Example sentences of "[coord] [art] [noun pl] [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Widdup explained : ‘ There is always a danger of the animals trespassing or the horses leaning over and eating someone 's trees . ’ |
| 2 | While Yanto ordered the drinks , Billy and the girls went over to the big open fireplace . |
| 3 | The Men and the Girls sold over 40,000 copies in hardback ; The Rector 's Wife was the 24th bestselling paperback of the year ( The Bookseller , 15th January ) . |
| 4 | What they did was the nurses and the doctors took over the ward . |
| 5 | And the officers took over the house . |
| 6 | Like a band of outlaws , the men checked their weapons and the officers pored over their maps . |
| 7 | The ship deviated from the agreed voyage and arrived about 10 days late and in the meantime the price of sugar had fallen and the merchants lost over £4,000 . |
| 8 | All the temples were totally demolished during the Roman period , probably by Christian iconoclasts , and the sites turned over to industrial use . |
| 9 | As usual it seems that once the initial heady thrill of an invention becomes history , the manufacturers , the committees and the salesmen take over . |
| 10 | Mr Cooper and the boys rushed over . |
| 11 | After mortal trouble Let me lie still Where the wind drives and the clouds stream Over the hill Where grass 's thousand thirsty mouths Sup up their fill Of the slow dew and the sharp rain Of the mantling snow dissolv 'd again At Heaven 's sweet will . |
| 12 | The chance was lost and the secularists took over . |
| 13 | After a period the fish are separated and the systems starts over again . |
| 14 | During this time , heart rate slows to about one tenth of the normal rate , breathing almost ceases , body temperature falls dramatically and the hedgehogs lose over 30 per cent of their body weight . |
| 15 | For another team , more dangerous company appeared when the local fishing fleet came out , and the paddlers bent over , face down in the canoe , keeping her stern-on to the newcomers by deft tweaks of the paddles as they drifted less than 30 yards from two boats . |
| 16 | In the Baronnies you can see where the country is going hang , and very pretty it looks of course , with wild flowers flourishing where there were once crops or grazing animals , and the woodlands taking over cleared hillsides . |
| 17 | Melanie bent her head and the plaits swung over her face . |
| 18 | During this critical time the ill feeling between Raine and the children boiled over into a series of vicious exchanges . |
| 19 | He runs out into the corridor and collides with his friend Richard , who is carrying a chessboard , and the pieces scatter over the floor . |
| 20 | But the humans come over and they want to . |
| 21 | The sharp reductions in prices to the middle-sized customers that have occurred in the 12 months since the new market system came into effect have naturally been greeted by the beneficiaries with satisfaction , but the strategists worry over the implications for the long- term health of the industry and the economy . |
| 22 | now then the E E C said this should of happened so we , we got a petition up and I thought , we got , well I did n't but the lads got over two hundred signatures and they must of been er two letters went to the Corporation and everyone was talking er critical |