Example sentences of "[vb past] a [noun sg] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | With medieval courtesy , the recipient dropped a thank-you note over the donor 's base . |
| 2 | At an auspicious moment the groom threw a gold chain over the bride 's neck and presented her with a wedding dress and jewels . |
| 3 | At last , satisfied , he went to the sink and washed his hands , then came back and threw a muslin cloth over the board and its bloodied contents . |
| 4 | In that case , Mrs. or Miss Savage emptied a beer glass over a person 's head , the glass went with the beer and the person was hurt . |
| 5 | Fred was thin , Arthur very fat , and Fred 's head made a pecking movement over the bulk of his friend with the effort of bearing the load . |
| 6 | She slung a canvas bag over her shoulder , the gun inside it . |
| 7 | What she got a breakfast session over the |
| 8 | One HM customer recently tested his ‘ rugged ’ notebook to the limit when a lorry driver reversed a 10-ton truck over it . |
| 9 | Donacloney Pikers led by Jackie Gilliland recently enjoyed a trip fishing over a wreck 10 miles out from Kilkeel . |
| 10 | A second survey covered Northern Ireland at a similar density ( Applied Geochemistry Research Group , 1973 ) and revealed an arsenic anomaly over the Sperrin Mountains where the Curraghinalt gold deposit was later found . |
| 11 | As they passed an STM tip over the surface they applied short bursts of alternating voltage , a few milliseconds long and slightly more than 1.5 volts in amplitude , over particular atoms . |
| 12 | Good For A Loan is potentially well treated on some of his form last term - which included a neck verdict over Sukaab at the Somerset circuit 13 months ago - and can produce a potent turn of foot under favourable conditions . |
| 13 | STEPHEN AKERS recorded a surprise victory over Ian Wilson , the European silver medallist , in the 1,500-metre freestyle at the fifth Edinburgh International Swimming Meet last night , writes Anita Lonsbrough . |
| 14 | For the first time since the process of unification began it placed a question mark over the future of Kohl , who had made 14 campaign appearances and admitted that the result represented a " bitter defeat " . |
| 15 | A plaintiff once brought a defamation action over the allegation that he was a highwaym . |
| 16 | He had his own clergy attached to his cathedral , and gradually he eventually acquired a parish clergy over whom he could sometimes exercise control . |
| 17 | Results from the European Arctic Stratospheric Experiment ( Easoe ) show that ozone levels reached a record low over much of the northern hemisphere in January , as chlorofluorocarbon ( CFC ) chemicals combined with natural pollutants from the Mount Pinatubo volcanic eruption to create " highly peturbed conditions " in the stratosphere . |
| 18 | Soon after the ceremony he went to Glasgow , where he fell ill with what would seem to have been smallpox , and from vanity kept a taffeta mask over his face . |
| 19 | After she fell in love with Astrid , she became Dragonfly Moonchild , the world her oyster , and for the first time on the daily journey , she saw an adventure playground over the hoardings by the Elephant and Castle , and all the poles were painted like a carousel . |
| 20 | Director General Sir Michael Checkland put a question mark over favourites like Big Break , Telly Addicts and Going For Gold yesterday . |
| 21 | The outcome put a question mark over the long-term survival of the centre-left coalition which took power in March [ see p. 38821 ] with a strong commitment to constitutional reform . |
| 22 | They made him strip , put a plastic bag over his head and then poured petrol over him . |
| 23 | But in 1659 he won a landslide victory over a crypto-Royalist , and in the Parliament of Richard Cromwell [ q.v. ] he proposed Chaloner Chute [ q.v. ] as Speaker and rose to his feet ‘ 20 times a day ’ . |
| 24 | Her hands were clasped , and she carried a crystal rosary over one arm . |
| 25 | Nina was on the floor now , sobbing , and the others had a rugby scrum over her . |
| 26 | When he came back into the doorway of the room where she waited , he had a duffle coat over his arm , and was carrying a folding garden-bed with a rigid aluminium frame and a patterned canvas cover printed with brilliant sunflowers . |
| 27 | Mrs Cochrane 's husband added : ‘ My wife had a depressive illness over a long period . |
| 28 | The machine had a plastic cover over it , like stereo systems used to have before they became furniture , I suppose to keep the dust out , but there was no mistaking the whirr-buzz sound . |
| 29 | ‘ I had a plastic bag over my head . |
| 30 | Doctor Laura Maingay changed her sandals for driving shoes , pulled on a pair of string-backed driving gloves and wound a silk square over springy brindled hair . |