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 . |