Example sentences of "like [noun pl] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much that he says about divisions in the human psyche is reflected in pale form in the Hindu sacred books of the Upanishads ( which is hardly surprising , since White Face claims that all the world 's knowledge of itself emanated from the ‘ Other Side ’ during the ice age before last , when Other Siders went out like missionaries over the globe , reaching as far as Hindustan ) . |
| 2 | The blushes were breaking like waves over my face by now . |
| 3 | The sailors swarmed like ants over the rigging … she 'd seen them many a time . |
| 4 | Men crawled over the area like ants over an anthill , and several small handcarts rolled along here and there . |
| 5 | Like ants over their nest they swarmed , black and confused . |
| 6 | pullulating like maggots over the chairs ! |
| 7 | This is Throwing Muses ' no fannying-about ROCK album , the band hunched like gargoyles over their instruments , knocking 50 varieties of shit out of them . |
| 8 | The white blades rose and trembled like wings over the water , dipped , and rose again , scattering drops of emerald . |
| 9 | His fingers on the strings hovered like butterflies over a flowerbed on a day of hot summer . |
| 10 | The haul up the corrie takes you to the first peak , Tom na Gruagaich , from where you must drop down and follow the ridge to the summit of Beinn Alligin , and although that 's where we packed it in , the walk could continue along a stunning ridge to cross the famous horns of Alligin , two pointy crags that stand like gateposts over a terrifying gully . |
| 11 | They swarmed like lice over the camp , and there was a battle being waged at the boat which men were trying to push out of the shallows whilst others held off the beasts . |