Example sentences of "the [noun sg] and over [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Good views can be had over the loch and over to the Merrick , at 2,770′ the highest peak in the Southern Uplands .
2 When everyone was occupied she would waft into the room and over to the cradle , to peer quietly into it and then , satisfied that the baby was safe and well , to slip in behind the door .
3 The pointing finger moved on , away from the grass and over towards the pavement .
4 Rafiq followed him , and for a moment Robert thought he was going to hit him , but , instead , he ran across the road and over towards the far side of the Common .
5 He could not go near the lights for the Men would see him ; so he would seek the most darkness — away from the Zoo and over towards the blackness of the Park centre .
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