Example sentences of "[vb base] over a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean to move on silently escaping , but I crash straight into a trolley , pushed by a bloke looking like one of the heavyweights in a James Bond film , so I leap away at speed as he snarls after me and knock over a pile of bean tins . |
| 2 | He conducted research into how artefacts gradually develop over a period of time , the study of which is known as typology . |
| 3 | Ellen had retired from the Christabel Focus over a question of principle . |
| 4 | As the patrol , now unloaded and debriefed , relax over a mug of tea and a cigarette , the depot slowly comes back to life around them . |
| 5 | Funnel crushed food into the tea strainer and shake over a piece of paper |
| 6 | Fewer than one in 100 patients wait over a year for treatment 25 times better than Northern Ireland , where the figure is one in five . |
| 7 | I nearly tip over a bucket of water , in which Lucker 's vodka is tucked up . |
| 8 | Motor vehicles spew over a ton of lead into the atmosphere of Bangkok every day . |
| 9 | And as orchestras , even good ones , always Make mistakes in the same places , you carry over a lot of experience . |
| 10 | Somalia , July 1992 ; children fight over a bag of rice , the loser 's left to lick what 's left off his shirt , while 2 others pick scraps from the ground . |
| 11 | Throw over a covering of compost , peat , leaves or newspaper , wrap with sacking or cartons , and hardy plants will then be happy enough , for a few weeks if need be . |
| 12 | Most solids have sharp melting points although some , such as glasses , soften over a range of temperature . |