Example sentences of "be [verb] [verb] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If machines could be taught to plan over a chessboard , maybe they could do it in a factory as well . |
| 2 | It is sometimes said by government officials — I have heard it said by leading members of the administrations of Tanzania , Nigeria , Sierra Leone and Zambia — that African journalists are not sufficiently experienced to tell when an interested party in a dispute may be attempting to put over a particular point of view or discredit a government policy by using the press or radio . |
| 3 | This spell may be used to freeze over an entire body of water anywhere on the battlefield , for example an entire river , a marsh , or a lake . |
| 4 | As the lines were alternately pulled so the pulley actuated a semi-circular rudder hinged across the diagonal of the rearmost box.One does not need to have much imagination to see how the rudder deflection might send the Box kite into limited stunts , given a strong wind ; but we doubt if the rigid stability of a Box kite could be persuaded to perform over a wide range of movement . |
| 5 | The Purchaser may be expecting to take over a Business of a particular size — this warranty will reassure him that he is . |
| 6 | To this is added the remark that since the testator 's intention is clear , the slave must be compelled to hand over the accounts . |
| 7 | Sunderland 's housing committee is to be asked to take over the property with a view to renting it to a would-be tenant who could buy it outright in future under the right-to-buy scheme . |
| 8 | The construction industry 's authority should remain a statutory body while the Engineering Training Authority should be allowed to take over the functions of the old engineering industry training board . |
| 9 | Faldo , perhaps above all , will be hoping to turn over a new leaf . |
| 10 | They would then be required to hand over the proceeds , without any strings attached , to a fund in which , under the Tolba plan , ‘ all countries would have an equal say in resource allocation . ’ |
| 11 | But there is no way he will be held to ransom over a figure which is totally unrealistic . |