Example sentences of "itself over the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 This apparently involves sending patients an eyesight test card and then running through the test itself over the telephone .
2 She 'd loved the stones it smoothed , and its wildness when it flung itself over the promenade wall , scattering gravel and driftwood .
3 Tammuz leaned over Zambia and removed a T-shirt which had hooked itself over the wall-clock in the frenzy of its removal the previous night .
4 If only the population could just manage , by random drift , to get itself over the knife-edge , it could coast down the slope to the Tit for Tat side , and everyone would do much better at the banker 's ( or ‘ nature 's ’ ) expense .
5 ‘ Their precious Republic has ruined itself over the Naples war .
6 Thunder flashes , Roman candles and other pyrotechnics would enliven its passage until , a spinning hoop of flame , it launched itself over the cliff , described a brief trajectory and plunged into the sea , never to be seen again .
7 The sea answered her voice , and she saw a great heave of water rise and fling itself over the dunes .
8 Marine Insurance covering injury or damage you may cause to third parties with one of our yachts , and accidental losses or damage to the yacht itself over the amount of £320 .
9 With all the rain emptying itself over the Feyenoord Stadium it was hard to put last night 's match in the context of a World Cup which is more likely to present problems of heat than waterproofing .
10 A remarkably similar dilemma was now presenting itself over the hand-overs of the Yugoslavs .
11 He still went on to do an enormous lob over Coton 's head , and what seemed like half an hour later the ball sneaked itself over the line .
12 The first argument to scotch is that Britain has committed itself over the years to accepting the single currency and the central bank .
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