Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun pl] [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Figure 18.1 shows how the total casualties fell over this period even though the number of vehicles on the road was increasing . |
| 2 | As Ardzinba and a group of Abkhaz parliamentarians fled north to Gudauta , the Georgian troops took over major installations in Sukhumi , and Givi Lomanidze , the Abkhazian Interior Minister deposed in June [ see p. 39019 ] , was reinstated . |
| 3 | As the light of the friendly flames played over their faces , Clare felt she was in a dream world where time was suspended . |
| 4 | The Alpine snows closed over his militant steps , and the sinners he had excommunicated for one reason or another turned their thoughts from irregular union or simony , if they had ever been on them , and peered into the mists of what promised to be a very long vacancy . |
| 5 | It was difficult to determine whether the explosions were from the German shells or from the Allied shells passing over , with the usual one or two dropping short . |
| 6 | He was very nearly as tall as her , but she put an arm under his shoulders and supported him to the untidy room which served as the stable office , calling to one of the stable girls to take over the class . |
| 7 | Rounding the great bend opposite East Ord , they suddenly came into view of the English forces massing over a mile ahead . |
| 8 | Families sat on the wooden benches squabbling over their picnics . |
| 9 | That left Pitcher undefeated on 32 and the Light Blues to mull over a 133-run defeat that might have been much more comprehensive . |
| 10 | You are faced with half a packet of dusty dried peas , the unopened naan bread mix that seemed such a good idea at the time and the smoked oysters left over from last year 's Christmas hamper . |
| 11 | This perspective is inadequate for an understanding of the colonial legal system because the post-independence practices evolved over a long period of time . |
| 12 | There is a strong ‘ old boy network ’ among German banks and industry , and this is reflected in the high degree of control which the German banks exercise over German industry through their shareholdings . |
| 13 | You could always , you , you always used to say we could tell the German planes coming over er they 'd got a certain sound because they were so heavily ladened . |
| 14 | If the adult plants are looking weary , then these can be removed , the severed stems picked over , the healthiest pieces bunched together with a strip of lead or piece of wire , and then replanted in the vacant baskets . |
| 15 | ‘ The Dark Lords fought over who should have the chaining of him . ’ |
| 16 | Her face looked calm and beautiful as it slept its enforced slumber , the lips slightly parted , the dark curls spilling over a pale cheek . |
| 17 | The duplicate tickets were also altered and all the remaining tickets written over so it would be impossible to tell which had been changed . |
| 18 | Willie was left with Mrs Black and she and the remaining children filed over to the school . |
| 19 | It was envisaged , however , that they would " voluntarily delegate " to the central authorities control over financial , credit and exchange policy , over common customs policy " to ensure protection of the union-wide market " , and over a range of other activities including management of defence industries , transport , energy and telecommunications . |
| 20 | We 'd arrived too late to enjoy whatever it was that the Sixties had ; and we were left the warm dregs to mull over . |
| 21 | Though based in London , Clarissa drives 40,000 miles a year attending dog shows , funding events and keeping the dog-rescue operations ticking over . |
| 22 | As they close in on the prey , they thrust their talons forward and the mighty claws take over . |
| 23 | It is interesting to notice here indications of the decadence of the late Roman style in the relieving arches accentuated over a lintel and columns supported on corbels ( 138 ) . |
| 24 | ‘ The architect 's plans for the changes made in nineteen hundred and ten when the Priory was reconsecrated Roman Catholic and the Little Sisters took over . ’ |
| 25 | As the new parliamentary session began on April 23 the leading parties negotiated over who was to fill the posts of president of the Senate and leader of the Chamber of Deputies . |
| 26 | They guarantee that for every £100 nominal worth of gilts bought by an investor , £100 will be paid on maturity , plus the increase in the Retail Prices Index over the years to that maturity . |
| 27 | But both companies ' increase in money sales merely matched the six-fold increase in the retail prices index over the 20 years . |
| 28 | So we 're bringing the Swedish Airlines to come over and manage it . |
| 29 | More terrified than the ruddy planes coming over ! |
| 30 | We had not only the glories of the mist-workings on the sides of Bens Each and Leagach on our right ; we had Ben Lair , which was now and again seen with the deep cloud-shapes falling over his rocky summit and his tree-lined base . |