Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [noun] over [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps it is this very ‘ emptiness ’ which appeals to many clients , for they can strip their advertisements over the aquamarine seas , or over the azure of skies , so that our subliminal minds will equate the goods they offer with the freshness of unspoiled paradise . |
| 2 | This was before the building of New Bridge Road and it now seems impossible that the large convoy of vehicles could ever make its way over the narrow bridges leading into the city . |
| 3 | Robbie had to fight down an impulse to reach out and run her fingers over the dark mat . |
| 4 | Miller observed that penal institutions ‘ can not sustain their decency over an extended period of time . |
| 5 | With the power of her eyes alone she had compelled a glass of water to tip and spill its contents over the horrible Headmistress , and anybody who could do that could do anything . |
| 6 | Given the comments above , we would have our doubts over the likely benefits for sectors that are heavily exposed to Europe . |
| 7 | But she could well match her rivals over the 50-metre sprints at the meet , which this year will also incorporate the Super Final of the Uncle Ben 's Rice British Grand Prix series.GOLF : A statue of Harry Vardon which , as reported in The Daily Telegraph , was stolen from the South Herts golf club in north London last month , has been located in the Hendon area . |
| 8 | And the two men would shake their heads over the inconsistent , bloody-minded civilians who swarmed through a general practitioner 's surgery , deliberately misleading qualified men about the nature of their fatal diseases . |