Example sentences of "from over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Come on , Angus , ’ Donald persisted , ‘ let us hear a song from over the mountains . |
| 2 | The sceptics did not deny that by means of what was traditionally called an ‘ empirical ’ sign we might be led to indirect knowledge of something temporarily hidden : smoke from over the building is a sign that there is a fire behind . |
| 3 | I had seen that look somewhere before , and memory suggested two pictures : one was from an old history book and showed Marie Antoinette on her way to the guillotine — ‘ The Queen went forth , stately and calm ’ ; , the other ( ‘ Tales from over the Border ’ ) showed a beautiful girl withdrawing modestly while a Highland chief petitioned her father for her hand in marriage . |
| 4 | The voice from over the way was equally cold . |
| 5 | Only the Elizabethan English stayed foreign , as they were absentee landlords , and ruled from over the water . ’ |
| 6 | Until that moment Evelyn had not realized exactly what had taken place when she had been let down from over the machine . |
| 7 | The first specks of light rain fell on Trent 's face as he looked up to see the motor yacht 's captain studying him from over the brilliantly-varnished taffrail . |
| 8 | There was a strange rasping noise coming from over the next rise . |
| 9 | The rain was hammering on the perspex roof , gurgling in the gutters , and the four horses gazed at them hopefully from over the refrigerator tops , making funny little whickering noises for food . |
| 10 | The sound came from over the garden wall and I knew that no-one in that part of Gigant Street kept chicken . |
| 11 | Choose a dessert from over the page or serve cheese . |
| 12 | The second , known as hypochondriacs , tended to swallow a large number of useless potions purchased from over the chemist 's counter . |
| 13 | With England now the enemy , this was inevitably one of the most vulnerable places in the northern kingdom — and indeed had been captured early in the Wars of Independence by Edward Plantagenet and remained in English hands ever since , its garrison readily supplied and reinforced from over the nearby Border . |
| 14 | And when he learned their numbers , he could seek reinforcements for his five hundred from over the Border , from the castle garrison , even from Dunbar . |
| 15 | She pulled her hair out from over the patchcord , and passed her fingers through it . |
| 16 | And others she did n't recognize : a young woman from over the sea , sometimes dressed in a nun 's habit , sometimes holding a clear-handled gun ; a foreign man , dark-complexioned and dangerous , his hands red with blood ; a beautiful young-old man with generous lips , picking up a guitar and smiling ; and a man in a tropical suit , with a deathshead skull behind his smile . |
| 17 | No sooner had Derek Bevan blown the final whistle at Twickenham , than faint noises could be heard from over the horizon . |
| 18 | MOST VISITORS to Scotland intent on seeing the best of the scenery , and especially those coming from over the Border , tend to travel northwards in stages , halting often to view places already familiar or else recommended in guidebooks . |
| 19 | He rolls up his sleeves and sets in on the dishes that I have eaten from over the course of the day . |
| 20 | Illicit stills flourished , smugglers and " rum-runners " brought in alcohol from over the borders , and " bootleggers " distributed the liquor . |
| 21 | I write to her with my window open to catch a breeze which is coming from over the plains where the short rains are expected . |
| 22 | But he stayed where he was and he continued to regard the Robemaker from over the restricting mask and , presently , the Robemaker said , ‘ Does it not irk you and chafe you to be so confined , Wolfprince ? ’ |
| 23 | You know what I mean : people expect you to talk about dark strangers from over the water and golden fortunes coming their way . |
| 24 | I 've been watching you from over the wall . |
| 25 | Her father grinned at her from over the rim of his spectacles . |
| 26 | The Medes from over the way were joining in , perhaps , or the dreadful Throckmorton brothers from Number Thirteen . |
| 27 | USAN I ZUN BI Living for love ; a tropical hurricane arriving from over the sea , generally at dawn |
| 28 | The earl had successfully held minor raids near Carlisle , apparently launched to sound out the defences of the western march , and at Berwick the garrison , with the help of George Dunbar , that angry refugee from over the border , poacher turned forester , had decisively defeated a party of four hundred Scots . |
| 29 | That 's when Mrs Marsh from over the road comes and sits with her while I get to the shops . |
| 30 | In the light that shone feebly from over the street he saw her hands grip and rub one another . |