Example sentences of "[to-vb] over a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not enough any more to have comfortable boots and something waterproof to slip over a jumper . |
| 2 | It would be safer to try over a weekend . |
| 3 | Jacques Devraux and his son were waiting beside a baggage truck that was already loaded with the rest of their hunting equipment , and leaving their sons to stand watch , the two men disappeared into the shadowy interior of the market to haggle over a purchase of several hundred pounds of salt and arsenical soap that would be used for drying and preserving the hides of animals they hoped to shoot . |
| 4 | ‘ I had to jump over a hedge , ’ she said , ‘ and I tore my bloomers . ’ |
| 5 | The fawn was badly injured trying to jump over a wire fence , and had to be operated on to save her life . |
| 6 | In what other job might you call in and use a hot air balloon to appear over a city on a publicity stunt and that same afternoon sit in on a seminar which you have arranged as a scientific event ? |
| 7 | The fourteen-gallon tank had been about one quarter full of fuel , and both it and a second partially-filled tank were each found to contain over a quarter of a pint of water , the result of condensation forming in the tanks over a six-day period . |
| 8 | If machines could be taught to plan over a chessboard , maybe they could do it in a factory as well . |
| 9 | We can note , too , that the tippe-top differs markedly from the gyroscope : a tippe-top turns over spontaneously — indeed , it is hard to stop it from doing so — whereas a considerable amount of effort is required to flip over a gyroscope . |
| 10 | Queenie , come up to my office right away will you , I want to go over a mistake in the takings . |
| 11 | Take all the time you need to mull over a plan or proposal , do n't let anyone pressurise you into snap decisions . |
| 12 | Angry students at Margaret Thatcher 's old Oxford college are threatening to sue over a decision to admit men . |
| 13 | A businessman is threatening to sue over a bank 's advice |
| 14 | Then it was back down to ground level to celebrate over a bottle of champagne with Zoe 's mum , Pat , and husband Joe . |
| 15 | And at times of new issues , they will often be committed to purchasing very large amounts of stock which they can only expect to sell over a period of weeks ; during which period they are exposed to the risk of capital loss if prices fall . |
| 16 | But there is no way he will be held to ransom over a figure which is totally unrealistic . |
| 17 | It is a picturesque favourite of visiting party leaders : those present remember fondly Sir David Steel 's manful attempt to smile over a plateful of cockles during the 1987 election . |
| 18 | When she reappeared on the stage it was to look over a sea of smiling faces and to listen to the chant now of ‘ Macushla ! |
| 19 | To sail over a wave without jumping you need to unhook and let your legs absorb the rising wave — rather like a skier uses his legs as shock absorbers over bumps . |
| 20 | But I find it totally incomprehensible that someone who has held the office of Chancellor with high standing for over six years should want to resign over a personality with such suddenness and haste . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ But I find it totally incomprehensible if someone has held the office of Chancellor with high standing for six years to want to resign over a personality — with such suddenness and haste . ’ |
| 22 | The gelding had failed to win over a variety of distances from five furlongs to two miles , but galloped clear in yesterday 's mile and a quarter all-weather race under veteran jockey Chris Dwyer . |
| 23 | Section C is taking the basic feel from A and making it a little busier ( this is a good technique to use over a middle 8 section in order to build it dynamically , but not lose the original direction for the song ) ; it then repeats to A and goes to the coda . |
| 24 | Among the new Visitors was Mr. Richard Sykes , of Edgeley , beginning a family tradition of service to the School which was to last over a century . |
| 25 | To earn full grant-aid , Terminal courses had to extend over a minimum of twelve meetings , and aggregate twenty-four hours of attendance for a minimum of twelve students . |
| 26 | The government had to retreat over a plan to sell British Leyland trucks to America 's General Motors — partly because of a rooted popular affection for Britain 's ‘ Land Rovers ’ , partly because it had the air of a Westland mark II . |
| 27 | The sort of gesture that might , reasonably , allow a chap to knock over a bottle of wine and make sure at least half of it got all over Donald 's plate . |
| 28 | These it uses to stun its prey and the discharge is so powerful that it is quite sufficient to knock over a horse standing in the shallows . |
| 29 | ‘ And if I should chance to run over a cad . ’ |
| 30 | Now he recalled how , on the second night after his mother had left home , he had climbed out of bed in the late evening and slipped unnoticed from the house to run over a mile to Bournemouth Central Railway Station to catch a train to nearby Christchurch , where his mother had gone to live with her sister . |