Example sentences of "[verb] over [noun] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Compatible colours include teal , blueberry or moss , used as liner , mascara , or smudged over eyelids for a dramatic effect .
2 Within ten years it was turning over £20m at a gross profit margin of 50pc .
3 These issues have been extensively discussed by Downs , who identifies several key steps in a ‘ rational ’ voting process , including gathering information relevant to each issue , forming factual conclusions about alternative policies , appraising the consequences in the light of voters ' goals , and aggregating over issues into a net evaluation of each party .
4 ‘ He wrote a story , with pictures to back it up , about an American general supposedly handing over documents to a beautiful KGB agent on Hamburg 's Kennedy Bridge .
5 If height permits , I then like to make a series of stalls using large amounts of rudder and handing over control for a quick recovery , moving the stick forward and using normal stick and rudder together to bring the wings level .
6 ‘ Nothing To Hold Me ’ , off the next LP , is the highlight of the evening , with keyboard madman Barry D taking over vocals with a mellow rap that begs to be a single .
7 ‘ Nothing To Hold Me ’ , off the next LP , is the highlight of the evening , with keyboard madman Barry D taking over vocals with a mellow rap that begs to be a single .
8 Lowell 's brain was ticking over figures like a demented computer — so that was where the money was going — a mink jacket , or a mink coat — whichever , it was good-bye to a thousand plus .
9 In real life he flies Andovers at RAF Benson in Oxfordshire , but for now he 's pawing over charts of a different kind , plotting his route to the eastern seaboard of the United States .
10 British Airways agreed to take over Dan-Air for a nominal £1 ; the company will also assume Dan-Air 's liabilities , estimated at £35m .
11 In January the National Party ( NP ) government outlined its plans to hand over sovereignty to a power-sharing administration .
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