Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [v-ing] over [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am puzzling over the dot matrix display board that 's trying to tell me what trains are coming my way . |
| 2 | Erm I 'm ranging over a lot of what for you perhaps is historical material , given your age , but er you 're probably not very familiar erm if you want to ask questions about er detail or whatever please feel free to do so . |
| 3 | Now I have said that , it 's not government policy , perhaps I 'm stretching over the bounds of saying it , but er those these ideas are around . |
| 4 | We were nearly on the beach and I was looking over the side of the ship . |
| 5 | I suppose I was kicking over the traces a bit and parental authority seemed as irksome to me then as it does to teenagers today . |
| 6 | I can usually pick up a ball with one hand , but as I was laying over the ball , I had to use both hands to pick it up , and already a Cardiff forward was rushing down on me . |
| 7 | One Christmas I was flying over the city of Boston in America it night and I saw the Christmas lights like networks of jewellery flickering through the freezing air ; and hardly ever in my life had I seen anything more dazzling or beautiful . |
| 8 | And while I was leaning over the side , Sogono tapped me on the shoulder and said , ‘ How many soldier you kill , Chinaman ? |
| 9 | I was getting over the feeling of rejection instilled into me at St Aubyn 's , which by making me aggressive had deprived me of so much that Eton had to offer . |
| 10 | Eagerly I was bending over the vacuum cleaner . |
| 11 | I 'm not an expert fighter and I did n't know I was going over the top . |
| 12 | The members of the School Boards were more secular in their thinking than the builders of the earlier parish schools , and although some designers used the Gothic style , it was argued that ‘ … a continuation of the semi-ecclesiastical style … would appear to be inappropriate and lacking in anything to mark the great change which is coming over the education of the country ’ . |
| 13 | Right bear in mind you are getting over a cold . |
| 14 | And he warned his opponents : ‘ If you are going over the top on me you 've got to put me out of the game . |
| 15 | It is quite acceptable to ask to sample before you buy , although this is only possible if you are purchasing over the counter . |
| 16 | So if you are foaming over the price of a pint , shop around for the special offers . |
| 17 | It 's funny but life seems infinitely sweeter ( you 're going over the top now ) ; anyway I thrive on challenges and this is the ultimate one . |
| 18 | Bear that in mind when you 're going over the staff with a fine-tooth comb . ’ |
| 19 | " You and Lorne , you 're fighting over the girl . |
| 20 | For me , it depends on what you 're saying over the noise . |
| 21 | There 's something to have a bash at while you 're relaxing over the Christmas hols ! |
| 22 | Whatever you 're doing over the weekend of 28th/29th November , forget it , your time could be better spent … |
| 23 | In times of civil disturbance they were also called upon to help in maintaining the king 's peace , as when in June 1234 the foresters of fee of all the royal forests of England were commanded to aid the sheriffs in arresting the malefactors who were roaming over the countryside as a result of the disturbances created by the Earl Marshal and his adherents . |
| 24 | Now you were standing over the road for five minutes unfortunately , but I hope during that time some of you used your eyes . |
| 25 | It was faith in a God Who is watching over the world , and is active in it . |
| 26 | P.C. Clifford , the driver of the car , got her name and address and a statement from her , though it does n't amount to anything more than that she was looking over the bridge and saw the body . |
| 27 | I just managed to catch her as she was going over the edge . ’ |
| 28 | She was bending over the dog , rubbing her cheek against its head . |
| 29 | She was bending over the sail locker , and she jerked her head up to stare at him , dropping the lid with a bang , instantly suspicious . |
| 30 | ‘ Oh , she was walking over the stones and I wondered if she was cut , but she was n't . |