Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [noun] [adv] over the " in BNC.

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1 He laid the sheet back over the face .
2 You see , when they took a century 's dust and dirt off those walls , they completely changed the acoustics , swapping grubby absorbency for beautiful , bright marble which bounced the sound all over the place .
3 PRAGUE — Czechoslovakia has deported 400 East Germans who entered the country illegally over the past week to try to reach the West , Reuter reports .
4 In one last , massed Hearts attack Levein headed downwards and Robertson touched the ball on before Martin stopped the ball apparently over the goal-line .
5 Seconds later Blues ' midfielder Lee Doherty headed the ball just over the Reds ' crossbar from Stephen Beatty 's left wing cross .
6 She tried to light the gas fire but dropped the matches all over the hearthrug .
7 Botham stood there with bat poised and with casual ease lifted the ball back over the bowler 's head for six runs .
8 Nicandra threw an arm out over the bedclothes and turned her cheek fiercely into the pillow .
9 So I hung the glove nearly over the centre of the top bar of the gate and went on quickly .
10 I asked as Reid pulled the sheet back over the little girl .
11 Ruth pulled the coverlet straight over the bed in No. 4 .
12 They billeted the men all over the village and even in our outbuildings here .
13 Besides , they blew the papers all over the place .
14 He slapped the conductor hard over the head for the bother he was causing and on a scrap of paper laboriously took down my name , age , passport number and nationality .
15 A pop group — happily , as I know , since disappeared — which called itself ‘ The Move ’ sent a postcard all over the place , including , impertinently , to Downing Street , advertising their new record .
16 Instead he faced one directly , and took a moment longer over the exchange of greetings than was usual even with people whose graciousness is studied " .
17 She flicked the flour expertly over the board and cut the pie shape .
18 She put the cover back over the Pavlov stock .
19 He cocked an eye speculatively over the rim .
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