Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [art] [noun] [noun] over " in BNC.

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1 The visitor can pass on without an inkling of these rare events , and in walking through the church pass over the Teutonic bones of those ancients .
2 The most heroic plays were made as we leapt to stop the ball hitting the wooden door to the hall or banging into the metal shutters over the window , which would have brought the guards running in .
3 CONCERN is growing in the art world over the news that Charles Saatchi the advertising agency millionaire has sold between 10 and 12 per cent of his art collection in the past six months .
4 At the same time concern was growing in the business community over the government 's increasingly critical attitude toward the USA , Japan 's biggest trade partner , and by mid-March Miyazawa 's position as leader was considered by many observers to be in danger .
5 MONDAY September 7 saw the last flying Vulcan formatting with an RAF Hercules over Stamford , Lincs .
6 It seems extraordinarily right that he should have died , suddenly and without struggle , on a lovely day , gazing from the Catbells ridge over Newlands to the Derwent Fells .
7 In the Commons , the Prime Minister has said he is still consulting with the United States over the situation in Bosnia .
8 And now the Trunchbull was leaning back against the weight of the whirling girl and pivoting expertly on her toes , spinning round and round , and soon Amanda Thripp was travelling so fast she became a blur , and suddenly , with a mighty grunt , the Trunchbull let go of the pigtails and Amanda went sailing like a rocket right over the wire fence of the playground and high up into the sky .
9 A major blunder was caused because , while negotiating with the coal miners over their pay demands , a significant error was made in calculating the true level of previous pay awards and various overtime rates .
10 Their whole day was spent arguing with a customs official over the contents of their truck .
11 With so many ‘ mature ’ players playing in the Whaddon strip over the years , varicose veins have often been in evidence .
12 THERE was confusion yesterday about the affect on government spending and borrowing after the Treasury climbdown over the way subsidies from the European Commission are treated .
13 Only his wife remained , a scrawny figure with gold-rimmed spectacles half-way down her nose , presiding like a recording angel over her ledgers .
14 MITI helped to promote streamlining in the parts industries over the years 1956 to 1966 , aimed at modernization and rationalization of the number of suppliers .
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