Example sentences of "[adv prt] [v-ing] over [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had gone up to Magdalen College , asked at the Porters ' Lodge , discovered the grounds were closed ; then just carried on walking over the bridge , around the Plain , and back again down the High . |
| 2 | Kelly carried on looking over the books but his heart was n't in it . |
| 3 | Instead , we ended up wandering over the moors above Hebden Bridge . |
| 4 | He emptied his glass in one gulp and I followed suit , only to end up spluttering over the table , coughing , with eyes watering , gasping for breath . |
| 5 | I ended up going over the falls and being held under for a long time , and thinking there was no way I was going to come up before the next wave came across . |
| 6 | We could have guessed that Abraham would end up paying over the odds , but not as much as this . |
| 7 | Garment workers , who were paid really bad wages and had a strike and struggled for union recognition , and I think that 's the thing that women have gone on doing over the years . |
| 8 | ‘ We have even had the force helicopter out flying over the ship and broadcasting the message to get off . ’ |
| 9 | Jezrael grimaced but kept on striding over the ice-desert towards the shattered Antarctic horizon . |