |
| 18 | But I 've been watching you closely over the last few weeks , Aurora . |
| 19 | She picked up the stick and hurled it , skimming it low over the shallow pools left by the tide . |
| 20 | Taking hold of her costume , I tugged it farther over the firm buttocks . |
| 21 | Alongside this development have appeared key products such as estate agents services and mortgage facilities , which have established themselves firmly over the same period . |