Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] over [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His marriage seemed like the Atlantic Ocean to her , something vast and unknowable which she could not attempt to bridge but only fly over at a terrible speed . |
| 2 | Mm Oh that would be alright if we go yeah we can all go over for a nice little run out |
| 3 | However , these grumbles , and the piecemeal reforms and constitutional pseudo-changes which they inspired , did not spill over into a generalised sense of unease about the essence of the liberal-democratic constitution itself . |
| 4 | Anyway , that is one of his reasons for not switching over to a metric standard for his stupid measurements , though in fact he 's just lazy . |
| 5 | Cultural and educational inequalities based on economic inequality are a reality which needs to be revealed and not glossed over by a populist notion of art for the people . |
| 6 | It nearly always came over in a bad light , as a bunch of cocooned scientists trying to hoodwink the common sense of ordinary folk . |
| 7 | Further , recall Channon 's argument that many such multi-unit enterprises in Britain have , over recent years , found the ‘ functional ’ model of organisation — i.e. the monolithic top-down hierarchy — to be too inflexible and have quite deliberately changed over to a multidivisional form , reforming the managerial apparatus to restrict the role of the general office and permit a greater degree of autonomy for the management of the operating units . |
| 8 | The only other major commodity which is based on lump sum rates regardless of quantities used , is water and the Water Companies are slowly moving over to a metered system in order to improve the discipline of use . |
| 9 | However , if we do not like being judged by an external tribunal , if we do not like our citizens being interrogated by foreign judges about acts committed in the United Kingdom , if we do not like our Acts of Parliament and our internal administration being scrupulously picked over by a European Commission , if we do not like the relations between the Crown and its possessions being altered over our heads , the remedy is in our own hands . |
| 10 | Maybe he 's annoyed because he ca n't quite figure what all this has to do with what the programme describes as ‘ the cyberspace experience ’ , maybe it 's because a minute ago he was nearly run over by a 30-foot-high mutoid metal minotaur , but he looks about ready to chin someone . |
| 11 | These problems can be overcome by utilising assembly lines ie moving over to a mass production method . |
| 12 | I dropped my right wing suddenly as if I were turning into the cloud and immediately swung over into a steep left hand turn . |
| 13 | Treating his pupils to the compliment of rational disagreement sometimes spilled over into a verbal contest so fierce that the young person concerned was abashed or even frightened . |
| 14 | I was asked to clean down with blanket wash and then run over with a clean polishing rag . |
| 15 | ‘ Does he know this is a museum now ? ’ he asked , and then walked over to a glass-fronted bookcase . |
| 16 | In order to provide ‘ permanent ’ help , many agencies operate a rota system with the carers working for a period of one or two weeks or a month , and then changing over in a planned way with another carer . |