Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] over [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 This goes to show that alliances formed in the conflict over recreation and access to the countryside are by no means the same as those which coalesce over issues of wildlife preservation and landscape change .
2 General browsing is associated with public library users " who look over books in order to decide which to borrow or read . "
3 You might expect air conditioning , leather seats and at least a stereo when you pay over £50,000 for a car , but not if it 's a Mercedes you 're buying .
4 Future pension rates will be at the mercy of employers who take over subsidiaries of the Scottish Bus Group .
5 Future pension rates will be at the mercy of employers who take over subsidiaries of the Scottish Bus Group .
6 You step over piles of old papers and up past several floors of small businesses before being welcomed into the small , busy room that seems to be all the space that the magazine requires .
7 Similarly , A-level zoologists quickly overcome the unease they develop over pork on learning about the tapeworm ‘ s ( Taenia solium ) exotic lifestyle .
8 They weep over muck like that on their side , too . ’
9 They do need an acid leafy soil , but they score over rhododendrons through being much more tolerant of dry summers , as the past three seasons have demonstrated .
10 They hand over responsibility to teenage , growing up and growing away , young people , who should gradually feel they are in charge of their own lives , and eventually become fully independent .
11 To the amount shown above that applies to you , add one of the following amounts for each additional child in your family unless they have over £3000 in savings :
12 I took a breath and pulled myself hand over hand down the curtain , seeking to find the bottom of it with my feet : and there was indeed a gap between the bottom edge of the curtain and the mud , but only a matter of inches , and there was clutter down there , unidentifiable , pressing against the barrier , trying to get past it .
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