Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [verb] [adv] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One very severe winter , when all public transport was temporarily halted , and cycling quite impossible , Miss Onions walked daily over the five miles of frozen fields between her village and our school . |
| 2 | But , with a research department reduced by over a half and with the strategic use of a cash cow , the nylon business produced innovation after innovation . |
| 3 | A good deal of improvisation was necessary and Martha had put three tin plates to heat up over the hissing saucepan of beans . |
| 4 | David Swan fell backwards over a chair , clutching his knee in agony . |
| 5 | Comparison of hybridisation sections with consecutive sections stained with haematoxylin and eosin revealed clusters of silver grains deposited mainly over the epithelial cells adjacent to young granulation tissue . |
| 6 | I love to see water , as long as it 's not dripping down walls , and Vince 's sitting room juts out over the Thames . |
| 7 | It is a rambling Tudor house run by John and Margaret Parker , whose breakfast room and drawing room look out over a wonderful walled garden , beyond which fields of grazing cows stretch down to the river . |
| 8 | With David Dimbleby and Peter Sissons occupying curvy command modules jutting out over a sea of computer screens and flashing lights , it seemed rather like a cross between the deck of the Starship Enterprise and an Italian disco . |
| 9 | Towards evening dark clouds gathered again over the mountain at the mouth of the valley , slashing its face with rain in a slanting sheet of steel-grey light . |
| 10 | To his surprise , when they got to the pub , he found Valerie Cass sitting there over a large gin . |
| 11 | NORTH-EAST politicians clashed yesterday over the health service in the first major debate of the election campaign . |
| 12 | Executive Support Manager Allan Paterson looks back over the TOP Programme as it has progressed at Hunterston and considers some of its achievements . |
| 13 | The sight of his long , lean body , the cotton shirt stretched tightly over the blades of his broad shoulders , tapering down to a slim waist , brought back with sharp intensity a familiar ache in her body . |
| 14 | Under the long curling hair hanging lankly over the driver 's neck , Howard has noticed , is a tumour the size of a sparrow 's egg . |
| 15 | The Army was more ambivalent : while welcoming the end of National Service and the return to ‘ real soldiering ’ with a regular army , the Army Council looked askance at the loss of 51 regiments , 17 of which were infantry battalions with battle honours stretching back over the centuries . |
| 16 | The winter sun came out over the signals aerials on the top of the regimental headquarters and I warmed my neck , rubbing it against the collar of my knitted undershirt . |
| 17 | ‘ Back into battle formation to climb out over the Bristol Channel for air combat manoeuvres . |
| 18 | With its combination of beauty , beaches , culture and history , it has been long been a favourite holiday destination and its hot temperatures have drawn sun seekers form all over the world . |
| 19 | We were sitting in the window embrasure looking out over the laurustines , cupressus and other seemingly indestructible plants . |
| 20 | Remember how the cool salad dressing ran smoothly over the crunchy lettuce . |
| 21 | In the mêlée Eastwood/Thorogood rode up over the veneer K2 of Ning/Xu and sunk it , the Chinese holding onto the British boat for about half a minute despite some unapproved use of a British paddle . |
| 22 | by John Bailey Bream , once referred to as the matchman 's favourite fish , have seen their popularity amongst specialist anglers rise dramatically over the past few years . |
| 23 | This may not seem to be a very daunting task , but when a man who has been flying four engine jet transports all over the world is suddenly confronted with a young pilot who has just written-off the landing gear of a light aircraft while trying to land in a cross wind , the true qualities of the new inspector are under test . |
| 24 | Two discias , D. cordata , ‘ Ruby field ’ and D. stachyoïdes sprawl out over the gravel . |
| 25 | Within a few years clubs appeared all over the country . |
| 26 | And the mile-high fuel club topping up over the North Sea . |
| 27 | I hope I never go deaf and have to wear a hearing-aid ; it will sound like the Atlantic rollers crashing up over the rocks at Land 's End . |
| 28 | As the twitchers gawped , a sleek tabby cat slithered up over the wall … |
| 29 | He said that looking out from the platform towards the town reminded him of the late President Kennedy looking out over the Berlin Wall . |
| 30 | But the lesson of the Kennedy case is that if you have the chance to take another job before your redundancy has been confirmed , you may have to choose between safeguarding your future and cashing in on the job rights built up over the years in your present employment . |