Example sentences of "other [noun] [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | for other voices to sing over . |
| 2 | The ‘ impressive and general ’ wording of Article 23 was seen as demonstrating that the Convention would not have been a proper vehicle for a treaty which would have done the barely conceivable by giving other countries control over American litigation . |
| 3 | The other girl came over immediately . |
| 4 | Lindsey signalled to the other girl to take over . |
| 5 | In the darkness , she heard the other girl roll over . |
| 6 | We had examples of other parents won over into trusting school staff and giving truthful instead of cosmetic reasons for the child 's absence — but keeping the child off , nonetheless , for reasons peripheral to the child ( such as ‘ going with granny to collect her pension ’ ) . |
| 7 | It is confusing , perhaps it does n't pay out on immediate diagnosis , only when one of the other illnesses takes over |
| 8 | Indeed it may seem exactly like this , since after all it is only one more drop of stress , on top of all the other stress accumulated over months and years , which eventually brings the level in the stress glass to a critical point . |
| 9 | The colonel promptly died of ’ food poisoning ’ , and other officers took over his trade . |
| 10 | But it 's important we keep other An eye on the other things , keep other things ticking over and things like the hormone cream and the lithium will be a help in that . |
| 11 | There was a scuffle ; the other policeman came over and kicked me in the stomach . |
| 12 | In these , males are much larger than females and take much longer to sexually mature - perhaps the result of the increased time spent in competition with other males to take over a group of females . |
| 13 | All the other people come over to this country anyway . |
| 14 | ‘ There was nothing confidential about it : it was a bright idea some Americans had for setting up training courses — that sort of thing — for their businessmen and other people coming over to Britain for the first time . |
| 15 | I had to learn to be more relaxed about things , to let other people take over . ’ |
| 16 | After a moment or two of hesitation , the other woman went over to the ledge and took down her bag . |
| 17 | Other gringos stand over their rucksacks : it 's like watching a road accident . |
| 18 | And anyway , can you imagine any other manager taking over now at Leeds ? |
| 19 | The other man moved over to join them , gripping Connelly 's right arm so that his hand was groping at empty air . |
| 20 | Riven halted , panting , as the other trainees trotted over . |
| 21 | His other hand came over and settled on her waist , the thumb drawing idle circles on her skin . |
| 22 | All the ward visitors were staring at me and the other nurses looked over in disbelief . |
| 23 | Not many wives would be happy to watch two other women fighting over her husband but Chris Broughton , receptionist at Torness , found it hilarious . |
| 24 | Fifteen years and all those other chances passed over . |
| 25 | Her differences with other Commonwealth states over economic sanctions in South Africa did not prevent collaboration with them on other issues , notably in maintaining a boycott of cultural and sporting links with South Africa under the Gleneagles agreement , which the British government faithfully observed . |