Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] over [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first crises came over Bulgaria . |
| 2 | His eyes flared over Maggie as he nodded her to a seat . |
| 3 | BIG SHOPS RAPPED OVER FOOD BUG HAM |
| 4 | Her eyes glided over Peter , apparently without recognizing him . |
| 5 | Goosepimples skittered over Jessamy 's skin . |
| 6 | Doubts emerged over ACL 's commitment to the port following news that the line 's Swedish parent company , Bilspedition , had decided to sell its entire shipping portfolio . |
| 7 | You never know , ’ his eyes ran over Jack 's body lingeringly , ‘ maybe I could even be persuaded … ’ |
| 8 | The steely-grey eyes ran over Paula again . |
| 9 | The older woman 's tone was completely dismissive now , and contempt showed clearly on her face as her eyes raked over Jessamy 's paint-stained T-shirt and faded jeans . |
| 10 | His eyes slid over Katherine with a mixture of disdain and interest . |
| 11 | The Kincardine and College objects exploded over Ontario in 1966 and Alaska in 1969 , respectively , each at altitudes just over 60km . |
| 12 | Shortly before a pro-independence rally on March 17 outside the Supreme Council building , military helicopters flew over Vilnius , the Lithuanian capital , dropping leaflets advertising an anti-independence rally . |
| 13 | On March 18 Soviet military transport planes circled over Vilnius and other Lithuanian towns for most of the day , while from March 22 convoys of armoured vehicles were regularly driven through the centre of Vilnius . |
| 14 | Divisions amongst delegates appeared over Buxton 's stance ; the anger and the grounds for it amongst many provincial militants were clear in the report back to a meeting of the Birmingham Anti-Slavery Society . |
| 15 | I 'm not sure what authority , if any , Waaf Officers had over NCOs in the RAF , but I 'm pretty certain she would n't have got very far with him . |
| 16 | Fresh storms broke over Wales , the West Country and Ireland at the weekend . |
| 17 | The index varies considerably in size from year to year , and must have been trimmed to fit the space available ; the number of illustrations fell over time ; and the publisher changed . |
| 18 | As each major region developed its own distinctive manufacturing interests and trading patterns , marked differences arose over tariff , labour and transport policy . |
| 19 | The theme of many of the leaflets plastered over church walls is the same : ‘ The police state methods must change . ’ |
| 20 | While British defence expenditure was consistently high by comparative international standards , and while many idealists agonized over Britain 's possession of nuclear weapons , the vast bulk of British citizens , outside Northern Ireland , neither experienced military conflict nor ever expected to do so . |
| 21 | His eyes moved over her , his senses stirring , and answering tingles ran over Jenna 's skin , her nipples hardening as his body became tight and sensuous against hers . |
| 22 | Credit for this trade was hard to get , since publishers argued over terms with distributors . |
| 23 | Peg had gone very pale and her hands fluttered over Anna anxiously . |
| 24 | Within the south march the two men quarrelled over Newport , but their rivalry also had wider manifestations : Warwick felt threatened by Herbert 's matrimonial ambitions , which had the backing of the king . |
| 25 | Within the south march the two men quarrelled over Newport , but their rivalry also had wider manifestations : Warwick felt threatened by Herbert 's matrimonial ambitions , which had the backing of the king . |
| 26 | Late roses tumbled over stone walls , Michaelmas daisies and chrysanthemums provided bright patches of colour , and the trees that surrounded the village were beginning to show the first hint of the glowing autumn colours still to come . |
| 27 | However slowly , the forms tended over time to reflect the facts . |
| 28 | Since the bombing raids began over Iraq , Britons have flocked to join the army ( inquiries in London have quintupled ) ; to give blood ( in Plymouth alone , more than 1,600 people volunteered in the first few days , and 110,000 followed suit across the country ) ; and to say their prayers ( Winchester Cathedral reported that the congregation for Matins last Sunday was up by a half on the usual number ) . |
| 29 | They also found that proportionate mispricings persisted over time , with a first-order serial correlation coefficient of 0.80 for proportionate mispricings computed using closing prices . |