Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [verb] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were various more or less half-hearted attempts to get over the finality of this selection . |
| 2 | These include : commercial records ; broadcasts recorded off-air ; private recordings donated over the years ; oral history interviews ; tapes of some of Britain 's leading theatre companies ; railway , wildlife , and ethnic sounds collected by experts in their fields ; and so on . |
| 3 | When the sick and exhausted Armenians reached Beirut after the Ottoman collapse , they were allowed to build shacks on the swamps of Bourj Hammoud in the east of the city and then to erect houses which look to this day curiously Balkan , their wooden balconies hanging over the narrow streets of Camp Marash . |
| 4 | On the cover was a picture of two legionnaires with shaven heads staring over the battlements of a fort in Chad , where in that summer of 1984 the Legion was assisting the government in their lowkey war against Libyan-backed rebels . |
| 5 | The numbers killed in commercial set-nets declined over the period , but the number caught in amateur nets increased . |
| 6 | The crew lost control of the ballast system after seawater splashing through broken portlights washed over the ballast console and caused it to malfunction . |
| 7 | This may vary from a few words exchanged over the garden fence , to visits which last all day . |
| 8 | ( But the new tube was less sure of itself , and revised versions of it during the next few months whiplashed over the map of south London like a demented snake . ) |
| 9 | A similar situation in some respects developed over the office of fiscal of the regality court of Lennox , or Mugdock , an appointment which was held by William Weir , the town clerk of the burgh of Rutherglen , a gentleman who also officiated as commissary of Hamilton and Campsie . |
| 10 | Dead black roses drooped from the unkempt bushes growing over the face of the house , and the broad flagged path was almost hidden by unswept leaves . |
| 11 | Margaret Bonner-Walter , chair of the London-based International Federation of Aromatherapists , agreed that the packaging of some bottles sold over the counter ‘ could benefit from better safety-labelling ’ . |
| 12 | Wimbledon must have lost about 30 balls cannoned over the stand roof . |
| 13 | Standing on top of the Mexican pavilion , still an empty shell with a few plants sprinkled over the roof and a 1,500-year-old cactus guarding the entrance , he said : ‘ I am not only sure that Expo will be ready on the day . |
| 14 | For the truth is that few Bibles produced over the last 370 years have any substantial value , neither have a great many from the period before that . |
| 15 | At the same time , senior union officials will meet regularly with top executives to chew over the future of the entire company . |
| 16 | The share and rate of profit and the accumulation rate more or less stabilized at the very high levels established over the previous six years . |
| 17 | The houses with their heavy wooden windows leaned over the street until they almost touched in the middle , making it always cool and dark . |
| 18 | The sky in the open window was a pale night-blue and one or two first faint northerly stars blinked over the trees . |
| 19 | Two very old ladies presided over the tea and coffee pots ; they were the oldest members of the League , having travelled out to Tollemarche district with their parents in covered wagons before the town itself existed . |
| 20 | Her shaking hands slid over the tanned flesh . |
| 21 | Further clashes occurred over the following two weeks , and on Dec. 6 two high-school students were killed . |
| 22 | Compaq has set UnixWare some milestones to meet over the coming months . |
| 23 | As I walked forlornly around on my own , I could hear fragments of different conversations wafting over the music : |
| 24 | Her long slender fingers paused over the keyboard . |
| 25 | We passed splendid mare's-tail waterfalls where tiny becks tumbled over the cliffs , and watched oyster-catchers and cormorants wading and diving . |
| 26 | But a study of the Roman coins accumulated over the last century or so in museums has thrown up consistent differences between northern France and Italy , enabling certain conclusions to be drawn about the currencies of those areas . |
| 27 | During Mark 's absence in Spain , ‘ the mole ’ Fred Klepner had spent countless hours going over the Ten Year Business plan which was to be the subject of the presentation Mark was to give to Nate Cocello at the next Planning Committee meeting . |
| 28 | Having the right in the more serious cases to appeal over the head of the chief constable to the Watch Committee had little effect . |
| 29 | The company , founded in 1974 to create and publish practical reference books for adults , now sells its titles in over 80 countries and in 37 languages and almost 90 per cent of the 560 titles originated over the company 's history are still in print . |
| 30 | In a moment she was beside him and leaning forward , her narrowed eyes poring over the detailed plans , and excitement growing within her . |