Example sentences of "it [verb] over [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And indeed , it did hold its stout pectoral fins away from the sides of its body , and it was not hard to imagine that had it been vigorous , it could have used them to help it move over the rocky sea floor of its true environment . |
| 2 | As a result , the new temple was built to a single co-ordinated design , and the site levelled and terraced to allow it to extend over a wider area of the hill summit . |
| 3 | It employed over a million men . |
| 4 | The point of the quill broke through the paper where it lay over an incised letter and a woman in the group pushed the man with the pen and crowed out , ‘ Donal , you great fool — the King will never read that now ! ’ |
| 5 | The men claim they were not offered new sales posts with Swithland Motors , of Mountsorrel , Leics , after it took over the Birmingham-based Colmore Group in March last year . |
| 6 | Remember to put something at the bottom of the downpipe if it discharges over an open gully in order to catch whatever is blocking it , or else you might block the gully or the drains further along . |
| 7 | Public Relations is in many ways far more complex than advertising , because it functions over a wide spectrum of alternatives for a multitude of purposes . |
| 8 | If it continues over a long period it could even lead to stunted growth . |
| 9 | Broad and deep , it runs over a rocky bed that sometimes breaks out of the river to form steep rocky islands midstream . |