Example sentences of "could [verb] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something you could buy over the counter at a supermarket . |
| 2 | They believed success could win over the students and other intellectuals . |
| 3 | I could jump over the side . |
| 4 | When ‘ scarce anything [ was ] more likely to mar a … man 's reputation than to be thought opposed or indifferent to the cause of abolition , but when slavery was a distant and foreign institution , the urge to respectability could predominate over the vital flame in antislavery . |
| 5 | A puppy with only one sprint at Harolds Cross on her Irish card , she could improve over the coming weeks . |
| 6 | In particular the degree of negative control he could exert over the actions of the government , his ability to obstruct change , remained important until well after the end of this period . |
| 7 | She had come to look forward to the intervals between tenants , for at such times she would sit at the bedroom window that overlooked the street , which sloped swiftly to the main thoroughfare ; and guided by the landmarks of St Dominic 's church and , beyond that , St Ann 's , she could look over the chimney pots and catch a glimpse of the river gleaming between the busy traffic on it . |
| 8 | He reached the top of the wall and , lying flat on the thatch , pulled himself quickly upwards until his body lay slanting just under the spine and , by raising himself a fraction , he could look over the roof-tree and down to where the beach lay . |
| 9 | The strip of ice was not broad enough to skate on but you could run over the crackling , frosty grass and leap onto it and slide the best part of thirty yards . |
| 10 | He could see over the tops of the trees of the demesne ; over bog and river and plain to the distant Partry mountains . |
| 11 | A head of black silky hair came very slowly over the top of the rail until two dark cherry-like eyes could see over the top . |
| 12 | I took a step forward so I could see over the edge . |
| 13 | A friend and I were driving in spring to Crarae gardens near Inveraray so I could salivate over the rhododendrons , but we grew tired of travelling at seven miles an hour behind clods in caravans and on reaching the Rest And Be Thankful pulled into the side to wander about at the base of Beinn an Lochain . |
| 14 | Organised racism demands an organised response , the two friends argue , and so they have joined the Anti-Nazi League , relaunched nationally last month amid concern over the advance of the racist right in Europe and the threat that its influence could spill over the Channel . |
| 15 | This place has been occupied by just about everyone you could name over the centuries . |
| 16 | City experts say profits could halve over the next year as the other supermarket chains eat into Gateway 's market share . |
| 17 | One raggedly clad individual shouted an incomprehensible greeting , cackling shrilly when Ellen quickly pulled Isabel away so the cart could proceed over the bridge . |
| 18 | Mr Asquith maintained that the Prime Minister and nobody else could preside over the War Committee , otherwise decisions might be arrived at which he could not agree to , which would result in friction and delay … |
| 19 | Find two ideas that we could develop over the long term . |
| 20 | From these scientists could calculate whether a metal road was needed across the beach or if tanks could pass over it without help from engineers , and what size of wheeled vehicles could pass over the pebble bank . |
| 21 | there 's been no records or even wins for the England cricket team this summer … but all that could change over the next few weeks as the Womens Cricket World Cup gets underway … its being played in this country … the official opening is in London tomorrow … and England have a chance of winning … in the team are two Oxfordshire girls |
| 22 | It was all right for men , they could go over the side . |
| 23 | In a rough-house , there were some constables who , even their colleagues recognized , could go over the top . |
| 24 | ‘ Once in the VAT field it must however be appreciated that a business could go over the 7,200 threshold , as a result of increased business activity or even an increase in the rate of VAT . |
| 25 | MORE than 11,000 civil service jobs in Scotland are under threat and thousands more could go over the next few years , the Civil and Public Services Association leader , Barry Reamsbottom , will state at a rally tomorrow . |
| 26 | I wriggled until I could peer over the edge into the wet depths below and I could n't see him at all . |
| 27 | Quickly Grant slid a few feet down the slates and leaned carefully out round the edge of the massive chimney stack , until he could peer over the coping . |
| 28 | The increase will not be matched by dividend rises — too many companies have been paying more than they could afford over the past two years and need to repair their reserves and ratios — but 7 p.c. growth looks reasonable . |
| 29 | ‘ I expected it to turn around , but I never could get over the hump to break his serve . |
| 30 | I worked my way back through the hop field until I could get over the fence and into the wood . |