Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [noun] [v-ing] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Numerous food scares and the dramatic rise in reported cases of food poisoning over the last few years , plus the need to comply with European Community requirements led to the Food Safety Bill , now nearly two years old . |
| 2 | THE late Bruce Chatwin once said that when he worked at Sotheby 's he became acutely aware of indestructible objects of art surviving over the years while generations of human flesh decayed around him . |
| 3 | On one occasion the voice of Jack Peach , one of our versatile announcers , described Christmas on the Canadian west coast , including the cries of sea-gulls wheeling over the docks . |
| 4 | There was an old broken mud house nearby with a fallen tower where the pigeons had lived , and trees like willows hanging over the still water . |
| 5 | I 'm not a fucking Nazi I just collect militaria I 'm not a fucking racist I just hate blacks and gun magazines instead of magazines for guns wanking over the glossy photos of chromed Lugers I 'll bet ; half of them think Elvis is still alive , buncha fucking stupid little cunts ! |
| 6 | Comparisons of prey assemblages of predators hunting over the same area ( Append . |
| 7 | With the likes of Ministry marching over the hairy horizon , Eugenius and their casual like are virtually being pushed towards the mainstream . |
| 8 | Tongues of colour washing over the old grey mansion . |
| 9 | In fact , almost everything before seven is business news with men in suits watching over the pound like doctors : ‘ And the latest news from Tokyo — it seems to be a little better . |
| 10 | Away to the left a flare hit the water , clouds of smoke rolling over the surface towards her . |
| 11 | In their almost dead-white , overpowdered faces , the mean little eyes looked red and sore in their crusted pits of mascara ; their great painted mouths with lipstick smearing over the fuzzy edges gave them a touchingly clownish look . |
| 12 | Looking down towards the Orne I could see a thick mist over the water and patches of mist hanging over the cornfields . |