Example sentences of "[vb pp] over and the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His eyes seemed glazed over and the smile was stretched and impenetrable . |
| 2 | This was vaulted over and the construction arches of the vault survive remarkably intact ( PLATE 38 ) . |
| 3 | Behind the gates on the left was the main cemetery of the Italian quarter , now largely built over and the tombs removed . |
| 4 | About 20 tapes have already been handed over and the police hoped there would be more . |
| 5 | You will see where the corner between the top of the nostril and the eyebrow is rounded over and the cuts are made both from the nostril up and from the eyebrow down , forming a gradual taper down towards the mouth in the process . |
| 6 | There had been a thunderstorm the night before but it had swept over and the lake was calm . |
| 7 | The borders were neatly raked over and the roses cut back . |
| 8 | By the time the star is sighted , octave passages have taken over and the excitement reaches fever pitch . |
| 9 | He had walked in and taken over and the marvel man had come up with nothing . |
| 10 | Inadequacies were glossed over and the focus of attention became the necessary defence of the revolutionary Soviet state , the guardian protector of peace , freedom and equality , currently threatened by a barbaric and expansionist fascist state . |
| 11 | The election of a Captain was again held over and the office remained vacant for a further year . |