Example sentences of "[am/are] [v-ing] over [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So what we 're picking over on the plate now is not so much John Major , but the treatment of the press |
| 2 | Then they 're going over to the Palace to see the Bishop , ’ said Julia chattily . |
| 3 | Now we 're going over to the tuck shop Go on Natalie sing something . |
| 4 | Hamish and I are going over to the Island to see her next weekend . |
| 5 | A good deal of this is false but it is now clear that Antony has a much better ‘ grip ’ on the crowd than Brutus has , as his language is simpler , clearer and more direct , his ideas are coming over to the crowd with a much greater force . |
| 6 | There 's a poster beside one of the machines — ‘ DO N'T DISREGARD — REPLACE THE GUARD ’ , it says … you have to laugh — there are no guards , they were taken off the machines to up the production , they only put them on when the big bosses are coming over from the States to inspect the place — the place really gets cleaned up then . |
| 7 | " I 'm going over to the Drovers for lunch . " |
| 8 | Des transmits that he found me , and I say that I 'm going over to the flats to see what 's happening , but both Des and the radio warn me off . |
| 9 | Tigridias are taking over from the lilies while geraniums , argyranthemums , lime-green nicotianias , eucomis and trailing blue convolvulus have filled out rapidly and blend well with the softer colours of the herbs |
| 10 | It 's back — Oz Clarke 's Wine Guide 1993 returns for its ninth year with a prediction : that Australian winemakers who know ‘ how to take a pile of sows ’ ears and turn them into silk purses ’ are taking over from the vineyards of Europe . |