Example sentences of "[vb base] over a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Break up a little of the white or plain dark chocolate for decorating and melt over a pan of simmering water ( see step 1 ) . |
| 2 | I mean to move on silently escaping , but I crash straight into a trolley , pushed by a bloke looking like one of the heavyweights in a James Bond film , so I leap away at speed as he snarls after me and knock over a pile of bean tins . |
| 3 | While it is a fact that we often eat much more than we imagine we do ( try writing down everything you eat over a period of a week and prove the point ) , it is a fact that some people put on weight far more quickly than others . |
| 4 | He conducted research into how artefacts gradually develop over a period of time , the study of which is known as typology . |
| 5 | Ellen had retired from the Christabel Focus over a question of principle . |
| 6 | The government would compensate the nobility immediately and the peasantry would repay the government with annual redemption dues spread over a period of forty-nine years . |
| 7 | The government provided compensation for the nobility , while the peasantry were to repay the government in annual redemption dues spread over a period of 49 years . |
| 8 | Relax over a drink in the wine bar or brasserie , grab a snack ‘ al fresco ’ , or dine in style at the cafés and restaurants . |
| 9 | As the patrol , now unloaded and debriefed , relax over a mug of tea and a cigarette , the depot slowly comes back to life around them . |
| 10 | Place in a bowl with the milk and gently heat over a pan of simmering water , stirring occasionally until melted and almost smooth . |
| 11 | Funnel crushed food into the tea strainer and shake over a piece of paper |
| 12 | We used to take a basket and trudge over a mile to a huge horse chestnut tree that grew just past Petersfinger on the Southampton Road , its branches stretching right across from side to side . |
| 13 | Coming to the top of Pachamama , panting like a dog in the torrid heat and thin air , I trudge over a mass of grey shale , each shattered step clear in the silence . |
| 14 | Suspiciousness becomes almost an instinct , powerful and all-pervasive : ‘ When you go out on a Sunday afternoon [ in the country ] , say , and you look over a bridge at the stream , you can not help yourself . |
| 15 | The cases extend over a period of ten years . |
| 16 | Whisk over a pan of hot water until the mixture becomes thick . |
| 17 | I nearly tip over a bucket of water , in which Lucker 's vodka is tucked up . |
| 18 | They watch over a multitude of well-managed channels : |
| 19 | Set over a pan of simmering water until chocolate has melted . |
| 20 | However , while the main strings are fixed through the body and pass over a roller on their way to the saddle , the octave strings affix to the back of the bridge . |
| 21 | Tip cous cous into a steamer or sieve over a pan of boiling water and steam for 5–7 minutes until tender . |
| 22 | Go over a fence to the left of the house to a burn at the back . |
| 23 | At other times in the past , temperatures appear to have fluctuated by as much as 10 degrees centigrade over a couple of decades . |
| 24 | Motor vehicles spew over a ton of lead into the atmosphere of Bangkok every day . |
| 25 | And as orchestras , even good ones , always Make mistakes in the same places , you carry over a lot of experience . |
| 26 | Somalia , July 1992 ; children fight over a bag of rice , the loser 's left to lick what 's left off his shirt , while 2 others pick scraps from the ground . |
| 27 | THE BIG BANG Thick black clouds hover over a village near the Pinatubo volcano . |
| 28 | If you take over a farm with poor fences , you will probably feel obliged to stock it before your fencing programme is anywhere near complete . |
| 29 | They have the ability to determine a person 's needs and thereafter hand over a solution to the problem in terms of their own definition . |
| 30 | Throw over a covering of compost , peat , leaves or newspaper , wrap with sacking or cartons , and hardy plants will then be happy enough , for a few weeks if need be . |