Example sentences of "[vb past] over [art] [noun sg] with " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Aunt Margaret presided over the table with placid contentment , urging them to eat with eloquent movements of the eyes and hands . |
| 2 | She fumbled for the torch , and thumbed over the button with a chilly hand , and the cone of light spilled over a man 's body , face-down in the shallow water , glistening under the abrupt brightness in violent projections of black and white . |
| 3 | He turned back towards the stands , jumped nimbly over the thirteenth and fourteenth and soared over the Chair with Sebastian V , Royal Stuart and Zongalero keeping him company and Spartan Missile starting to make ground from the rear . |
| 4 | The dumb woman brooded over the child with a naked , maternal expression on her face which Melanie found both embarrassing and touching . |
| 5 | She leapt over the rock with one smooth movement and landed in a cat like crouch , weapon raised . |
| 6 | During my time at the DHSS I met over the table with three Chief Secretaries and , I have to admit , had battles with them all . |
| 7 | The room fell silent , and from his great height he gazed over the room with that familiar expression he put on when being headmasterly — an expression that was at once dyspeptic yet predatory ( for were they not , after all , his prey ? ) . |
| 8 | Mona leant over the cocaine with a rolled-up five-pound note in her hand . |
| 9 | Klownz went over the top with this style ! |
| 10 | She went over the conversation with the pinafored lady again . |
| 11 | Four minutes later Carl Leven 's header went over the bar with a cross coming in from the left , Charlton going in confidence , although United had the chances to put the game well beyond their reach . |
| 12 | They drank tea together and Müller went over the report with him . |
| 13 | She went over the place with the country gent estate agent , who wore a check cap , cavalry twill trousers , had a limp handshake and permanently narrowed blue eyes . |
| 14 | Was it you went over the fence with Gary ? |
| 15 | She grieved for her father and worried about Maggie , but most of all she fumed and cried over the affair with James Halden . |
| 16 | He slid the table into the centre of the room , tipping it on to its side , and dragged over the couch with Mariana still on it , so that the furniture formed a fort . |
| 17 | While everyone else departed , I stayed over the weekend with my mother . |
| 18 | I mixed the cocoa shell with the soil , filled and planted the bed and then mulched over the top with more cocoa shell . |
| 19 | McClair stood over the ball with Irwin , but Flowers raced out , reaching the ball before it was even touched ! |
| 20 | As the season progressed , so had the heat , and Huy and Merymose stood over the body with their heads wrapped in linen cloths to protect them from the sun . |