Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harvest the seeds in July-August by cutting the seedheads just before the first seeds start to fall , and hanging them over a tray in a dry airy place . |
| 2 | A better approach is to adopt a serial approach and solve them over a number of stages . |
| 3 | Under the agreement the seven EFTA member countries would immediately abolish trade barriers on all goods covered except for certain sensitive products , while Czechoslovakia would abolish them over a 10-year period . |
| 4 | Shall we discuss them over a cup of coffee ? ’ |
| 5 | I also wormed her over a course of three weeks , and watched her slowly put on weight . |
| 6 | Finn helped her over a fallen-tree stump blooming with yellow fungus . |
| 7 | HER REPLY on August 21 appears to have tipped him over a political brink . |
| 8 | ‘ If you take a map of disadvantage and press it over a map of crime , there is too close a coincidence , ’ he said in his annual report last month . |
| 9 | If you wish , you can make this casserole in a saucepan , simmering it over a low heat on top of the cooker . |
| 10 | Arrived at my chambers , I reviewed it over a pipe and the next day I wrote the first chapter . |
| 11 | Chop the vegetables and heat them over a low flame . |
| 12 | Forest-living Indians catch them and roast them over a fire so that the poison drips from their skins . |
| 13 | There is a general expectation that people will not remember detailed facts correctly if they are only exposed to them in the spoken mode , especially if they are required to remember them over an extended period of time . |
| 14 | However , if the force-carrying particles have a high mass , it will be difficult to produce and exchange them over a large distance . |
| 15 | ‘ Corsages were kept in a little drop of water , ’ Harry explained , ‘ but you ca n't plunge a bouquet in a drop of water , so I put them over a bowl of water supported by two canes . |
| 16 | I peel off my clothes , and put them over a low branch . |
| 17 | Geraldine checked no one was looking , took one daffodil and dropped it over a wall into a garden . |
| 18 | He stared , somewhat appalled , as she lifted the wig like a hat and dropped it over a cut-glass vase . |
| 19 | If the cross-grained walnut , or other suitable wood , is cut and glued to the pine backing , then the task of passing it over a circular saw is greatly simplified . |
| 20 | Stok took off his evening-dress jacket and put it over a hanger that was lying on my open suitcase . |
| 21 | He 's then moved it over a bit . |
| 22 | The Dawsons themselves had enthusiastically helped to heave it over a rut and up the slope to the garage . |
| 23 | Another major advantage over the thinner types of cladding is that they provide additional insulation to exterior walls ( which can be augmented by fixing them over an extra layer of insulation ) . |
| 24 | There are a number of strategies at your disposal and you can use one or a mixture of them to help you over an unexpected hurdle . |
| 25 | If she is severely disturbed emotionally , above the level normally expected in bereavement , and if she can not sleep , he may prescribe tranquillisers and a night sedative ; but this will usually be only for a limited period to help her over a particularly bad patch , as he will not want her to become addicted to these drugs , which if taken for too long may delay the normal grieving process which she will need to experience if she is to make a satisfactory recovery . |
| 26 | Then they threw him over a precipice . |
| 27 | She threw him over a wall . |
| 28 | She threw him over a wall . |
| 29 | Carradine caught a half-naked Moroccan boy with his hand deep in my pocket , and threw him over a low wall . |
| 30 | He would either need to spend ‘ a couple of hours ’ analysing where it was deficient or , preferably , he hoped that we might meet to discuss it over a meal . |