Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [art] [noun] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | With medieval courtesy , the recipient dropped a thank-you note over the donor 's base . |
| 2 | ‘ This is my ultimate test , ’ Mr Gorbachev told the US President over their long summit lunch on Saturday . |
| 3 | Nashwan won the Eclipse Stakes over the Champion Stakes distance at Sandown in July but was disappointing in the Group Two Prix Niel at Longchamp on his latest outing , finishing third to subsequent Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe flop Golden Pheasant . |
| 4 | Director General Sir Michael Checkland put a question mark over favourites like Big Break , Telly Addicts and Going For Gold yesterday . |
| 5 | The machine had a plastic cover over it , like stereo systems used to have before they became furniture , I suppose to keep the dust out , but there was no mistaking the whirr-buzz sound . |
| 6 | A boy dangled a paper lantern over the dancers ' heads , a globe of pleated paper with a lit candle inside , bobbing at the end of a pole , a second moon . |
| 7 | The company 's president and chief financial officer were fired , the FBI began an investigation and Phar-Mor announced a $350m write-off over the affair . |
| 8 | The outcome put a question mark over the long-term survival of the centre-left coalition which took power in March [ see p. 38821 ] with a strong commitment to constitutional reform . |
| 9 | One HM customer recently tested his ‘ rugged ’ notebook to the limit when a lorry driver reversed a 10-ton truck over it . |
| 10 | Fred was thin , Arthur very fat , and Fred 's head made a pecking movement over the bulk of his friend with the effort of bearing the load . |
| 11 | Philip pulled the camouflage net over the entrance . |
| 12 | Mrs Cochrane 's husband added : ‘ My wife had a depressive illness over a long period . |
| 13 | VALCO got the monopoly rights over ore which they did not exploit for marketing reasons ; and the company operated as an enclave industry . |
| 14 | Soon after the ceremony he went to Glasgow , where he fell ill with what would seem to have been smallpox , and from vanity kept a taffeta mask over his face . |
| 15 | Results from the European Arctic Stratospheric Experiment ( Easoe ) show that ozone levels reached a record low over much of the northern hemisphere in January , as chlorofluorocarbon ( CFC ) chemicals combined with natural pollutants from the Mount Pinatubo volcanic eruption to create " highly peturbed conditions " in the stratosphere . |
| 16 | It was already nightfall when Whitlock crossed the Heuss Bridge over the Rhine and turned the Golf Corbio into Rampenstrasse , his eyes screwed up behind his tinted glasses as he tried to distinguish the numbers , many of them faded and indistinct , on the rows of warehouses lining the river bank . |
| 17 | She managed to wrench her gaze away , and with conscious deliberation drew the dust sheet over a fruitwood table . |
| 18 | In that case , Mrs. or Miss Savage emptied a beer glass over a person 's head , the glass went with the beer and the person was hurt . |
| 19 | STEPHEN AKERS recorded a surprise victory over Ian Wilson , the European silver medallist , in the 1,500-metre freestyle at the fifth Edinburgh International Swimming Meet last night , writes Anita Lonsbrough . |
| 20 | But for patients in high EE homes , the continued use of these drugs reduced the relapse rate over a nine-month period among Brown and his colleagues ' sample by one third ( 66 per cent to 46 per cent ) , and in Vaughn and Leff 's sample , by about one half . |
| 21 | Nina was on the floor now , sobbing , and the others had a rugby scrum over her . |
| 22 | Nodding , Wexford eyed the paying-in book over Burden 's shoulder and what he saw astonished him far more than any of Hatton 's prodigality . |
| 23 | Harriet threw the rope halter over his head . |
| 24 | At an auspicious moment the groom threw a gold chain over the bride 's neck and presented her with a wedding dress and jewels . |
| 25 | FERRANTI 'S shares encountered hectic trading when they returned from suspension yesterday as a host of conflicting rumours swept the stock market over the company 's future . |