Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] [art] [noun sg] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shark catches it by its feet , but as it tries to get a better grip the young bird is released and flaps into the air over the shark 's back . |
| 2 | The welfare state therefore acts as a ceiling over the heads of those on low incomes , making it difficult for them to move up through their own efforts . |
| 3 | The question of the ‘ Lanfranc forgeries ’ — that is , of the additions made to nine papal letters addressed to archbishops of Canterbury in order to provide clear papal authority for Canterbury 's primacy — hangs like a cloud over the primatial disputes of the years from 1072 to 1123 ; and it is important to seek such certainty as is to be obtained on this question . |
| 4 | The way in which the Prioress 's Tale hangs like a shadow over the pilgrims is reflected by the continuation of the rhyme-royal verse form from the tale into the following link : a feature matched only once elsewhere in the Tales , by an apparently repressed stanza at the end of the Clerk 's Tale ( IV : 1212a — g ) . |
| 5 | It sails like a galleon over the wide , flat expanse of Holderness , its symmetry and many pinnacles lead the eye up to its perfectly proportioned spire which crowns the central tower ’ . |
| 6 | Keith gives the American football a good kick — high and spiralling , it hangs in the air over the Heath . |
| 7 | The reader assists at the triumph over the abyss and experiences , in a very important way , his/her own coming-through or rite of passage . |
| 8 | But precision is lacking ; the debate over the foetus at six months contrasts with the unanimity over the zygote and new-born baby . |
| 9 | The Port in the name of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port relates to the passage over the mountains to the south-west of the town , the most famous in all the Pyrenees . |
| 10 | The plan provides for the construction over the next three years of municipal effluent treatment plants in all towns along the river with a population of over 20,000 , the beginning of construction of such plants for cities of more than 50,000 , and the elimination of industrial sources of pollution . |
| 11 | PS We later hear how my daughter , bridge hopping bare-footed , gets on a Tube train which comes to a halt over the river just as we paddle beneath . |
| 12 | From the lane leading to Kisdon Force , a signposted path diverges and comes to a footbridge over the river . |
| 13 | Gower 's relaxed attitude and Johnson 's wry observation are served with a slice of lemon when it comes to the controversy over the differences with Messers Stewart and Gooch . |