Example sentences of "over [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes Soutine , who was living in the village , came over to enjoy a good chicken dinner , and after eating their fill the two artists reproached their host for living in such luxury . |
| 2 | Only , this was indeed to be an honour — for the Sergeant himself personally wielded the electro-iron when Lexandro , Yeremi , and Biff bent over to flex the great gluteal muscles of their rumps . |
| 3 | on the day itself , there is not only the opening of the presents , and the party , but also the aftermath when it 's all over to provide a fitting finale to the day 's activities . |
| 4 | Erm this gives an average over say a five year period of about a hundred and forty nine dwellings per annum , if you if you divide that by the household er estimate of something like two point five household size , which is the current sort of level in Cleveland . |
| 5 | And what happened in practice was simply the Turkish government made representations to the State Department and said hey , you know , these bases , they provide a lot of work , you know , we have to provide empl alternative employment for these people so could we phase out this withdrawal over say a three year programme ? |
| 6 | In a sense , the Jury 's still out on the Times cos you 'd have to look at it over say a three of four month period . |
| 7 | Swap these over to try the other way before you decide which is best . |
| 8 | A worrying thing at the moment is as I said we 're in close contact with is that the Malaysian Government is sending representatives over to visit the European Community Ministers in May , to try and say that there 's absolutely nothing wrong with what 's going on in their country with the logging , and they 're saying that people like Friends of the Earth are calling for a ban on timber , not because they care about sustained yield , but because we want to be able to sell our own wood , and this is to depress their trade . |
| 9 | After 5 min of stable oxygen saturation ( pulse oximetry ) , patients were crossed over to receive the other treatment . |
| 10 | She leaned over to stroke the three livid scratches on his cheek but he grabbed her wrist before she could touch him . |
| 11 | So here we have as example of reducing the dose further by using drops rather than tablespoons so as to not over stimulate the sensitive or ‘ careful ’ patient . |
| 12 | ‘ Where 's Rebecca ? ’ he asked curtly , coming over to deposit a large cardboard box on the table without regard for any of the documents scattered around . |
| 13 | Turning the machine over reveals the high and low speed switch on the top . |
| 14 | When a roll is continued for several bars the note must be tied over to avoid a fresh attack on the succeeding first beats : |
| 15 | The guy relays how he 's been fantasising about you while with his new girlfriend , so you invite him over to do the wild thing . |
| 16 | All that is required now is for each tip to be lifted in turn from the worktop , and the strong tape folded over to form a complete pocket at each corner . |
| 17 | This would be soiled over to give a better finish than presently shown . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'd better go , ’ Julie said , coming over to give the taller girl a quick hug . |
| 19 | Warm-blooded animals the world over maintain a high and constant core temperature . |
| 20 | A team of top American managers , who have taken over running the 97-year-old firm , are now its only hope . |
| 21 | You see , when Wolsey fell from power and died in Leicester Abbey , crushing my hand and whispering , ‘ If I had served my God as well as I served my king , he would not leave me to die like this , ’ Agrippa transferred his allegiance to Henry and brought those two witches over to build a special clock . |
| 22 | While reading an NTSC signal out to a PAL TV or VCR , the memory reads 50 of the stored lines twice over to build the 262.5 line scanning structure up to 321.5 lines . |
| 23 | The statistics in these countries contained too few births to women aged 45 and over to permit a useful assessment of the interacting effect of older age and birth order upon late fetal mortality . |
| 24 | The extent to which the money supply exceeds this combined transactions and precautionary demand determines the amount of money left over to satisfy the speculative demand . |
| 25 | ‘ Oh , she 's been here since the beginning of the year — she came over to start a new life after she 'd had problems back home . |
| 26 | Those aged 75 years and over use the whole gamut of health and personal social services more than do younger people , and both usage and need increase with age thereafter . |
| 27 | ‘ Aw , come on now honey … it was n't that bad , ’ he replied dismally , pulling over to allow a wailing police car through the heavy late night traffic . |
| 28 | Tim leaned over to have a good look at him , but his foot slipped and he fell in . |
| 29 | The problem which arose over finding the right dress for Miss Humby 's appearance has been amply described in Ada McGeer 's book of personal memoirs which she has entitled ‘ Oh Call Back Yesterday , Bid Time Return ’ , wherein she describes fully her frantic but successful efforts to secure Miss Humby 's dress from a Vancouver shop . |
| 30 | If you decide to change over to pay the full-rate contribution , fill in a form , which you can get from the social security office : if you are married , get leaflet NI 1 ; if you are widowed , leaflet NI 51 . |