Example sentences of "old [noun pl] [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indenbaum offered him some old pictures to paint over , but Modigliani picked carefully through them so as not to paint over any painting , however unimportant , which showed a hint of talent . |
| 2 | At vegetable markets in Kiev old ladies argue over the relative radiation levels found in carrots and cabbage . |
| 3 | In The Wrench he creates the rigger Faussone , the practical man whose cranes girdle the world and who keeps returning , a little heavy-footed , to the house in Turin where two old aunts fuss over his welfare : Faussone was spoken of as ‘ my alter ego ’ , and the book has to struggle to accommodate him as a second person , available for interview by Levi . |
| 4 | It was two years since he had last been below the Net , but his early discomfort quickly passed , older habits taking over , changing the way he moved , the way he held himself . |
| 5 | As the oldest trunks fall over , they are replaced by new shoots which appear continually around the base of the tree . |