Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv] over the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | This time she saw pebbles laid out over the whole of the surface , more or less evenly spaced . |
| 3 | You 'll what you 'll end up with is different organisations managing houses scattered all over the city . |
| 4 | Cross the pastry strips alternately over the filling to form a plait . |
| 5 | Her fingers moved slowly over the paperweight . |
| 6 | Now , as her fingers moved smoothly over the piano keys , Laura acknowledged that Julie was right . |
| 7 | With the enclosure of the open fields and the redistribution of the land mostly in compact blocks instead of strips scattered all over the parish , one would have expected the old open-field village to disintegrate as the village farmers built new farmsteads on their allotments . |
| 8 | We turned the light on The room was full of funny little animals whizzing all over the floor . |
| 9 | They had reached the further side of the field during this animated discussion and Meredith hopped nimbly over the gate with twice the speed and dexterity with which she had negotiated the stile . |
| 10 | So you 're good at hey that 's good because some people ca n't go their F goes all over the place . |
| 11 | Then the almond eyes gazed fiercely over the child 's head towards Nana . |
| 12 | His readiness to speak on almost any topic , and especially on medical ethics , was remarkable : his speeches averaged out over the pontificate at almost one a day . |
| 13 | Behind him on the back seats of the bus four teenagers argued loudly over the cost of the litre of cider and half bottle of vodka they passed between them . |
| 14 | It was built by Francis Smallman , whose initials and those of his wife Ellen appear all over the plasterwork ceilings . |
| 15 | The dark , lazy appraisal moved down over the jut of her breasts beneath the soft material , and she shivered involuntarily , despite the warm night . |
| 16 | Doubts surfaced yesterday over the participation of Royal Athlete in Saturday 's big race . |
| 17 | His eyes moved swiftly over the scene before him , registering but not acknowledging Pascoe and Dalziel . |
| 18 | These are piers built out over the harbour , and indicate old merchants ' houses , where ships could unload directly into the premises . |
| 19 | Right : A buddha figure presides serenely over the pine panelled bathroom |
| 20 | The noise brought Jacqui to the door and light spilled out over the scene . |
| 21 | We were in a car looking down over the Bay and I said I 've got to go out . |
| 22 | Below the attics was a back bedroom looking out over the flower garden , and so on to the main road beyond . |
| 23 | She sat down and leaned back against the rock looking out over the sweep of moorland . |
| 24 | Shortages vary somewhat over the country . |
| 25 | Nothing is invisible to radar , but a stealthy aircraft shows up over the background noise only at so close a range that radar , which has dominated air and combat for two generations , is virtually useless against it . |
| 26 | The overhead door swung up easily to his touch and the light splayed out over the gravel of the drive and the unkempt verges of silvered grass . |
| 27 | ‘ Such a long time ! ’ she gasped in his ear as they hugged each other tightly , the dogs retiring a respectful distance to sit and watch the homecoming with tails swishing excitedly over the gravel . |
| 28 | And there was plenty of crap strewn all over the pavement , so he had to be more careful . |
| 29 | Flares on carts and boats , horses stamping , men shouting , loose herrings flying all over the place and quickly snatched up by children and men . |
| 30 | Spruce allowed his mind to run back over the meeting with the Bishop , Archdeacon and Miss Braithwaite . |