Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The memoirs of great inter-war players like Dixie Dean , Tommy Lawton , and Stanley Matthews politely skate over the issue , but a Manchester United player in the 1920s recalled a telling incident involving the club captain , Frank Barson . |
| 2 | The Prince carelessly handed over the sealed paper , then sent one of his Dutch aides to enquire about the identity of the girl in the diaphanous gold dress . |
| 3 | There 's no installation program ; instead you have to create a directory on your hard disk and manually copy over the files . |
| 4 | No one is saying it is fair , but the system has more or less worked over the years . |
| 5 | I only took over the financial reins three weeks before the end of the financial year ! |
| 6 | She only took over the field 6 months ago and fears young hooligans are trying to drive her and her animals away . |
| 7 | He admitted that mistakes had been made in the five months since he personally took over the government , especially in the slow pace of privatisation . |
| 8 | Mr Yeltsin admitted that mistakes had been made in the five months since he personally took over the government , especially in the very slow pace of privatisation . |
| 9 | While the Camphill Development Project will naturally take up time and energy and demand much sacrifice over the next few years it must not become our only goal . |
| 10 | Since the birth of their sons , Felix ( now aged four ) and Max ( one ) , the Roberts were lucky enough to take over the raised ground floor which not only gave them more space but also allowed them vital access to the garden . |
| 11 | She 's sixteen , old enough to take over the housekeeping . ’ |
| 12 | The other way to find out is to cover each eye in turn ; if there 's a squint , the bad eye will generally move outwards to take over the job of seeing . |
| 13 | The man slowly turned over the page of his magazine . |
| 14 | Dyson slowly turned over the empty pages of his diary . |
| 15 | Receivership is anathema to corporate financiers , who hate to see their fat fees going to those who just pick over the bones . |
| 16 | Until the northern route was made the only road link between Applecross and the world outside lay over the notorious Bealach na Ba , a high and difficult pass attaining an elevation of 2000 feet ; a sore trial for a timid car driver . |
| 17 | The former Charlton youngster has had a harrowing time at Wednesday since his £250,000 move in January last year — but is aiming to finally win over the Hillsborough boo-boys . |
| 18 | They look like any other novel if you just flick over the pages and they are divided into chapters . |
| 19 | The first time he sang the poem Bilbo had just handed over the Ring and was off to Rivendell ; the words accordingly express a sense of abdication , of having been left behind , along with determination to accept this and make a new life somewhere as yet unknown . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm training it to grow along the kitchen wall , and the flowers already hang over the kitchen 's picture window . |
| 21 | ‘ Drivers who persistently drive over the limit should think how they would feel if a speeding motorist kills one of their loved ones ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Drivers who persistently drive over the limit should think how they would feel if a speeding motorist kills one of their loved ones . ’ |
| 23 | WHSmith did n't create Our Price ; it just took over the business . |
| 24 | Late in 1939 Jack Radford was moved back to Toronto and he was sorely missed ; he was succeeded by Peter Aylen who proved a most satisfactory station manager for a year until he also was transferred back east and shortly took over the post as Director of Radio for the United Nations Organization in New York . |
| 25 | Oh right erm to be honest I do n't , the guy who set all that up has moved company , I 'm just taking over the , the care of them really , unless erm Mr said anything , erm erm , yes if you would , er just hang on a minute , erm he 's got someone in |
| 26 | It also integrated the supply of electricity into the national grid curtailing and , in 1987 , finally taking over the only independent Palestinian energy supplier , the Jerusalem Electricity Company . |
| 27 | She became ingratiating and saw herself finally taking over the housekeeper 's role . |
| 28 | As early as 1788 the Marylebone Cricket Club revised the laws of the game , thus taking over the role of the celebrated Hambledon Club . |
| 29 | Sometimes they just go over the top . |
| 30 | ‘ Now , if we could , please , just go over the figures … ’ |