Example sentences of "which [vb past] [vb pp] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | A rich girl , then ; but he could see that already from the delicacy of her skin , and the fine soft hands which lay crossed over her small breasts . |
| 2 | My father still had full use of both his legs at the time , and had to use them to run up and down from kitchen or lounge to the bedroom and back when Agnes rang the little bells sewn into the bell-bottoms of her jeans , which lay draped over a chair by the side of the bed . |
| 3 | Lines of enquiry suggested themselves from reported material which had accumulated over the years on possible energy effects at ancient sites . |
| 4 | As compulsory state education absorbed the higgledy-piggledy assortment of church , charity and board grammar schools which had emerged over the 200 or so years of industrial Britain , the essentially utilitarian character of schooling was never quite extinguished . |
| 5 | He was trying to exorcise the wave of desire which had swept over him when McAllister 's blue-black eyes were fixed so earnestly on him . |
| 6 | Within the orbit of the late Roman world , Christianity was primarily receptive ; it inherited a set of institutions ready-made , conformed to a social and political structure which had developed over a long period , and learned to live with a culture which it had little part in creating . |
| 7 | The report blamed appalling living conditions and prejudice within the police and legal systems for the discrepancy , which had widened over the years . |
| 8 | On Aug. 21 a meeting between Kenyan president Daniel arap Moi and US officials resolved tensions which had arisen over what the Kenyan authorities had perceived as the lack of proper consultation about the US operation , involving as it did US military aircraft overflying Kenyan airspace and the arrival of up to 300 US military personnel . |
| 9 | Lucenzo reached out and pushed back the tress of copper hair which had fallen over her forehead , and she trembled at the sensual drift of his fingers over her face . |
| 10 | It was regarded by the authorities as the latest stage of a blood-feud which had begun over the purchase of a house , and which had already in March resulted in three deaths [ see p. 38840 ] . |
| 11 | The acrid stench which had hung over Thrush Green all day was almost unbearable here . |
| 12 | In September , South Sea stock , which had dropped over August , collapsed , in tune with what was happening in Paris and in Amsterdam . |
| 13 | The gangs had already been selected to work on the other three small coasters which had arrived over the past weekend . |
| 14 | What was less obvious was the effect on the system as a whole , which had evolved over a long period of time influenced by a variety of political and economical pressures , and not necessarily in a methodical manner . |
| 15 | Rostov realised that the noble was unaware of the crosscurrent which had passed over his head . |
| 16 | There , in the middle of nowhere , he found a copy of Tom Waits 's début album , Closing Time , which had melted over a disused railway track . |
| 17 | The confrontation was symbolic of the accelerating polarization which had occurred over the previous five years , with the Popular Front calling for a determined re-application of the policies of 1931–3 and the right for radical constitutional revision . |
| 18 | For Marx and Engels the French Revolution marked the violent transition from feudalism to capitalism , which had occurred over a century earlier in England during the civil war . |
| 19 | She was helped into the gardens of paradise by a number 33 bus , which had reversed over her while trying to execute a three-point turn outside the Polka Theatre , but some people still claimed that her death was , in part anyway , due to a broken heart . |
| 20 | The flat seemed cold and empty when she let herself in several hours later , and discovering a message from Kelly on the answering-machine brought no respite from the depression which had settled over her like a heavy black cloud . |
| 21 | He also called for urgent medical treatment and compensation for local residents , official estimates on the following day stating that the health of up to 120,000 people could have been endangered , principally by a beryllium oxide gas cloud which had settled over Ust Kamenogorsk for five hours after the accident ( beryllium contamination could cause disfunction of the lungs , liver , kidneys and central nervous system ) . |
| 22 | The sensation of cold which had spread over Caterina earlier now rolled greasily about her . |
| 23 | It is most probably that the inhabitants had heard of this religion which had spread over Europe and had been known as early as the late Roman period in Britain . |
| 24 | Trudging through the leaves which had drifted over the path , sniffing the keen autumnal air with its hint of smokiness , and feeling the sun on his face , Massingham felt a surge of animal well-being . |
| 25 | This must be the ultimate exit of the cave , and here we had the explanation of the wind-blown spume which had drifted over Viking throughout the day at the east landing . |