Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [vb base] over " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Come , friendly bombs , and fall on Slough It is n't fit for humans now There is n't grass to graze a cow Swarm over , Death . |
| 2 | It was at this point I noticed a change come over his team mates . |
| 3 | When Mr. Gussman arrived in Alton some two and a half years ago , there was a question mark over whether or nor it was worth making him chaplain of the hospital . |
| 4 | The right hon. Member for Manchester , Gorton ( Mr. Kaufman ) and his team are always ingenious in defending whatever the policy of the moment is ; it is just that that policy is changed so often that it leaves a little bit of a question mark over whether they have any plan or direction at all . |
| 5 | But after the initial training is complete , there is a question mark over whether they could still receive benefits while building the homes . |
| 6 | Last season 's player of the year is due to miss the Bradford game and the following midweek home clash with Reading because of an accumulation of penalty points , but there is now a question mark over whether he will have to serve a three match or one match ban . |
| 7 | A HOSPITAL has sounded a safety alert over the packaging of oils used in ‘ alternative ’ medicine after two youngsters drank them from bottles . |
| 8 | Nor is the powerful Watsonian short of leadership experience , having skippered Watson 's College , Scottish Schools ( notably to a shock win over the England Schools in 1980 ) , Watsonians , Cambridge University , London Scottish , the Anglo Scots , the Barbarians at the Hong Kong Sevens and , also last season , the senior aide in the official Scottish trial when his gifts of inspiration by personal example almost turned the tide . |
| 9 | If you wanted to make a person at a distance come over to you you 'd probably wave your arms . |
| 10 | There was drill to teach the men to extricate themselves from the several hazards that might be encountered , for the dangers of a night drop over woods or water were obvious . |
| 11 | Have a little fun with it and let shapes drawn down a wall spill over a dresser or chest of drawers . |
| 12 | From Dixons , we will hear that the company should retain its independence because its current trading woes are a product of a consumer squeeze over which it has no control and because it will make lots of money when times get better and we have more spare cash with which to buy new tellies , video recorders , fridges etc . |
| 13 | For the next three hours the motorbike led them a nightmare chase over more than a hundred kilometres of mountain roads that were often little more than channels covered by scree and loose gravel , furrowed by rain-water and ridged by surfacing strata of rock . |
| 14 | It was a triumph that also set up the Kiwis nicely for a surprise win over the seventh-seeded Italians . |