Example sentences of "over [prep] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ability of this young quartet to present two works from such different worlds so convincingly , led one to expect that Dvorak 's American quartet would be a powerful experience ; but what might have been hot-blooded came over as an indoor gypsy — more pretty than potent . |
| 2 | He called them Amurricanes , in a heavy stage accent that came over as an envious sneer . |
| 3 | When Pitt wants to have a good time he invites his ‘ little group of buddies ’ , including actor Dermot Mulroney — a whiz on the cello — over for an old-fashioned ‘ hootinanny ’ jam session . |
| 4 | Botha dropped an early goal , Ian Hunter thundered over for an unforgettable try , and Drikus Hattingh scored one for the tourists just before the break . |
| 5 | Solomona blasted over for an important try just before the break after smart interpassing with Sheals . |
| 6 | The one you spluttered over like an old colonel . ’ |
| 7 | Did Sue really mean to hand her love over like an old parcel ? |
| 8 | If instead of point charges we have a distributed space charge p ( x' , y' , z' ) then the sum in eqn ( 2.23 ) goes over into an integral : |
| 9 | Preindustrial aristocratic attitudes were carried over into an industrial age . |
| 10 | On Jan. 13 Azerbaijani anger boiled over into an anti-Armenian pogrom in Baku , when some 70,000 people at a rally in the city centre were told that an Armenian resident of the city had attacked two Azerbaijanis with an axe , killing one of them , when they came to evict him from his flat . |
| 11 | That wave will send gradual ripples through the market — but it will not be a tidal wave — to float house-owners carelessly upwards before tipping them over into an angry sea of debt . |
| 12 | He had found Bert giving the machine a final wipe over with an oily rag . |
| 13 | The paper bag slipped , she grabbed it and it tore open at the bottom , spilling its contents onto the empty teacups near Miss Angus and turning some of them over with an attention-drawing rattle . |
| 14 | Doyle had taken over from an unsuccessful coach and in no time had turned everything round . |
| 15 | Sadat had ordered photographs of the Shah , left over from an earlier state visit , to be mounted along the route . |
| 16 | If an allotted day is one to which a Motion for the adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 20 ( Adjournment on specific and important matter that should have urgent consideration ) stands over from an earlier day , paragraph ( 1 ) of Standing Order No. 14 ( Exempted business ) shall apply to the proceedings on the Bill for a period of time equal to the duration of the proceedings on that Motion . |
| 17 | ( 4 ) If an allotted day is one to which a Motion for the adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 20 stands over from an earlier day , the bringing to a conclusion of any proceedings on the Bill which under this Order are to be brought to a conclusion on that day shall be postponed for a period equal to the duration of the proceedings on that Motion . |
| 18 | Ian Durrant took over from an out-of-touch Peter Huistra at the interval and Rangers certainly produced a higher work rate in the second period . |
| 19 | Eventually Oxford , setting up a succession of strong drives down the middle , disrupted Stanley 's confident rhythm and Reader dived over from an untidy ruck . |
| 20 | It was like switching over from an old black and white film . |
| 21 | The greater abundance of mare basalts on the maria , their smaller ages than most highland rocks , the possibility of deriving the highland type rocks and the mare basalts from a common source material in the mantle , and many other compositional relationships , are glossed over in an unsatisfactory manner . |
| 22 | Nenad Bucin did not rescind his resignation , but in accordance with constitutional provisions Momir Bulatovic , the president of the Montenegrin presidency , took over in an acting capacity as Montenegro representative on the Collective State Presidency . |
| 23 | The paper is clipped together by firm bulldog clips at the top edge of the required piece of hardboard , so allowing the charts to be turned over in an upwards direction . |
| 24 | This fella came over in an 18–30 steward 's blazer and he said , ‘ You 're responsible for me working here ’ . |
| 25 | From 1969 the direction and administration of programmes was handed over to an African organisation ( SEPA ) with its headquarters in Accra , though training for Science Educators is offered under its auspices at Njala , Sierra Leone . |
| 26 | The AR-WACC Women 's Desk was closed this year because it was time to turn it over to an existing women 's group which would take the programme to a new phase in its development as well as broadening the network . |
| 27 | The cathedral was begun by Russian architects in 1471 but part of the building collapsed in the earthquake of 1472 so the work was handed over to an Italian architect and engineer , Aristotele Fioravanti from Bologna . |
| 28 | Today , 40 women stroll over to an open yard under the hot Andean sun carrying tools and babies , many knitting as they walk . |
| 29 | ‘ If someone has been living on the streets for a number of years he ca n't switch over to an organized life in a couple of days … it is too sudden . |
| 30 | He went over to an ornate walk-in fireplace surmounted by heraldic animal heads carved in stone and pulled a fraying red cord . |