Example sentences of "[verb] over the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1978 , a DoT study showed that 55 per cent of adults thought being caught over the limit was simply ‘ bad luck ’ . |
| 2 | Practice has differed over the years . |
| 3 | Yet she did compromise over the budget at Fontainebleau in 1984 , signed the Single European Act in 1986 , and accepted the Delors proposals for budgeting and agriculture reform in 1988 . |
| 4 | Herr Nordern would , yes , although he would no more have refused than he would have tried to jump over the Wall . |
| 5 | It is theoretically possible for a cow to jump over the moon with something like the same improbability . |
| 6 | The boys were waiting to cross the road here and the horse came down this lane , galloped straight across the road in front of the traffic then onto the pavement , tried to jump over the boys and jumped onto the boys . |
| 7 | Not that ready to jump over the edge yet . ’ |
| 8 | A squadron of them moving four abreast in perfect formation , frightened because we 'd put the light on , scampering around trying to jump over the bed and the settee . |
| 9 | To jump over the gap between two cells , a nerve impulse has to be translated from electricity to chemicals and back . |
| 10 | You think the fans are going to jump over the fences and grab you . |
| 11 | Scattered over the hills |
| 12 | Here in this room was virtually every shade of that colour — from the cobalt-blue draperies , scattered with little hyacinth flowers , to the sapphire-blue cushions scattered over the bed and the powder-blue carpet , thick and soft beneath her feet . |
| 13 | They lived in small villages scattered over the landscape in varying degrees of density . |
| 14 | Although at some times of the year , individuals within the dogwhelk enclave may be scattered over the shore , at others they aggregate in large clusters . |
| 15 | The disk is round to subpentagonal ; covered with thickened skin ; no scales but granules are scattered over the surface which are more conspicuous in dried specimens ; disk diameter up to 20 mm . |
| 16 | Small granules are scattered over the surface some developed into low spinelets . |
| 17 | She did literally now , ever since that turn she 'd had a few months ago ; frightened of the stairs , the climb when the lifts did n't work , she rarely went out , but stayed surrounded and walled-in by belongings , old letters , cards , souvenirs scattered over the furniture . |
| 18 | As the dawn slowly broke and the cocks began to crow in unison outside the cottages scattered over the heath , a sensation of rapt stillness cast its spell on him . |
| 19 | Scattered over the moorland to the left are the remains of hut circles . |
| 20 | Another powerful smell , of decaying rubbish , came mainly from the ash-pits at the far end of the corridor , but also from a deposit scattered over the floor . |
| 21 | When they broke down the door the remains of her body were found scattered over the floor . |
| 22 | Chunks of blue-green stuff flaked off and scattered over the floor . |
| 23 | Scamp turned to reach down into one of the boxes of groceries that were scattered over the floor but I did n't see what he was after as Nevil was lifting me up by the shoulders . |
| 24 | They had nearly arrived at the first of the longhouses scattered over the hillside , belonging to the families who stayed in Orphir all the year round and cared for the land and the hall on behalf of the Earl . |
| 25 | It 's called Oxford Artweek , it lasts a fortnight and has 200 sites scattered over the county . |
| 26 | Broken glass lay scattered over the cement floor , along with pieces of brick , broken flowerpots , dead leaves . |
| 27 | Sarah was allowed to dust and polish in Mr Bradford 's rooms , a duty given only to trusted servants since it meant moving many of his important papers , but when she went in there after her return she dropped one of his boxes and everything was scattered over the carpet . |
| 28 | It smashed , and machinery scattered over the ground . |
| 29 | Again for sweaters , little crescent moons and stars scattered over the fabric makes a very pretty design , as does one big intarsia crescent moon which again can be classically simple or fun with a face on it . |
| 30 | While a large number of the items taken from Germany are held in special State-run storage facilities and are easy to work with , the majority of works removed from Russia were scattered over the world in the post-war period ’ . |