Example sentences of "[v-ing] over [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had their own windows with dark blue oil-cloth roller-blinds through which Dot could see into the compartment of the train alongside just like looking over at a next-door house . |
| 2 | Meanwhile it was crucial to prevent popular unrest from spilling over into a major social and political crisis . |
| 3 | But referee Ed Morrison 's leniency led to bad blood spilling over in a six-man brawl as Richards looked for revenge . |
| 4 | I outlined what my message had been over the past two weeks and would be at the Party Conference — that we stood by the National Health Service and had no intention of moving over to a new system of finance . |
| 5 | DOS users know what they 're doing , have invested a lot of time and effort in learning how to do it , and do n't want the hassle of moving over to a new interface in order to do it differently . |
| 6 | These problems can be overcome by utilising assembly lines ie moving over to a mass production method . |
| 7 | The only other major commodity which is based on lump sum rates regardless of quantities used , is water and the Water Companies are slowly moving over to a metered system in order to improve the discipline of use . |
| 8 | Anyway , that is one of his reasons for not switching over to a metric standard for his stupid measurements , though in fact he 's just lazy . |
| 9 | It was odd coming over as a tragic heroine . |
| 10 | It was excruciatingly embarrassing to read the quotes and find myself coming over as a lonely , crusading ‘ woman who waits ’ . |
| 11 | A recent coup has been the handing over of a stunning collection of memorabilia relating to Major Mick Mannock VC . |
| 12 | He was the first Roman Catholic director-general of the BBC , taking over at a difficult time , when the Ulster issue was posing serious dilemmas for broadcasters as well as for politicians . |
| 13 | She would in fact be taking over from a male contracts officer who would be leaving the company in four months ' time . |
| 14 | Young Ian Fletcher scored two touchdowns from full-back , and Dave McKee , Stuart Munro and Trevor Carmichael had the others , as West kept the scoreboard ticking over at a steady rate throughout the match . |
| 15 | In order to provide ‘ permanent ’ help , many agencies operate a rota system with the carers working for a period of one or two weeks or a month , and then changing over in a planned way with another carer . |
| 16 | The intense blue of her eyes shaded away into a translucent green in a bright light , burning into emerald in her moments of laughter or animation , clouding over into a ferny darkness when she was grave . |