Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] over [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone is aware of the sensation experienced in a lift as it starts to descend , and in a car when it goes over a humped-back bridge . |
| 2 | Every golfer in the world experiences that awful feeling of helplessness when he stands over a putt and knows that he has not the slightest chance of getting the ball near the hole , let alone into it . |
| 3 | His output is prodigious and it springs from the unbending control he exercises over every aspect of his life . |
| 4 | As it passes over a toll point in the road ( essentially a wire loop buried in the surface ) a radio beam from the loop will interrogate the number plate and feed back the vehicle number to a central computer . |
| 5 | There 's a purity to ‘ Nevermind ’ that all but defies description , it washes over every tune , every note even . |
| 6 | If the nucleic acid core enters a living cell , it takes over the metabolism of that cell , so that the viral DNA is copied , and viral coat proteins , coded for by the genes of the virus , are synthesized . |
| 7 | When the virus takes over a cell it takes over the master-plan or system of instruction of that cell and the cell is thereafter directed to reproduce itself with the virus already in command . |
| 8 | ‘ This hunger-striking buffoon sneaks out to eat so he can be well fed when he takes over the presidency , but he is screwed , ’ General Noriega said of his opponent . |
| 9 | Mr Major 's claim to have emerged from the shadow of his predecessor will be tested in July when he takes over the presidency of the EC for six months . |
| 10 | It may just be that Clinton is taking advantage of the transition period until he takes over the Presidency to air some personal prejudices and satisfy the grievances of some of his supporters . |
| 11 | And so every year between Christmas Day and New Year 's Day , he takes over the kitchens at Hampton Court with his forty assistants and runs them . |
| 12 | BILL CLINTON has given a chilling warning that Britain 's cosy relationship with the United States is heading for the big freeze when he takes over the White House . |
| 13 | He pores over a map while I collect wood for a fire and Nathan digs out a seat for us all . |
| 14 | If some sheikh wants a son and he needs a push from technology , he sends over a couple of wives and a bottle of frogspawn . |
| 15 | He talks over a telephone . |
| 16 | As we mentioned earlier , once a logogen reaches threshold , its activation level does not immediately return to its normal resting level ; it decays over a period of a second or so . |