Example sentences of "[v-ing] over some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cray is finding it harder and harder to grow its monolithic supercomputers as the world edges towards parallel systems with the view that they will be able to take over many of the tasks presently handled by today 's vector processors , and you ca n't enter an IBM lab these days without stumbling over some kind of parallel processing development project . |
| 2 | I was worrying over some homework |
| 3 | Gachot then spun after running over some debris from the Patrese/Moreno incident and the subsequent tyre stop cost him time . |
| 4 | A Spaniard and an Englishman were arguing over some duty , when the Englishman headbutted the Spaniard between the eyes ; as the latter stepped backwards clutching his face , the Briton executed a curious hopping movement as he placed both his hands behind the Spaniard 's head and wrenched it down to meet his upcoming knee . |
| 5 | The driver tried to quieten the horses as two screeching cats , fighting over some vermin , scurried out of the shadows . |
| 6 | Imagine two animals fighting over some resource . |
| 7 | … She was crouching over some flower bed , I see her , always , extracting some weed or other . |