Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] and [adv] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was walking backwards and forwards over the makeshift stage shaking sand on to the boards from a small bucket , trying to evoke the desert sands of Saudi Arabia . |
| 2 | If you weave half way across a row and stop and take off the sinker plate , you 'll see the weaving yarn weaving up and down over the needles . |
| 3 | Another feat of walking was undertaken by Harry Baker , who having a brother in Hastings would , at the turn of the century , visit his brother walking there and back over a weekend . |
| 4 | However , per capita food production in Africa has been declining slowly and steadily over the last few decades . |
| 5 | This produces extraordinary scenes when traffic is heavy , with cars proceeding smoothly and quietly over the ramps , almost like a school of porpoises . |
| 6 | Sometimes he would secretly watch other eagles whose territory he had trespassed over , to learn from them the art of quartering back and forth over an area to find prey and flush it out |
| 7 | She thumbed the pages quickly , her eyes running up and down over the print . |
| 8 | Donna took a step closer , her gaze travelling back and forth over the gilt-framed painting . |
| 9 | He stood by the door , listening for movement , and again heard the slow footsteps , pacing back and forth over the carpet . |
| 10 | When she looked up she could see the bees shooting up and away over the wall , and by each hive there was a continual coming and going of bees , some of whose pouches were brilliant with golden pollen . |
| 11 | With the saw blade set at 15° the jig locates in the mitre fence slots of the saw table , sliding back and forth over the blade . |