Example sentences of "over [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And is is not a fact that in fact the Killinghall bypass and the Ripon bypass , in fact does nothing to in fact i er alleviate those particular problems over about a seven mile stretch . |
| 2 | He is worshipped the world over as a male fan-tasy figure in classic movies like The Good The Bad And The Ugly , A Fistful Of Dollars and The Man With |
| 3 | When Mr Major waxes philosophical , he comes over as a strange mix of nostalgia and modernism . |
| 4 | I mean you still write one over resistance but do n't think of the resistance part of it , think of the new one over as a separate entity . |
| 5 | We could hear the V2s thudding down onto London in the far distance , but the sound came over as a far-off double bang , which puzzled us for a long time until someone told us what it was . |
| 6 | ‘ I used to play quite a lot of football , ’ he explains , ‘ but all I was really good at was knocking the opposition over as a last-ditch defence . ’ |
| 7 | It was odd coming over as a tragic heroine . |
| 8 | It was excruciatingly embarrassing to read the quotes and find myself coming over as a lonely , crusading ‘ woman who waits ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ The strong prejudice against only children comes over as a clear reason for having at least two , ’ she says . |
| 10 | Financially , the slave traders had rather more reason to take care of the people they were carrying than the transporters of convicts or of indentured labourers did ; all of these groups were being taken over as a speculative venture on which the shipper got no return unless he delivered live bodies , but the slave traders had already paid out cash to purchase their slaves . |
| 11 | Mrs Robins comes over as a cold , strict woman who was for ever giving orders . |
| 12 | From late 1922 , however , extreme anti-Marxism — now often without the express linkage to the Jews — began to take over as a dominant theme of his speeches . |
| 13 | PS See over for a selected list of forthcoming seminars |
| 14 | So , if you ca n't find what you want , see over for a fuller list of our courses or contact us on . |
| 15 | Mm Oh that would be alright if we go yeah we can all go over for a nice little run out |
| 16 | Skipper Shane Cooper and full-back Lyon combined down the left flank to put Ropati over for a second-minute try . |
| 17 | They had seen little of Rosemary Talbot during the last four months , so it was n't until they had been in their flat for a week and Leith went across the hall to invite Rosemary and her husband over for a celebratory drink that Leith learned that Derek Talbot no longer lived there . |
| 18 | The Defence wheel can only be put over for a major change of course when there is a fortuitous coincidence of national and international events , political trends , and economic pressures at a time when there is also a Secretary of State in office , who has the strength of character and political standing to create a new consensus in Whitehall , Westminster , and the electorate . |
| 19 | Sixty miles they used to come over for a good evening at those and maybe two principles |
| 20 | He called Harry over for a private word , and the two men walked across to Harry 's collection of barrels . |
| 21 | I think it 's all over for a long time . |
| 22 | No , Lindsey told herself , as she showered and slipped into a warm towelling robe , it had actually been over for a long time . |
| 23 | She 's gone over for a closer look . ’ |
| 24 | We could also decide on points where the accompaniment could take over for a brief period , or perhaps form a dialogue with the melody . |
| 25 | I reached over for a large tin on my right , prised the tight lid off with my knife and used a small teaspoon inside to place some of the white mixture from the tin on to a round metal plate in front of the old dog 's skull . |
| 26 | Parts of it have been taken over for a secondary motor road , but much of it remains remote and quiet , rarely disturbed by a human voice . |
| 27 | So far as I can see , unless there are fundamental changes in the British economy , the recession ai n't going to be over for a considerable time because the economy is in such a state . |
| 28 | Scrum-half Rob Nolan chipped ahead , beat Steve Hampson to the ball , and sent the supporting O'Donnell scampering over for a 69th minute try . |
| 29 | Three thousand tabs of Ecstasy were handed over for a thick wad of notes . |
| 30 | ‘ Not really , dear , but she wo n't be over for a little while . |