Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [vb pp] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Occupants of houses taken over by HATs will be secure tenants , but during the passage of the Bill fears were expressed about the possibility of much higher rents . |
| 2 | Only occasionally does the account seem like a patchwork of notes left over from his editorship of the last three volumes of Newton 's Correspondence . |
| 3 | I like to have a lot of vegetables left over . |
| 4 | When there were still twenty square miles of maps left over after all the available floor was used up , she created a curtained alcove into which the jigsaw could extend . |
| 5 | Fifty-three were the sons of MPs ( 18 per cent , much like the 17 per cent of Liberals ) and twelve of these sat for the same seat , although few like Stanley Baldwin succeeded directly ; fifteen of these fifty-three were sons of Liberals , further evidence of the value of recruits brought over in 1886 . |
| 6 | Having recognised the " main point " in a chapter/ paragraph you will not fail to notice that there are an awful lot of words left over ! |
| 7 | Sometimes the pastor found himself speaking to an empty church ; sometimes to a church filled with schoolchildren ; sometimes to a congregation supplemented by the relatives of islanders brought over from the mainland , and other tourists . |
| 8 | do is we 'll get rid of those couple of things left over |
| 9 | All sorts of bits left over from Ladymont days . |
| 10 | Has you got lots of bits left over ? |
| 11 | After a meagre supper of beans left over from the orderlies ' meal , Pétain slept , huddled in an armchair . |
| 12 | Publication of the standards is part of a series of initiatives taken over the last few years , including production of the ‘ Best Practice ’ management kit in 1985 , The Society 's model ‘ Office Manual ’ [ 1987 ] , the development of management training , and publication of the ‘ Quality Briefing ’ and ‘ Client Care Guide . ’ |