Example sentences of "[vb past] over the [det] " in BNC.
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1 | A QUARRELLING couple drove over the same cliff in matching vans after losing control as they careered through Sydney following a heated argument at home , police said yesterday . |
2 | His eyes never left Lamarr Dean , but his right hand closed on the Spencer and it was down at his side as he walked over the few steps to the bar . |
3 | When I had done that , I touched over the same areas again to strengthen a colour or restate an edge or detail as I felt necessary . |
4 | Ninety six male patients admitted to four surgical wards for elective repair of inguinal hernias under general anaesthesia were interviewed in hospital on the day before surgery and asked to complete two self evaluation questionnaires : a screen for pre-existing anxiety or depressive states using the hospital anxiety and depression scale ( HADS ) , in which patients were asked to score answers based on how they generally felt over the few weeks before admission , and an assessment of their current state of anxiety ( Spielberger STAI-X1 ) . |
5 | Table 4.2 shows that the decline in male employment in manufacturing involved the loss of 21 000 jobs and Table 4.3 shows that nearly 4000 female manufacturing jobs disappeared over the same period . |
6 | Unless we went over the same day that Susan went over . |
7 | Gradually , the latter prevailed over the former . |
8 | Furiously she rubbed , unknowing that she passed and repassed over the same bright spot , while the images came and went , flitting through . |
9 | ‘ Your lips are even redder now , ’ he murmured , his face close to hers as they crouched over the same clump of fruit . |