Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] over the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rory , using this , allowed the car to swing over the white line , invited all the hard lads and the death-wishers to flash and honk and snarl at him . |
| 2 | It takes nerve to haggle over the small print if you are told that your new colleagues have worked under similar terms for years without batting an eyelid . |
| 3 | As Kmart has begun putting these data to work over the past few years , the company 's operations have become steadily more centralised . |
| 4 | Walking slowly , she allowed her eyes to roam over the seated lunchers , hoping to catch sight of Suzie 's dark curls , but although once or twice her heart leapt to her mouth in anticipation of discovery she was finally forced to admit defeat . |
| 5 | Sludds at 5 under , 211 , is three ahead of Darcy , who in turn has four strokes to spare over the leading Ulsterman Darren Clarke and Christy O'Connor junior . |
| 6 | In 1706 Gwynne blundered badly once more in permitting his name to be subscribed to a paper written by the philosopher Leibniz , in support of moves in England to invite over the Hanoverian heir presumptive to the throne , published in the form of an open Letter to Lord Stamford , the effect of which was to alienate both Queen Anne and the Electress Sophia . |
| 7 | Justinette insisted on linking her arm through Ari 's , dragging her to every shop window to exclaim over the bright and tempting , useless gimmickry to be found within . |
| 8 | I have now had the opportunity to look over the attached and also asked a colleague to do a quick proof-read . |
| 9 | After all , his impulsive invitation — made largely , she guessed , so that Faye and Bill could be alone for the evening to talk over the difficult issues of the amniocentesis — was not on a par with his dates with Marise or Paula . |
| 10 | Tory agent Kathy Lever said : ‘ Our vote is holding up well and we will be going flat out over the next ten days to win over the undecided voters . ’ |
| 11 | The shielding protects you — though you still need to do some fancy flying to stay stable within the radioactive thermals — then as the cloud dissipates you cut out and down , across the mountains — they look tiny ! — swoop across the closed valley , loose the missile when the base 's defence radar picks you up and use the last of your fuel to escape over the far side while the missile takes out the base . |
| 12 | It is the response of the supermarket business as a whole to the demand for a healthier and more natural product , freshly produced to a high standard , which has led to the advent of the in-store bakery , and in turn created the need , at any rate within Sainsbury 's , for structured , high quality management training , geared much more towards how we plan the business to grow over the next five to ten years than it is to simply manning the pumps . |
| 13 | Lack of effective legislation has allowed thousands of radios and many TV stations to mushroom over the past ten years . |
| 14 | He is credited with forcing Gen Noriega to remove a portrait of Adolf Hitler from the wall of his secret bunker , training the dictator 's personal bodyguard , setting up his computer networks and complex personal banking system , and establishing a small and private intelligence team to watch over the Panamanian secret police and military intelligence . |
| 15 | He has set himself the task of trying to discuss the agenda Labour needs to develop over the next two decades on issues such as training , education and poverty . |
| 16 | Waqar has always preferred to pitch well up , even before the new bouncer restriction , giving the ball a chance to swing over the greater distance . |
| 17 | Twiceover Micky will be there , for I know he likes it , leaving it until tomorrow night to preside over the first night of The Hamburg Ballet , one of the great ballet companies of the world , which he has sold his soul and what else only his God knows to cajole to Belfast , its first-ever visit to these islands . |
| 18 | It has a number of clearly defined aims to pursue over the next three years . |
| 19 | They arrived at the edge of the trees just in time to see Angel One advance to stand over the sprawled figure of Brett Grant . |
| 20 | The worldwide recession has caused the value of sales to decline over the past three years , with a resultant drop in profits . |
| 21 | Indeed , even the freedom to roam over the Scottish hills that we , as a nation , have always taken as a basic right , is being increasingly questioned and undermined . |
| 22 | You could see Dunwoody was conserving Royal Cedar 's energy , however , and asking for an effort approaching the second last he rose fractionally in front and was well on top at the line , having 2 ½ lengths to spare over the gallant Durham Edition who was trying to give 18lb . |
| 23 | The meal was hardly over when Mr Heath flew to Sunningdale by helicopter to preside over the last stage of the conference on the future of Northern Ireland . |
| 24 | On Saturday , Dave Ward 's Sunrays Cannon clocked 25.38 for the recently introduced 400 metres trip , while in Monday 's open races , Mona Wainright 's Sheffield-based Milebush Groovy became the first greyhound to win over the new 774 metres distance in 51.02 secs . |
| 25 | To put the trousers , socks and shoes on , the patient sits in a chair , and lifts his hemiplegic leg to cross over the other leg . |
| 26 | A vent pipe must be fitted to the top of the cylinder to terminate over the cold water cistern and the hot water draw-off is taken from this above the level of the top of the cylinder . |
| 27 | Van Marion expects sales of its Unix product line to fall over the next year or so . |
| 28 | A new bridge has just been completed to enable the railway to pass over the new Metrolink . |
| 29 | The truth of this statement will become even more apparent to you around the 14th — and really the best thing to do over the next couple of weeks is to keep your plans flexible and your options open and let others live with their consciences — if they can , that is ! |
| 30 | THE Government was accused yesterday of concocting a fudged list to gloss over the real dangers of microwave ovens found to be faulty in its own tests . |