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Britishpreposition
Example Sentences
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I want my winnings in ower food prices.
From Time Magazine Archive
I tell the horse, G’up ower that, like Mr. Hannon.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
He says to the horse, G’up ower that, and the horse shakes his head and rattles the harness and Mr. Hannon laughs.That fool of a horse loves to work, he says.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
She was a sweet bit lassie, but she was frail in the constitootion, ye see, and the hard famishing winter was ower muckle for her feeble frame.
From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Turnbull, Robert
"My love gae me a siller wand, 'Twas to rule ower a' Scotland;10 And she gae me a gay gowd ring, The virtue o't was above a' thing."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
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