Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [adv] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It looks as if there 's a wall sticking right out over the shingle . ’ |
| 2 | The day before our return , as we looked out over the battlements , we saw a succession of thick black clouds driving slowly in over the sand flats and camel grass . |
| 3 | Before Gifford had his stroke they used to go painting together all over the place . |
| 4 | Driving very slowly over the narrow bridges spanning the fast flowing streams which stemmed from the River Ouse , he noticed that a massive flock of coots had flown in while he had been away . |
| 5 | ‘ I suppose , ’ said Suvarov , paying no attention to her rudeness or the incipient hysteria in her voice , ‘ because it was so important … not just fighting it , but being part of it , doing one 's best and living more intensely over a longer time than one had before . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ If you watch telly , you 'll know there 's people lying dead all over the world , ’ said Constance . |
| 7 | Oh you can keep going though totally over the top I thought well Joseph 's was twelve ninety nine and Ben 's was fourteen nineteen ninety nine and that 's just tough that I 've got you know , I ca n't get Charlotte 's any cheaper than that , but , I mean they 're not gon na know how much I 've , they 're not gon na say well you 've got five pound more than what I have cos they 're not of that age so , that 's how I 've left it , that 's what I 'm gon na do , I 'll get her the circus and then they can swap them over and Joseph will be happy that he got something on wheels |
| 8 | On and on they travelled , rattling appallingly fast over the rutted roads so as to outstrip the pilgrims who followed them out of each town and village . |
| 9 | A safe distance from shore all sails were set and , with the last anchor hauled in , the mizzen and foresails were backed — the crew hanging far out over the deep-blue water to keep the booms at an angle that would force her bows around towards the south so that her mainsails could fill . |
| 10 | Whenever she settled down , posed gracefully like a romantic heroine , Isolde or Deirdre , gazing wistfully out over the battlements south towards her beloved , her mother 's sharp voice would echo up the stair . |
| 11 | Two days later as she sat on the beach , staring glumly out over the ocean , Laura knew that she could n't fool herself any longer . |
| 12 | Towards evening Fleury was leaning against the rampart at the banqueting hall staring dully out over the foliage , occupied in vague thoughts about food and reviewing in his mind various outstanding meals he had eaten in the course of his existence . |
| 13 | He told the Echo today : ‘ I 've been doing really well over the last month , playing probably the best football of my life . |
| 14 | He told the Echo today : ‘ I 've been doing really well over the last month , playing probably the best football of my life . |
| 15 | Cloud was advancing steadily again over the moon 's face , and its shadow rolled across the mitred stones of the abbots , and covered the dark inward movement of the men who had followed him up from the water . |
| 16 | She shut her eyes and tugged at the rope , sending the boat soaring high up over the scruffy , stinking little fair and the bare-headed people and the wide , comfortable , pleasure-loving river . |
| 17 | At the end she turned and almost trotted back to her stall , jumping quite freely over the gutter . |
| 18 | The first set can be supported under paving slabs , and holds six strands of wire projecting horizontally out over the edge of the pool . |
| 19 | One of the problems is that the rider , perched up there , is sitting almost directly over the centre of gravity of the thing , and there is little room to manoeuvre . |
| 20 | This system bore heavily on people earning only just over the threshold - and their employers . |
| 21 | A dubious-looking taxi got us to Tuni where we hired horses , haggling as always over the price . |
| 22 | In a recent letter to an amateur gill-netter in New Zealand , Gaskin said : ‘ Animals like Hector 's dolphin , with a very low reproductive rate , are disappearing steadily all over the world ... |
| 23 | Well she phoned and umm asked how Oliver was and everything and just said oh how are you and I said oh I 've not been feeling very well over the weekend . |