Example sentences of "[vb pp] over in [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each month 's results are picked over in the business 's board meeting , with a head-office manager present in a non-executive role . |
| 2 | A production assistant hot-footed it round to Camera 3 's position and came through with : ‘ Jeez , boss , three 's crook — he 's fell over in the heat . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Meaning , I suppose , that I 'd have fallen over in a swoon ? ’ |
| 4 | Adam had fallen over in the playground , hit his head on a bench , been taken to hospital . |
| 5 | Passing sentence , Mr Justice Latham said : ‘ Adolescent emotions boiled over in a way that older people would have been able to cope with . ’ |
| 6 | When the Suez crisis boiled over in the autumn , the strain on ministers was immense . |
| 7 | The second CD is given over in the main to what I think of as Mark Goodier bands ( not a breath of criticism implicit in that , by the way ) . |
| 8 | erm we have developed over in the university , in the arts area especially , for arts undergraduates who do n't have mathematical or scientific training , ways of giving them erm training in computer programming , and they come out really both full of fun about it and with a lot more confidence than they could possibly have imagined they would have when they began . |
| 9 | Air pumps and the aeration features on many pumps/powerheads ensure plenty of oxygen in the water ( as does the fact that it is regularly turned over in the tank ) . |
| 10 | If , for instance , you are pushed over in the playground , would it be all right to push the aggressor in return ? |
| 11 | Instead the orbs had sunk back and there was a darkness to the face , a suppressed despair , even an agitation that spoke of tedious things , so unlike those experiences we had laughed over in the past . |
| 12 | Cooper was not in court to hear the judgement , but the effect on McMahon was explosive : ‘ One moment I was sitting bent over in the dock in utter despair , the next I was on my feet with arms outstretched , screaming at the judges . |
| 13 | A third defendant , Keith Bunting , 23 , of Ashley Road , Dovercourt , denies using threatening or insulting behaviour and resisting arrest while a fourth , Damon Wait , 17 , of Victoria Road , Dovercourt , agreed to be bound over in the sum of £50 to keep the peace for 12 months . |
| 14 | Brothers Ernest and Michael Robinson of Thompson Grove , Hartlepool , were bound over in the sum of £100 to keep the peace for six months after a fight with another man in York Road . |
| 15 | Their heads lowered to avoid the outstretched hand and pale features of a thin leather clad figure hunched over in a shop doorway . |
| 16 | Knives and forks clattered down and forms were kicked over in the uproar which followed . |
| 17 | Voices were suddenly raised over in the crowd and people began scattering to the edges of the area , clearing the centre and falling silent . |
| 18 | Three days ' journey on into the desert are hurried over in a verse , and then the people run out of water . |
| 19 | During his last Chinese expedition in 1910 he broke his leg when his palanquin was swept over in a landslide , and he was lamed for life . |
| 20 | There 's one in the garage I 'm sure there was one left over in the garage . |
| 21 | The unnatural has taken over in the shape of the chain-saw and the bulldozer . |
| 22 | Commercial farmers ( increasingly Africans who have taken over in the wake of the slow European exodus since Independence ) are still relied upon to provide the bulk of the urban demand for foodstuffs , particularly luxury items such as beef , milk , and cheese . |
| 23 | ‘ Instead of selling the offices which we 've taken over in the village , you could use them as a workshop and studio , ’ he suggested . |
| 24 | The more recent story of Tom Watt has taken over in the forefront of my mind . |
| 25 | The entire ‘ BRIDGES ’ section fell on top of a bunch of frantic pupils and Tock and his protective case were knocked over in the confusion . |
| 26 | One of those trees had blown over in a storm a few years later ; the other survived as a diseased and sterile relic . |
| 27 | As a production of the Ministry of Town Planning much of its message clearly trespassed on the domain of the Ministry of Transport , so that it was scarcely surprising that some intractable transport problems were glossed over in the euphoria for a brave new world . |
| 28 | The loftier tone of these words blends with a certain tendency to affectation ( the gallicism gants de Suede ) , and to euphemism ( payment is referred to by terms and remuneration , the child 's ill-health is glossed over in the noun weakness and the negative phrase " not robust " ) . |
| 29 | About a quarter of exchequer support is paid over in the form of specific or supplementary grants . |