Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [noun pl] [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not always possible to give adequate thought to the future when caught up in the day-to-day running of an operation , but if you live the business , as Sir Hector unashamedly does , there are always less hectic times to mull over major issues . |
| 2 | For older children , there are more complex issues to think over before deciding on a course of action . |
| 3 | Three to six years later tall herbs take over ; in Sheffield we find rosebay willow-herb , tansy ( Tanacetum vulgare ) , goat 's rue ( Galega officinalis ) , wormwood ( Artemisia absinthium ) , mugwort ( A. vulgaris ) and occasionally golden rod ( Solidago canadensis ) among others . |
| 4 | The living-room had once been almost elegant : high , with a deep frieze , plaster cornice , and an elaborate ceiling rose , reminders of a time when even prosperous merchants lived over their shops . |
| 5 | As things stood , although the Government was able to refuse registration to a newspaper on the grounds of some technicality or other , nothing in law prevented a person from using one of the existing , properly registered newspapers to put over a particular political line . |
| 6 | There 's usually a mutual tolerance , but sometimes strong feelings spill over . |