Example sentences of "[vb pp] over by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two of us in a great mass of strangers , and various things to do that you 've got to get right , like follow signs and collect your luggage ; then you get looked over by the customs , and no-one particularly cares who you are or what you 're doing there so the two of you have to keep one another cheerful … |
| 2 | Sometimes we went to the Cours Mirabeau and watched the debris from the daily market being picked over by the local dogs . |
| 3 | And the chairman was won over by the manager 's charm , powerful persuasiveness and dynamism . |
| 4 | Even those of us in the office who had their doubts at first were soon won over by the instrument 's simplicity and friendliness . |
| 5 | Dexter found the effect comforting rather than disconcerting : he had been won over by the man 's charm . |
| 6 | The judges said they were won over by the sheer fun of its output . |
| 7 | As it does , old divisions that were welded over by the fight against communism will reappear . |
| 8 | Its twin ponds , of some 3.5 acres , have been built over by the ‘ bus station and local shops . |
| 9 | She would rather be slobbered over by the randiest male than be touched in that way by her own sex . |
| 10 | RIBA Companies Ltd , was then set up to oversee the management of these companies , the shares in which were transferred over by the RIBA . |
| 11 | She 'd moved over by the window and had been reaching for a chair , but now she stopped . |
| 12 | ‘ At the very least , ’ says Ian Hawkins ‘ it avoids their being crawled over by the competition . ’ |
| 13 | An E minor when it should have been an E major brings the rehearsal to yet another halt while the suspect note is cordially argued over by the boys in the band . |
| 14 | On Lord Mayor 's Day , when the new Lord Mayor is elected , the staff is handed over by the father of the city council to the sheriff 's lady to keep the sheriff himself in order . |
| 15 | It was only at this stage that the dowry of the bride , which would usually have included both jewels and the title deeds to land , was actually handed over by the bride 's parents though details of the dowry would have been settled right at the beginning at Stage 1 of the proceedings . |
| 16 | Will he also condemn the scandalous proposal that when the PSA is privatised , up to £85 million of taxpayers ' money should be handed over by the Government to Tarmac , which will take it over , so that any proposed redundancies of men and women in the PSA will be paid not by the privatising company but by the taxpayer ? |
| 17 | Instead , the presidential insignia and other symbols of government were handed over by the president of the anti-communist Polish government which had been in exile in London since 1939 , Ryszard Kaczorowski . |
| 18 | This sum is handed over by the long to the short in final settlement . |
| 19 | However , Marine Harvest , the former Unilever subsidiary which was bought over by the US MariFarms Inc Group last year , has remained in the US market although only a small proportion of its 10,000 tonnes production from Scotland is sent there . |
| 20 | Many of the objections to plastics of the thermosetting type for household goods and such-like applications have been got over by the development of the ‘ thermoplastic ’ resins which came into use on a large scale after 1945 . |
| 21 | Once over the bridge one climbs steeply , across the steps of the Roman theatre , now watched over by the stern , ascetic eye of a medieval chapel , to the citadel above , a palimpsest , with a Roman fort at its base , surmounted by a medieval castle which the Della Scala were to dominate after the decline of the commune at the turn of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries . |
| 22 | He returned the scan to the small group of humans , watched over by the formidable figure of Postine and the less formidable figure of Klift . |
| 23 | Suddenly Clare jumped up , leaving his bucket to be kicked over by the cow , went quickly towards her , and , kneeling down beside her , took her in his arms . |
| 24 | And beautiful : played over by the cheerful light of young and strong vigour , entirely desire of the senses and entirely pleasure in one another . |
| 25 | The roads are bumpy and uncertain and when they do get on a half decent stretch , they get pulled over by the police : they 're not supposed to be on it . |
| 26 | An alternative explanation is that the figure indicates the existence of an important fertility bull cult at Stamford which was brought over by the Myceneans . |
| 27 | Mrs McDougall had promised to have milk and bread for me , and there might possibly be mail , brought over by the morning 's ferry . |
| 28 | Then , from a scrum in midfield , No. 8 Ainslie fed Edward Gander who was tap tackled by the fullback , but Lee swooped on the loose ball and was driven over by the pack . |
| 29 | Labour consumer affairs spokesman Nigel Griffiths said : ‘ The Chancellor is being walked over by the manufacturers . |
| 30 | If either were run over by the proverbial bus , his replacement would carry on as before . |