Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [verb] over " in BNC.

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1 Each course runs over a weekend at the centre 's headquarters in Wales .
2 Hear all that shit going over ?
3 All sorts of things got burnt when that car went over .
4 This story went over big with the seven and five-year olds in my party .
5 But there was a big loss of life as well , but what frightened me was this Germans coming over on Peedie bits of rafts and the men swimming in the sea and whatnot
6 Yeah it 's got this bit left over
7 We have asked the people who constructed this building to take over the theatre in January until March .
8 It means we might have some money left over after
9 Some musicians stayed over in the States and opened Hawaiian music schools , plus there were dozens of mail-order courses — it just dispersed like magic .
10 The total time lost by system users as a result of errors or the need to correct errors should not exceed twelve and a half hours taken over a three month rolling average ( i.e. 98% accuracy of processing ) .
11 The Allied guns behind us sent a few shells rushing over our heads from time to time .
12 Young children do imitate the aggressive acts of televised models as much as live models ; furthermore , this effect persists over a considerable period of time and is particularly pronounced when the aggressive model is portrayed as successful .
13 A few combinations scrambled over only to fall apart on landing .
14 Hazel joined the Company in March 1970 and after a few months took over the role of transport manager , in which capacity she has been responsible for keeping the Company on the move ever since .
15 This fella came over in an 18–30 steward 's blazer and he said , ‘ You 're responsible for me working here ’ .
16 Maybe that 's just me , but that 's how I feel … there 's no warmth … just red paint around the outside and then a few splodges gone over with different coloured paint and [ he ] hoped for the best …
17 This result spills over onto the optimal output decision : since one can expect better sales prices with a higher σ or a lower k , one should accordingly produce more output with a higher σ or lower k .
18 One day I was walking down Bedford Street in Belfast city centre and this bloke pulled over in his car and started tooting his horn .
19 There were about fifteen cattle , around a dozen sheep and a few lambs left over from the spring lambing .
20 They were just finishing their lunch and Barton chose this moment to walk over to their table .
21 Have the flora and vegetation always been as species-poor as today , or has this poverty developed over thousands of years during the post-glacial as a result of habitat loss , soil deterioration , or land-use change ?
22 It 's far from fast and there is some body shake over very rough roads .
23 Two-thirds of this group got over three-quarters of their income from state benefits and only 7 percent had any earnings from employment .
24 Out of a total of seventeen boys from this group interviewed over a period of one year , no fewer than ten had been in trouble with the police for offences not connected with activities at football matches .
25 Having pressed all the component parts to make up a wedding picture for the bride , there may be some pieces left over ( if you have followed my advice and pressed additional flowers and foliage in case of accident ) .
26 ’ I am waiting until one of the spaceships orbiting this planet passes over your position .
27 He took a much greater and more serious risk , one which his relatives to this day gloss over or fudge .
28 Down by the tailpiece there are some screw-holes left over from fitting a Bigsby vibrato .
29 ‘ The Warden was just telling me all the details when this policeman come over , wanted to talk to 'im .
30 The preliminaries on this occasion extended over a rather lengthy period and so the 150 or so guests were in pretty good form when we eventually sat down to one of the best ‘ function type ’ meals that I have ever enjoyed .
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