Example sentences of "[vb infin] over " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Whatever happened , she would n't let her determination waver over the rejection of the abominable Draper . |
| 2 | A die could survive over a long period of time . |
| 3 | No marriage can survive over long distances in the long term , especially if all the effort culminates in the eventual failure to obtain that elusive consultancy . |
| 4 | Aggression ( 5 credits ) : This decides if a player will duff over an opponent or avoid him . |
| 5 | In this case , Sheila might not agree to Mark 's removal , but she might compromise over periods of respite care with his grandmother , which would satisfy the paediatrician 's concerns . |
| 6 | TELL your friends that you are going to the Cape Verde Islands and , in all probability , their eyes will glaze over for several seconds while they frantically try to recall their long-forgotten school geography . |
| 7 | As Blanche and Russell chatted on about some Woody Allen film , Dexter let his eyes glaze over . |
| 8 | Sometimes his eyes would glaze over for a second or two as if he were out of their world altogether . |
| 9 | But I ca n't tell you what it felt like , first of all having cancer , secondly trying to talk about it , and being continually asked , ‘ Well , how are you Jo ? ’ and you 'd see their eyes glaze over and they 'd think , ‘ Christ , I hope she 's not going to tell me ! ’ |
| 10 | However , one set of mappings may predominate over others , thus producing a bias in the availability or accessibility of plural or singular referents . |
| 11 | These are for the climbers , and when you feel puny as a walker you can sidle over to someone looking through this rail and look them straight in the eye , secure in the knowledge that nothing in hill-walking requires you to dress in such a gruesome fashion . |
| 12 | It will be the first time Michelozzo has tackled 1 ¼ miles , but he did win over a distance of 1 mile and 50 yards at Nottingham in April . |
| 13 | If an applicant 's programme quality is deemed ‘ exceptionally high ’ , it may even win over a higher bidder . |
| 14 | The interpretation of his objective through committees , in which he could win over doubters , was to him a central part of the chairman 's task . |
| 15 | Even for objects the size of stars , the attractive force of gravity can win over all the other forces and cause the star to collapse . |
| 16 | It seemed to [ Judith ] that the emperor 's good physical condition might not last much longer , and his death would threaten danger to herself and to Charles unless they could win over one of Charles 's elder brothers to work with them , and they calculated that none of the emperor 's sons would fit this role so well as Lothar . |
| 17 | On 13 December 842 , at the palace of Quierzy , Charles married Ermentrude , niece of Adalard , because " he thought he could thereby win over to himself [ the support of ] the majority of the lesser aristocracy ( plebs ) " . |
| 18 | The former Charlton youngster has had a harrowing time at Wednesday since his £250,000 move in January last year — but is aiming to finally win over the Hillsborough boo-boys . |
| 19 | For instance , in Slemmadenia donnellsmithii ( Apocynaceae ) , spider-monkeys may excel over parrots and other birds in this respect in Guatemala . |
| 20 | If you have always shared a daily newspaper , now 's the time to have one each , to read and discuss over breakfast . |
| 21 | Many , ranging from large estates to small-holdings in towns , were given by him to his French supporters and to those English whom he could tempt over to settle in northern France . |
| 22 | Does my right hon. Friend accept what is becoming obvious by now — that many of his hon. Friends , and Members in all parts of the House , have no wish or even thought that he should resign over this issue , or that my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister should see fit to accept his resignation ? |
| 23 | Shots were fired in Miyazawa 's party office on Feb. 11 , after an armed man forced his way in to demand that the government should resign over its corruption record , and that the pre-war system of emperor worship should be reinstated . |
| 24 | For example , with wet wings the Falke motor gliders , the Bergfalke and the Spatz all become viscous at the stall and will flick over if they are stalled during turns . |
| 25 | you can jump over . |
| 26 | You 'll not jump over too many er high walls Willy with smoking |
| 27 | Unlike other tourists , we must not linger over these delights . |
| 28 | What better way to end a dinner party than to relax and linger over a glass of port and a generous chunk of Stilton . |
| 29 | Certainly it 's the last one we can linger over . |
| 30 | Well , let us not linger over these human paradoxes . |