Example sentences of "over [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Christina gave the signal , they both body-surfed for a few minutes before tumbling over and over as the strong current literally threw them onto the shore . |
| 2 | This white turkey virtually took over as the sole breed ; and , by the Christmas of 1959 , there was hardly any demand for the bronze bird . |
| 3 | The more serious threat of the expanding red weed had taken over as the immediate concern of the controllers . |
| 4 | They are also used in pots and containers on patios and courtyards , where they look attractive and are not so liable to be blown over as the taller full standard . |
| 5 | Roger Fox , father of Richard and Rachel , has taken over as the new Chairman . |
| 6 | In August 1953 Sir John Nott-Bower took over as the new Commissioner at Scotland Yard and was reported as saying that he would ‘ rip the covers off all London 's filth spots ’ . |
| 7 | The final axe is expected to come after Birt takes over as the new director general in March . |
| 8 | CHESTER 'S tuberculosis scare appears to be over as the first results of tests on 500 children were released yesterday . |
| 9 | If energy saving is applied rigorously in homes and industry and the power stations clean up their act by switching from coal to other fuels or otherwise cutting their carbon emissions , transport seems set to take over as the biggest emitter of carbon dioxide in Western industrialized countries . |
| 10 | Couples took over as the American No 1 at the Bay Hill Invitational in March and stayed there , although he admits it was a struggle . |
| 11 | The American Volunteer Group ( AVG ) , known the world over as the Flying Tigers achieved fame under the leadership of Claire L Chennault fighting alongside the Chinese in their pre World War Two struggle against Japan . |
| 12 | Only in recent years has it been taken over as the civic centre , and the Goose Fair relegated to the outer suburbs ; but for something like a thousand years it was the market place . |
| 13 | Guitarist 's Readers ' Ads have taken over as the foremost private buying , selling , swapping and personnel advertising service around . |
| 14 | Programming might have started out as an ancillary task in a student 's special subject of physics chemistry or psychology but soon takes over as the dominating interest . |
| 15 | We must find some way of ‘ taking out ’ of our calculations that fraction of brain that can be attributed simply to body size , so that we can compare what is left over as the true ‘ braininess ’ of animals . |
| 16 | He skips over for the bloody |
| 17 | Professionals and local authority employees are still moving to jobs in one of the most sought-after parts of Britain , but the blockbuster moves — 600 in the Lloyds retail banking arm into the Bristol area in 1989-91 , and 100 British Aerospace workers into the Plymouth region recently — are probably over for the immediate future . |
| 18 | Debussy takes over for the first two of five of the Eight Piano Pieces Op. 15 , of Dirk Schäfer ( 1873–1931 ) — surprisingly , in view of the derisory remarks Schäfer made about Debussy quoted in the notes . |
| 19 | But England fullback Jon Webb does n't mind eating turf as he skids over for the first of his two tries as part of a record-equalling 22-point haul . |
| 20 | Mark Nicholson , who plays for Scottish Students next month against the English Students , ran from his own 22 to put Gareth Williams over for the first of the visitors ' seven tries . |
| 21 | Iwan Tukalo shot over for the first . |
| 22 | He announced that courts would be given powers to bind parents over for the good behaviour of their children so that they could be ‘ brought face to face with their neglect ’ . |
| 23 | In the dying minutes Alexander Tikhonov scored a try ; but almost immediately Bob Kimmins forced his way over for the final try , with Strett , almost inevitably , converting . |
| 24 | However , the worst may not be over for the embattled Chancellor . |
| 25 | Before returning to England he was asked to persuade Gladstone to come over for the 1878 Yale ‘ commencement ’ but he would plead in vain . |
| 26 | Centre John Devereux converted , with giant prop Mark Jones then brushing aside two tackles to crash over for the second try . |
| 27 | Debutant fly-half Alain Penaud is about to initiate the switch which put Saint-André ( mouth open ) over for the only try of the match as a Welsh posse of Neil Jenkins , Davies and Webster cover across in vain . |
| 28 | It belonged almost in its entirety to Kenneth Horne , around whom the show was built , but there was enough left over for the supporting players , Betty Marsden , Hugh Paddick , Bill Pertwee and Ken , all of whom built up their own individual following . |
| 29 | Then Murray Wallace surged over for the third try , making the score at half-time 20-0 . |
| 30 | Taking a break from country hideaways , we hunted for a retreat in central London for those of you staying over for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition treat ( see page 150 ) . |