Example sentences of "and [verb] over the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've put Mr Trumper 's things in the bedroom and checked over the flat . |
| 2 | After 1998 , these figures start being ‘ phased down ’ by ½ per cent a year , so that anyone retiring after the year 2008 gets only 20 per cent ( one fifth ) of their relevant earnings , after they have been revalued and averaged over the whole of the working life . |
| 3 | If the lamp is adjusted , by a circular knob set into the side , the purple glow can be made much brighter and plays over the mutant . |
| 4 | An interesting effect can be obtained by brushing a few strokes of water onto the paper and drawing over the top . |
| 5 | An interesting effect can be obtained by brushing a few strokes of water onto the paper and drawing over the top . |
| 6 | There was a railed-off space on top of the cabins which served as a kind of open-air lounge , sufficiently high to allow passengers both to enjoy the breeze and to see over the bank . |
| 7 | Fat couples in vacation plaids , bouncing about like toddlers in the low g and cooing over the moondirt souvenir jewellery . |
| 8 | Half-way along it , Ember whipped round to yell , ‘ Go , Jez ! ’ and vaulted over the hand-rail . |
| 9 | The man burst into the Alpine Cafe in Marine Drive , Southport , and vaulted over the counter to snatch £90 in cash . |
| 10 | Police issued the photofit of a man who burst into the Alpine Cafe in Marine Drive , Southport , and vaulted over the counter . |
| 11 | The fog lay upon the river and swirled over the bridge . |
| 12 | Once Dandelion struck the smell of a stoat and they all joined him , whispering and sniffing over the ground . |
| 13 | 20ft seas were running into the entrance and crashing over the sea walls and visibility was virtually non-existent in the rain , spume and spray . |
| 14 | Chunks of blue-green stuff flaked off and scattered over the floor . |
| 15 | ‘ The average number of vehicles passed through the shops for repairs annually is 8,100 … . there are 3,200 employed at Wolverton , while outside we have 2,000 at Crewe , Carlisle and Willesden , and scattered over the line ’ . |
| 16 | In 1955 , Floirat bought the ailing radio station Europe 1 and presided over the company for 30 years , transforming it into one of the country 's most popular stations . |
| 17 | From 1965 to 1970 Rowiecki also served as musical director of the Theatr Wielki , Warsaw 's huge opera and ballet theatre , and presided over the opening performance of the reconstructed building in 1965 , conducting Moniuszko 's Straszny Dwor ( ' The Haunted House' , a characteristically Polish mix of folklore and Bellinian melody ) . |
| 18 | Izanami henceforth became the Earth Mother , the prime goddess of Shinto , and presided over the Underworld . |
| 19 | The President appoints and presides over the Council of Ministers . |
| 20 | The President appoints and presides over the Council of Ministers . |
| 21 | The President , assisted by two Vice-Presidents ( or , in extraordinary circumstances , one Vice-President ) appoints and presides over the Cabinet . |
| 22 | Turns and twindles over the broth |
| 23 | I was looking for drugs and walking over the aerosol cans . |
| 24 | GUIL stands up and looks over the audience . ) |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Stella walked to the poplar-trees and peered over the wall into the field . |
| 27 | Satisfied he was at least decently dressed , Seb raised his head cautiously and peered over the edge of the hollow . |
| 28 | In the frosty quiet he heard the sound of an engine too suave to belong to a resident , and peered over the parapet to see the men getting out of the car below . |
| 29 | The sudden descent into abuse took McLeish by surprise and he realized he must have shown it , because the girl literally got a grip on herself , folding her arms and hunching over the table . |
| 30 | I dived into the bathroom and bent over the loo . |