Example sentences of "other [noun pl] [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 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 ’ ) .
4 It is confusing , perhaps it does n't pay out on immediate diagnosis , only when one of the other illnesses takes over
5 The colonel promptly died of ’ food poisoning ’ , and other officers took over his trade .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 Other gringos stand over their rucksacks : it 's like watching a road accident .
9 Riven halted , panting , as the other trainees trotted over .
10 All the ward visitors were staring at me and the other nurses looked over in disbelief .
11 Not many wives would be happy to watch two other women fighting over her husband but Chris Broughton , receptionist at Torness , found it hilarious .
12 Fifteen years and all those other chances passed over .
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