Example sentences of "over for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He skips over for the bloody |
| 2 | Professionals and local authority employees are still moving to jobs in one of the most sought-after parts of Britain , but the blockbuster moves — 600 in the Lloyds retail banking arm into the Bristol area in 1989-91 , and 100 British Aerospace workers into the Plymouth region recently — are probably over for the immediate future . |
| 3 | Debussy takes over for the first two of five of the Eight Piano Pieces Op. 15 , of Dirk Schäfer ( 1873–1931 ) — surprisingly , in view of the derisory remarks Schäfer made about Debussy quoted in the notes . |
| 4 | But England fullback Jon Webb does n't mind eating turf as he skids over for the first of his two tries as part of a record-equalling 22-point haul . |
| 5 | Mark Nicholson , who plays for Scottish Students next month against the English Students , ran from his own 22 to put Gareth Williams over for the first of the visitors ' seven tries . |
| 6 | Iwan Tukalo shot over for the first . |
| 7 | He announced that courts would be given powers to bind parents over for the good behaviour of their children so that they could be ‘ brought face to face with their neglect ’ . |
| 8 | In the dying minutes Alexander Tikhonov scored a try ; but almost immediately Bob Kimmins forced his way over for the final try , with Strett , almost inevitably , converting . |
| 9 | However , the worst may not be over for the embattled Chancellor . |
| 10 | Before returning to England he was asked to persuade Gladstone to come over for the 1878 Yale ‘ commencement ’ but he would plead in vain . |
| 11 | Centre John Devereux converted , with giant prop Mark Jones then brushing aside two tackles to crash over for the second try . |
| 12 | Debutant fly-half Alain Penaud is about to initiate the switch which put Saint-André ( mouth open ) over for the only try of the match as a Welsh posse of Neil Jenkins , Davies and Webster cover across in vain . |
| 13 | It belonged almost in its entirety to Kenneth Horne , around whom the show was built , but there was enough left over for the supporting players , Betty Marsden , Hugh Paddick , Bill Pertwee and Ken , all of whom built up their own individual following . |
| 14 | Then Murray Wallace surged over for the third try , making the score at half-time 20-0 . |
| 15 | Taking a break from country hideaways , we hunted for a retreat in central London for those of you staying over for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition treat ( see page 150 ) . |
| 16 | Conversely , he was five over for the par-fives and did not have one birdie in eight attempts . |
| 17 | The equality of opportunity and equal pay for work of equal value and all those things are are are are issues which er have been fought over for the last twenty years . |
| 18 | In 1642 he was acting as a commissary , or supply officer , at Chester , sending provisions over for the Anglo-Scottish forces in Ireland . |
| 19 | But , although winning a famous victory over ( Sir ) Winston Churchill to become Labour MP for Dundee in November 1922 , he was passed over for the foreign secretaryship of the first Labour government fourteen months later . |
| 20 | The Thames at Abingdon was barely fishable for the Mick 's Tackle Open with the bottom areas of the March length frozen over for the full 50 yard width . |
| 21 | To most people the term Gatt means very little but the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade which 108 countries have been wrestling over for the past six years is vital to fair trading throughout the world . |
| 22 | I ca n't of course foretell er what 's gon na happen in Eastern Europe , but looking externally er at the lower interest rates and the er more competitive value of the pound and internally at the improved cash flow and the actions that we 've been taking over for the past couple of years and I can say that there 's now generally a more optimistic feeling in the air amongst our group companies . |
| 23 | They even gave him a Plate to carry it on — silver , that is — when they beat Tonga in a pulsating second-tier final which saw Gareth James power over for the winning try in extra time . |
| 24 | This seems quite difficult at first , but you should soon be able to weave more quickly as you find out when you move your hand to release the yarn ready to lay it over for the next row . |
| 25 | It looks as if he was initially working not from a completed score but from a sketch , and simply making sure that enough space was left for the movement before the copyist took over for the next one . |