Example sentences of "[vb past] out over the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mounting a size 8 Green Highlander , John cast out over the stream . |
| 2 | Beneath the shady colonnades built out over the pavements , fat Chinese stripped to the waist like living Buddhas sat flicking their abaci behind high mounds of fruits , foodstuffs , silks , porcelains , hardware and a dozen other commodities . |
| 3 | There 's also a lounge and TV area and spacious sun terrace , built out over the lake . |
| 4 | These are piers built out over the harbour , and indicate old merchants ' houses , where ships could unload directly into the premises . |
| 5 | I waded out over the shallows until I came to them , and gathered the ones I could , looking up from my harvest as Esmerelda and kite struck out for the North Sea . |
| 6 | The noise brought Jacqui to the door and light spilled out over the scene . |
| 7 | The petrol tank split open as it rolled and most of the gas spilled out over the hill . ’ |
| 8 | Next to this are heaps of coal and a conveyor cantilevered out over the river . |
| 9 | The winter sun came out over the signals aerials on the top of the regimental headquarters and I warmed my neck , rubbing it against the collar of my knitted undershirt . |
| 10 | In addition the epicuticle may include a superficial lipid layer ( Lockey , 1960 ) covered by a protective cement layer of unknown composition ; the cement layer is secreted by epidermal glands and poured out over the surface . |
| 11 | Worst part was swinging out over the water — the only way to get into this Fort Knox of a Marina — clutching the slithery pole — trying not to shout ‘ Help ! ’ — leg splayed out over the harbour all murky and oily below … |
| 12 | The overhead door swung up easily to his touch and the light splayed out over the gravel of the drive and the unkempt verges of silvered grass . |
| 13 | I came to the braided reaches of the river where it swung out over the sands , and adjusted my steps so that I cleared all the channels easily and cleanly , a leap at a time . |
| 14 | On my perch , arms wrapped tightly round the shrouds , I was alternately laid back over the deck and thrust out over the water . |
| 15 | His readiness to speak on almost any topic , and especially on medical ethics , was remarkable : his speeches averaged out over the pontificate at almost one a day . |
| 16 | This time she saw pebbles laid out over the whole of the surface , more or less evenly spaced . |
| 17 | Turning his head , he gazed out over the stern , his face as impassive as that of an Apache chief . |
| 18 | Turning her head , Polly sipped her coffee and gazed out over the expanse of water . |
| 19 | Lissa wandered over to the window and gazed out over the expanse of carefully tended shrubbery that bordered the car park . |
| 20 | They did not immediately sit down , but leaned on the low parapet and gazed out over the river and the mountains , she with her head inclined towards his , he with a hand resting on her shoulder . |
| 21 | She gazed out over the flat , dark countryside as the lights of Ghent were left behind . |
| 22 | One wooden jetty crept out over the water on brittle insect legs . |
| 23 | They bound out over the jam , bouncing off the roofs of cars with a hollow metallic booming noise . |
| 24 | On these mornings her freckled face was blanched , and she sat motionless at the breakfast table , staring sightlessly into a cup of cold , wrinkle-skinned coffee , while her long red hair gradually slithered out of the nest of twists she had knotted it into , and hairgrips pinged out over the floor and the table around her . |
| 25 | No matter what disasters in the world , no matter what the weather , the dedicated company of campanologists assembled every Wednesday night and the bells of the Norman tower rang out over the Suffolk fields , ceasing promptly at nine lest they should disturb the local population . |
| 26 | YORK Minster 's bells rang out over the city for the first time in six months at the weekend their longest break since the Second World War . |
| 27 | Although the SDLP also managed to increase their Belfast seats by one , giving them eight councillors , a bitter row broke out over the meetings , which party leader Mr Hume has confirmed will continue with Mr Adams . |
| 28 | Gaston I quarrelled with his mother , Margaret of Béarn ( d. 1319 ) and despite a reconciliation in September 1312 , a dispute then broke out over the custody and tutelage of his heir . |
| 29 | Brian Guthrie interviewed Mary , Mavin Shulver ( who had gone along for support ) and some Class members , and the Broadcast went out over the air on the following Saturday . |
| 30 | The disinherited fell out over the distribution of some of the fruits of their victory : Beaumont was captured at the siege of Dunlarg Castle and had to raise loans , including one from Edward III , to pay his ransom , while in September 1334 David II 's supporters reoccupied much of the land ceded to Edward III , forcing the English administration to retreat to Berwick . |