Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [verb] [adv prt] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Bay had a square , two pubs , a promenade walk overlooked by three medium-sized Victorian hotels , and a restaurant with a terrace that stood out over the water . |
| 2 | I nod at Andy , taking yet another opened magnum and leaning out over the glass-stacked table . |
| 3 | I sat on the earth banking that looks out over the Muddy Creek and ate an apple . |
| 4 | I think this is one of the essentials in Harlow and something that people should not forget , that is that , although there is a great deal of criticism possibly of the standard of building that went on over the years of the Development Corporation , compared with what most people came from , there was a very great elevation both in quality and in ideas . |
| 5 | He moved again to the eastern window and looked out over the cottages of the headland . |
| 6 | She stood up , stretched , then moved to the window and looked out over the busy concourse . |
| 7 | He stood at a window and looked down over the trees , where rooks were crossing sticks in a light sway of air . |
| 8 | Lissa wandered over to the window and gazed out over the expanse of carefully tended shrubbery that bordered the car park . |
| 9 | But on the Day of the Dead she went to the cemetery and cried out over the sound of her own deep sobbing ‘ Mama , you are lucky not to see us so unhappy . |
| 10 | We sit on a thoughtfully placed bench with our backs against a hollow in the hillside and look out over the island , back towards Fionnphort , to the beginning of our long journey homeward . |
| 11 | She took her hand away , leaned on the rail and looked out over the sea . |
| 12 | On my perch , arms wrapped tightly round the shrouds , I was alternately laid back over the deck and thrust out over the water . |
| 13 | They stopped on the promenade at Cultra and looked out over the blackness of Belfast Lough , alive with twinkling lights . |
| 14 | Lady Ursula Berowne sat immobile in her sitting room on the fourth floor of 62 Campden Hill Square and gazed out over the top boughs of the plane trees as if at some far distant unseeable vista . |
| 15 | Even with all the other general fund-raising that goes on over the year , it is pleasing that you still run or participate in events that are specifically for the Society ; we have again benefited from Raffles , Cake Sales , Bring and Buys , Good as New , Cheese-and-Wines , Coffee Mornings — AND — Sponsored Slims ! |
| 16 | I suppose we 're typical of so many families that split up over the changes . |
| 17 | There was little to do all day but climb in the old beeches and look out over the forest to see where the smoke plumes were . |
| 18 | I scrambled to the top and looked out over the sand and rocks to where Paul stood , a tiny figure against the reflected brightness of the pools and wet sands , overshadowed by the tilted cone of metal beside him . |
| 19 | At midday we climbed the minaret and looked out over the rooftops of Cairo , stretching like a vast uneven plain from the Moqqatam Hills to the tall modern buildings along the river . |
| 20 | In addition the epicuticle may include a superficial lipid layer ( Lockey , 1960 ) covered by a protective cement layer of unknown composition ; the cement layer is secreted by epidermal glands and poured out over the surface . |
| 21 | ‘ Besides , I fancy a change , ’ she added , raking her hair from her forehead and staring out over the balcony of the apartment . |
| 22 | If a decision is made to abandon the launch at height , it is safer to release first and then to lower the nose , as this prevents the risk of the cable parachute opening and flying up over the aircraft . |
| 23 | Explore the underground installations , browse in the museum , stand by the guns and look out over the Channel as gunners did in two wars . |
| 24 | Bakhramov 's opinion that an extra-time shot by Geoff Hurst had hit the underside of the crossbar and bounced down over the goal-line prompted Swiss referee Gottfried Dienst to allow the goal which gave England a 3–2 lead . |
| 25 | In the early morning , waking up to a fierce easterly wind and a leaden sea , the children gathered in the dining room to find snow fluttering through the rafters and piling up over the breakfast plates . |
| 26 | Rather than watch them go , I stayed by the sink and gazed out over the playing fields . |
| 27 | A wind was gathering at the coast , preparing to sweep across the fields , lean against the few trees and race on over the road , across to the far side of the island . |
| 28 | My job essentially was to introduce general management , and therefore I er , I was able to use many of the skills which I had acquired in I B M , but of course , I was also part of the Griffiths debate , here I 'm talking about Griffiths Two , not Griffiths One , I was implementing Griffiths One , which was general management , Griffiths Two was a community , the community debate , so I saw something , which I 'm certainly not allowed to quote , of the great debates that went on over the period of eighteen months before the eventual decision was made about community care . |
| 29 | ‘ When we pulled out of Jaffa , I stood on the stern and looked out over the old city , ’ he said . |
| 30 | The long flats , like the rounds , offer versatility : much colour can be loaded on the brush and drawn out over the painting surface , or shorter dabs can easily be applied and manipulated without the brush hairs giving way . |