Example sentences of "[vb -s] over [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He hands over to a young man with a toothless grin under a Coca-Cola hat who has been elected locally as the group 's ‘ popular educator ’ . |
| 2 | The same applies in Devon , Dorset and Cornwall as Westcountry TV takes over with a two-minute slot explaining the change . |
| 3 | Touch-legering is not necessary , or so I think when the line is snatched from my fingers and the rod slams over from a vicious bite . |
| 4 | Eventually the blue shift declines to zero and changes over to a red shift . |
| 5 | When Mr Major waxes philosophical , he comes over as a strange mix of nostalgia and modernism . |
| 6 | ‘ The strong prejudice against only children comes over as a clear reason for having at least two , ’ she says . |
| 7 | Well I know it is and er I hope it comes over in a genuine way . |
| 8 | The benefits of the balancing , bouncing and clambering are that your body is relaxed instead of recital-rigid and the voice comes over in a strong way . |
| 9 | In an uproarious performance , Finney comes over like a Mancunian Tigger , insufferably bouncy and crassly insensitive . |