Example sentences of "[to-vb] over a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then it was back down to ground level to celebrate over a bottle of champagne with Zoe 's mum , Pat , and husband Joe . |
| 2 | The sort of gesture that might , reasonably , allow a chap to knock over a bottle of wine and make sure at least half of it got all over Donald 's plate . |
| 3 | After unearthing four bricks , a milk bottle , and an unidentifiable piece of metal , it was possible to turn over a forkful of earth on that spot . |
| 4 | In terms of sheer size they are sometimes bigger than the countries in which they operate ; they are estimated to control over a quarter of world output ; and their ‘ inter-firm ’ shipments of goods from one country to another account for nearly one-third of recorded trade ’ . |
| 5 | The pH does tend to drop over a period of time in bare tanks ( that is tanks without any substrate or plants . |
| 6 | Aim to collect over a period of time a variety of texts covering different types of oral literature , the formal and the informal , fiction and truth , narrative and exhortation , and so on . |
| 7 | Officials of the club and the Legion branch were present at a special ceremony to hand over a certificate of appreciation for their kindness . |