Example sentences of "[vb pp] over and the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His eyes seemed glazed over and the smile was stretched and impenetrable . |
| 2 | This was vaulted over and the construction arches of the vault survive remarkably intact ( PLATE 38 ) . |
| 3 | When Mr Wilson was elected to the leadership in 1963 , these doctrinal disputes were smoothed over and the Labour Party entered office in 1964 committed to a more rapid rate of growth , improved welfare benefits , more expenditure on schools , houses , roads and health and one major measure of public ownership — the renationalization of the steel industry . |
| 4 | Behind the gates on the left was the main cemetery of the Italian quarter , now largely built over and the tombs removed . |
| 5 | A further paragraph in this message in which the State Department gave its views on the proposal to hand-over the Cossacks we shall come to in Chapter Six , but in respect of the Yugoslavs the State Department was ruling that , whether they were Chetniks or not in conformity with agreed allied policy they should not be handed over and the Supreme Allied Commander was to be left in no doubt of the State Department 's view . |
| 6 | About 20 tapes have already been handed over and the police hoped there would be more . |
| 7 | Thirty-two men had got over and the only people hurt had been two patrolling guards hit by stray bullets . |
| 8 | You will see where the corner between the top of the nostril and the eyebrow is rounded over and the cuts are made both from the nostril up and from the eyebrow down , forming a gradual taper down towards the mouth in the process . |
| 9 | There had been a thunderstorm the night before but it had swept over and the lake was calm . |
| 10 | The borders were neatly raked over and the roses cut back . |
| 11 | But for its profitability and burgeoning client list , GM would never have taken over and the new Elan might still be an idea waiting for the cash to build it . |
| 12 | The establishment has taken over and the more wrong it has proved , the more it has stifled the dissent that might have saved the economy . |
| 13 | By the time the star is sighted , octave passages have taken over and the excitement reaches fever pitch . |
| 14 | He had walked in and taken over and the marvel man had come up with nothing . |
| 15 | The shop had recently been taken over and the existing stock had been brought in by the previous owner . |
| 16 | Inadequacies were glossed over and the focus of attention became the necessary defence of the revolutionary Soviet state , the guardian protector of peace , freedom and equality , currently threatened by a barbaric and expansionist fascist state . |
| 17 | The election of a Captain was again held over and the office remained vacant for a further year . |