Example sentences of "the [noun] [coord] over [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In a letter to the Secretary of State , I outlined my deep concern over the case and over the way in which the allegation by Mrs. X had been investigated .
2 He ran down the field and over the brook to the cattle-wade .
3 He watched curiously as the Men and the People followed him across the field and over the fence which the tree was beyond .
4 ‘ Not two miles from Atholl Castle — across the ford and over the hill .
5 Gently slide your hands over your partner 's face starting from the chin , circling the eyes and over the forehead .
6 They came from the big houses down the loch or over the pass towards Loch Lomond , or the castle at Inverary , from miles and miles , little girls in furred and caped coats and dresses gathered into heavy bows behind the cascades of ringlets .
7 Finally a continuous length of baler twine is threaded under the legs and over the top , pulled quite tight and tied halfway up the load .
8 Apart from the pictures from the camera trained on the area of primary interest , others images , were recorded on the same tape and when played displayed on the three other quarters of the video screen contemporaneously , were from cameras situated in other areas of the club and over the entrance door .
9 A path leads from the car park through the brambles and over a rock slap stile to enter open fields and descent to a lesser ruined mine building .
10 The deeply moated site of the former manor house marks the edge of the old settlement ; sheep now graze peacefully over the remains of the village and over the ridge and furrow patterns of what were once the communal arable fields .
11 The polemic in the newspapers had begun not over the kidnapping but over a fight that had broken out a few days previously in a bar much frequented by the young Sardinians who hung around the city and by the city gangs who sold them drugs .
12 Making a retail price was Sotheby 's lot 278 , a fine Meissen Augustus Rex bottle vase of 1725–30 , estimated at £20–30,000 , it was contested in various places in the room and over the telephone , selling in the room for £42,000 ( $63,000 ) .
13 He was polite but distant after that for the rest of the week , and there was no suggestion that they should get together in the evening or over the weekend .
14 Or unless they come from Stobb Hill and come by the station and over the crossing .
15 A comfortable little dacha in the peace of the countryside , perhaps , or a manipulated exit visa , a chance to get over the border and over the wall ?
16 Make frizzy , overdry hair softer and more manageable by massaging hair wax into the ends and over the surface .
17 I applied full power and attempted to lift the aircraft off the ground and over the dyke .
18 As he did so , he heard footsteps passing under the bridge and over the point catwalk and continuing under the box .
19 The cost is very reasonable starting at around £30 , and the course can be completed in a day , either during the week or over the weekend , in safe flat water conditions .
20 Slowly , methodically , they moved between the trees and over the rough-grassed , uneven ground , making sure nothing slipped between them .
21 What the different groups all have in common is their control over production processes in the economy and over the labour of a number of subordinates .
22 It swung back and forth , creaking in the wind as it moved past the cliffs and over the sea .
23 Additional problems are created by the heaviness of the monsoon rains which not only wash the sulphur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen out of the air and over the marble but further erode any weaknesses in the stone .
24 Throwing some levers normally cuts out an electric force field , or jumping onto a steel plate hurls Zack into the air and over an obstruction .
25 By the time he had climbed out of the valley and over the pass on a day which was fretting for a thunderstorm , he was boiling with the need to act .
26 She 'd been wanting to slip away today , away up the river and over the hill to a clear pool where the girls swam and giggled and the boys shifted like shadows among the trees .
27 Through the ‘ new ’ town of Victorian terraces that came with the railway and over the river into the old town .
28 A small road ran across the bridge , through the fields and over a hill .
29 After cleaning and testing , fit the insulating jacket around the sides and over the top .
30 Roll out most of this ( 450g/1lb ) to a large circle and use to cover the cake , smoothing down over the sides and over the join .
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