Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] over [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next section between Culver Street and Gigant Street and Guilder Lane and Pennyfarthing Street could have seen little change over a long period . |
| 2 | Put in pan and slowly melt over a low heat , but do not boil . |
| 3 | The Prince carelessly handed over the sealed paper , then sent one of his Dutch aides to enquire about the identity of the girl in the diaphanous gold dress . |
| 4 | Since the acquisition of premises ( other than where the entrepreneur purchases the premises as a going concern and merely takes over an existing catering enterprise ) normally involves at least a change of use and often the development of the premises , planning permission is required . |
| 5 | I only took over the financial reins three weeks before the end of the financial year ! |
| 6 | Partly because the species are not marketable , partly because trees are only taken over a certain size , erm and so on . |
| 7 | ( vi ) Make preparations by dropping suspension from a Pasteur pipette on clean pre-cooled slides and gently dry over a low gas flame . |
| 8 | Since the birth of their sons , Felix ( now aged four ) and Max ( one ) , the Roberts were lucky enough to take over the raised ground floor which not only gave them more space but also allowed them vital access to the garden . |
| 9 | Dyson slowly turned over the empty pages of his diary . |
| 10 | Until the northern route was made the only road link between Applecross and the world outside lay over the notorious Bealach na Ba , a high and difficult pass attaining an elevation of 2000 feet ; a sore trial for a timid car driver . |
| 11 | It also integrated the supply of electricity into the national grid curtailing and , in 1987 , finally taking over the only independent Palestinian energy supplier , the Jerusalem Electricity Company . |
| 12 | This source observes that although demilitarisation generally extends over a limited zone with the goal of separating potentially hostile parties it may also cover regions and even continents , such as the Åland and Spitzbergen archipelagos and Antarctica . |
| 13 | She just sat over a leisurely breakfast and planned her day , and never looked back after that . |
| 14 | For five hours he did n't once open his mouth to offer advice or even give an opinion and , when he checked the takings at the end of the day , although we were two shillings and fivepence light from a usual Saturday , he still handed over the sixpenny piece he always gave me at the end of the week . |
| 15 | A baker who has n't had a day off sick in three quarters of a century is still slaving over a hot stove at the age of ( 87 ) eighty-seven . |
| 16 | Sudirman promptly handed over a vast cache to the city pemuda . |
| 17 | Running for the first time for his new trainer , Mighty Mogul easily brushed aside Kaytak over an extended two miles at Newbury last month . |
| 18 | I 'll know it 'll be he who 'll end up cassandring me , precisely in nomansland where the male gods will ever take over the pythian oracles , turning them into twittering spokespersons . |
| 19 | She joined the Boat Race squad last January and quickly took over the Blue boat . |
| 20 | Most people applying to drama school will be seeking to enrol on the full-time diploma course , which usually runs over a three-year period . |
| 21 | They could also tip over a small boat — so these people are putting themselves in danger as well . ’ |
| 22 | He also handed over a magnificent library which is now the Bibliothèque d'art et d'archéologie . |
| 23 | WEU also took over the social and cultural responsibilities outlined in the Brussels Treaty , but since most of the original military functions had become redundant with the creation of NATO , it was decided that WEU could perform best by being directly incorporated within the broader defence alliance . |
| 24 | Nafissa Lalliam was replaced as Health Minister by Mohammed Salah Mentouri , who also took over the Social Affairs portfolio but another woman , Anissa Benameur entered the Cabinet as Minister for Vocational Training and Employment , replacing Mohammed Bonmahrat . |
| 25 | SIR — In turning over a new leaf , the Labour Party would do well also to turn over a new blossom . |
| 26 | They , Castle Houses , had put up the prize for a steeplechase and had also taken over a prestigious handicap hurdle race already in the programme for Saturday . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've seen Jay tongue out figs in the most suggestive manner , and positively drool over the sweet flesh of a mango . |
| 28 | Seconds later , he asked me urgently to bring over a large roll of cotton-wool . |
| 29 | If left to reach their natural dimensions , many species will eventually take over a wide area of ground and should be avoided in small gardens . |
| 30 | The Somerset landscape has been dissolved in darkness , and the mysterious forces of nature , normally sought by Coleridge high in the Quantocks , or in the dell at Alfoxden , now wash over the sleeping town and reach to the very door of his cottage . |