Example sentences of "over [coord] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Mr Wilson was elected to the leadership in 1963 , these doctrinal disputes were smoothed over and the Labour Party entered office in 1964 committed to a more rapid rate of growth , improved welfare benefits , more expenditure on schools , houses , roads and health and one major measure of public ownership — the renationalization of the steel industry . |
| 2 | It was the happiest time of the day : lessons were over and the long written homework could not be started . |
| 3 | But for its profitability and burgeoning client list , GM would never have taken over and the new Elan might still be an idea waiting for the cash to build it . |
| 4 | Holding beat Greig four times in one over and the two faces tell the story . |
| 5 | ‘ Then Rodney came over and the two of us went into the back yard and saw Siobhan screaming for help out of a bedroom widow . ’ |
| 6 | His body ached all over and the wounded arm felt as if it were dropping off . |
| 7 | After the funeral was over and the bereaved student returned to college , instead of going up to him and holding him — or even just politely commiserating with him — most students ignored him . |
| 8 | Watch out , too , for Scottish crossbills flying over and the distinctive little crested tits in the pines . |
| 9 | A further paragraph in this message in which the State Department gave its views on the proposal to hand-over the Cossacks we shall come to in Chapter Six , but in respect of the Yugoslavs the State Department was ruling that , whether they were Chetniks or not in conformity with agreed allied policy they should not be handed over and the Supreme Allied Commander was to be left in no doubt of the State Department 's view . |
| 10 | The shop had recently been taken over and the existing stock had been brought in by the previous owner . |
| 11 | One 's pushing it over and the other one 's pulling it back , oh there is n't enough of them around as it is he 's late is n't he ? |
| 12 | Thirty-two men had got over and the only people hurt had been two patrolling guards hit by stray bullets . |
| 13 | But a case which is of enormous embarrassment to sport may not yet be over and the International Amateur Athletic Federation might not regard the matter as closed . |
| 14 | After the meeting was over and the main demonstration had dispersed , some civil rights supporters succeeded in infiltrating to Market Square by a roundabout route . |
| 15 | By the middle of 1962 , with the war over and the nuclear programme progressing , de Gaulle could contemplate other , more important initiatives . |
| 16 | The Seine froze over and the nearby forests , usually a source of food , now gave birth to a new nightmare . |
| 17 | When those brief moments of ecstasy were over and the everyday world took precedence again , they stood in shocked silence while Bert Rafferty carried Celia up the cliff . |
| 18 | Normally , she thoroughly enjoyed her Thursday afternoons ; today , she was thankful when the session was over and the aspiring authors trooped out , clutching their masterpieces and chanting their thanks . |
| 19 | The low B is a very difficult string to make , since there 's four windings on top of the core ; the first one over , the second under , the third one over and the fourth under . |
| 20 | and it pulled over and the next thing I saw this smoke puffing , Nathan was sitting |
| 21 | His feelings reached their bitter climax a few months later , when the war was over and the defeated French were in the throes of the Commune rising . |
| 22 | There is a foreign rule which brought contamination with it : the contamination is over and the Last Judgement is in sight . |