Example sentences of "over [art] top " in BNC.
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| 1 | Liz , the receptionist , peered at me over the top of her pink-rimmed spectacles . |
| 2 | If you feel like going completely over the top , why not grow some rhubarb chard near your gaudy cabbages ? |
| 3 | If the opponent 's attack is a face punch , then hit his extended arm with your forearm , glancing your punch over the top of his and into the target . |
| 4 | If the action is sharp enough your opponent 's punch will graze over the top of your head , helped on its way by a fast rising block . |
| 5 | It was certainly not one of the many studied effects which Paul had variously condemned as ‘ ludicrous ’ , ‘ over the top ’ , ‘ outrageous ’ , ‘ dingy ’ , or — most damaging of all — ‘ silly ’ . |
| 6 | She 's gone over the top . |
| 7 | They were free to look over the top of the box to see what size the bricks really were , and they were quite aware that their own view was distorted because one of the portholes contained a magnifying lens . |
| 8 | The coils themselves should consist of 500 turns of 0.2mm enamelled wire scramble wound as neatly as possible over the core , the second winding crossing over the top of the first at right angles . |
| 9 | You may think this is way over the top , but by the time he gets there the reader , if he believes ( as I do ) in Keneally 's veracity , will have experienced the same emotion . |
| 10 | But this time Hardy went straight on to the attack , putting Holmes on the canvas with a right over the top for an initial count of seven . |
| 11 | He had a grey fringe round back and sides , although a few wisps that had once been fair or ginger were combed over the top . |
| 12 | Sir Adrian cites the example of the army commander who leads his troops over the top of the trenches when it might have been more prudent to stay put . |
| 13 | AF boss Dr Bruno Broughton said : ‘ There is nothing wrong with the bulk of the IFM proposals but forcing people to qualify before being allowed to go fishing is over the top . ’ |
| 14 | Sweetcorn , chickpeas or maples may well be the going bait and it could then be an advantage to fish a couple of very large jumbo tiger nuts of half a brazil nut over the top of the baited area . |
| 15 | One ice-breaker went over the top on the Oxford Canal at Nell 's Bridge on Saturday and plunged neck deep into freezing water |
| 16 | At journey 's end she folded over the top of the bag and thoughtfully replaced it behind the netting on the back of the seat in front . |
| 17 | With the hood down you can lower the windows and go in over the top , but even this is far from ideal . |
| 18 | Then a couple of Jumping Jack fireworks came over the top , one of which fell into my underpants . |
| 19 | Medieval paintings show twists of cloth jammed into bottlenecks , or cloth or leather tied over the top , sometimes smeared with sealing wax . |
| 20 | The cover over the top allows the moisture which comes off the food to stay beneath the oil and seal it . |
| 21 | He threw his dressing gown casually on the chair and — with never a glance at Arty — jumped between the sheets , picked up the newspaper from the floor beside the bed , opened it out and peered over the top , his ears tuned to the conversation . |
| 22 | ‘ When I do go out somewhere special I like to go completely over the top in the glamour stakes — different hairdo , glittery accessories and high heels ’ |
| 23 | George Underwood : David was always a bit over the top and he decided to write to John Bloom , a millionaire business , saying something to the effect ‘ Brian Epstein has got The Beatles but you can have us ’ , but Bloom was n't that interested and passed his letter to Les Conn , an agent . ’ |
| 24 | They were in their plastic bags on the outdoor grounds , and as the sun came up , it came up over the top of the hill and hit the silver pyramid and there was David on stage singing . |
| 25 | On this aspect of the story Mr Sale is an invaluable guide and teacher , but he goes well over the top in his determination to present Columbus as the representative of a devilish western world driven only by the desire to rape , grab and despoil a land of innocence . |
| 26 | Now , suddenly , he had an uneasy feeling that he had allowed himself to go a little ‘ over the top ’ . |
| 27 | Alison looked quite like her mother — only the mother was over the top and wore too much make-up . |
| 28 | The wind was blowing over the top of Jinny 's head , fluttering the loose , short hairs round her forehead . |
| 29 | When Dot went to bed that night , Gloria laid the fawn coat over the top of the blanket . |
| 30 | On the table was a vase of flowers , a square honeycomb oozing liquid honey from its wax holes onto the dish , three jars of jam , each one a different colour of dark red , and a jug with a muslin cloth over the top . |