Example sentences of "and [verb] over the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parish council clerk at Gainford Margaret Brown said : ‘ They should n't strictly have been on the bridge but a lot of people do walk on it and climb over the small barricade at each end . |
| 2 | So the quickest way to get to the woods , if you were part of the Martin household , was to enter the orchard farthest from the house and climb over the vine-clad wall at its end . |
| 3 | Today , five hundred million years after those jawless armour-laden creatures began to wag their tails and blunder over the muddy bottoms of the ancient seas , the fish have evolved into some 30,000 different species . |
| 4 | The overhead lights swoop and dive over the white lines , completely out of control . |
| 5 | She re-read his covering note again , picking up and turning over the other enclosed letter in her hands . |
| 6 | ‘ There was no Albert Bridge then , ’ recalled Ben Bellaser , ‘ to span the river and ride over the ancient town with its oppressive grandeur , and the moon was rising and lighting up the shore and houses as they rose one over the other in terrace fashion against the dark blue starry sky ’ . |
| 7 | Does my hon. Friend think that the Labour party was acting in the best interests of Britain and of our Baltic friends when , in 1969 , it did a deal with Brezhnev and handed over the Baltic gold ? |
| 8 | I stop too ; climb the natural embankment and look over the homeward stretch down to the pueblo . |
| 9 | As we leave the womb , enter the world and grow , and get over the initial wonder of walking , we change our pre-natal wheelchair for a series of substitute wheelchairs — bicycles , motor-cycles , cars , taxis , buses , trains , aeroplanes — and chairs ( in houses , schools , offices ; anywhere where people gather and sit ) . |
| 10 | Unwrap the Jolly Roger from its cling film and drape over the other corner of the chest . |
| 11 | However , in many instances the arrangement represented the exercise of power and control over the protected State which was in a position of subordination , making it logical that claims should be made against the more powerful State . |
| 12 | This often acted as his main link with and control over the permanent officials of the ministry and could have great practical importance in its day-to-day running . |
| 13 | Remove the fillets from the marinade , place on a board skin-side down , and scatter over the chopped dill . |
| 14 | 2 Lay the cod fillets on top and scatter over the remaining vegetables and lemon . |
| 15 | Stir in the parsley , then spoon into a serving dish and scatter over the remaining spring onions . |
| 16 | Now make a circle with your head , let it drop onto your chest , roll the head over the left shoulder , let it drop behind you and roll over the right shoulder and back onto the chest . |
| 17 | Dissolve the stock cube in 450ml/ ¾ pint boiling water and pour over the couscous . |
| 18 | Stir this into the fromage frais and pour over the still-hot potatoes in their serving dish . |
| 19 | Arrange pieces of bacon on each plate and pour over the warm dressing . |
| 20 | Beyond aspects of redistribution , almost all classes of the community showed a picture of greater affluence and comfort over the past thirty years . |
| 21 | Then ignore the card you are fingering , leaf back through the pack and turn over the correct card . |
| 22 | From what the captain indicated last night , that act at Old Trafford will see Alec Stewart reverting to the role of specialist opener and handing over the wicket-keeping gloves . |
| 23 | Retrace your steps along the road and cross over the main St. David 's — Haverfordwest road . |
| 24 | Although some people join the ranks of the old with relish and gloat over the advancing years ( 'I 'm in my 80th year' — i.e. 79 ) , others have commented on the incongruous feeling the idea of being old creates within them . |
| 25 | And in the process of course destroying the old Europe , allowing the very thing that , arguably , they were trying to stop from happening , to happen , that is to say , allowing the Russians to advance towards the Elbe , and allowing the Anglo-Saxons as they see it to erm come from the west and taken over the western half of Europe . |
| 26 | On Friday 2nd April at Lansdowne Football Club , Lansdowne Road , they take the wraps off the music of the night — and take over the entire Club in the process ! . |
| 27 | He realised first that a muon in the vicinity of a hydrogen atom would orbit 207 times nearer to the central nucleus than would the electron , and so the muon would get inside the electron 's orbit and take over the electrical attraction of the proton ; it is an atomic ‘ excuse me ’ dance routine . |
| 28 | It would be a case of opening the gates thankfully , and letting them pour out and disperse over the neighbouring villages as they would . |
| 29 | Spread the courgette mixture on top , cover with tomatoes and cheese , and sprinkle over the chopped thyme . |
| 30 | Serve the salmon on the lentils and sprinkle over the fresh chervil or dill and pink peppercorns . |