Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] over [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the morning clouds boiled ominously over the distant Baltoro peaks as we cramponed to the start of the east ridge . |
| 2 | ‘ When I first had Sammy he peed all over the blimmin' place . |
| 3 | Instead there is a designer 's travelogue : the production ( no director is listed , but Nigel Jamieson heads the company ) veers all over the Far East and indeed round to the Caribbean . |
| 4 | The potential of hoard studies has been realised only over the last century . |
| 5 | The cart bounced on over the rutted road . |
| 6 | Today certain people will not go on the station after dark , so the past tragedy lingers on over an entire railway complex . |
| 7 | A 12 volt battery is really essential for the mechanical action of the trimmer to work effectively over a long period . |
| 8 | He was a free-thinker — one whose thoughts ranged widely over every unorthodox idea , forging connections where none had previously been contemplated . |
| 9 | Reaching out , Vitor touched a honey-coloured strand of hair which had tumbled from her topknot to curl down over the exposed nape of her neck . |
| 10 | After a welcome and introductory talk by Sylvia Townson , the theatre 's public relations officer , visitors were able to wander all over the Edwardian building with most grabbing the chance to stand behind the footlights for a thespians ' eye view of the ornate auditorium . |
| 11 | Blanche did not linger long over the local news reports . |
| 12 | Since their receptive fields are scattered all over the visual field the rabbit 's brain is kept well-informed about movements all around it . |
| 13 | Similar incidents occurred all over the Old City and the manpower Owen could command was stretched to its limit . |
| 14 | As Landsats 1–3 moved southwards over the illuminated side of the Earth an instrument called the Multispectral Scanner ( MSS ) measured the reflectance of the land or water surface along scan lines extending 92.5 km on either side of the sub-satellite track ( Figure 5.2 ) . |
| 15 | Light from the ceiling moved uncertainly over the carved wood Quiss was still staring at . |
| 16 | Crossing the worse danger zones was like some horrible game of ‘ Last Across ’ ; they told you that forty cuistots had got across safely since the last casualty ; you waited for the explosion , then staggered frantically over the open space , knowing that if you were No. 41 the next shell probably had your name on it . |
| 17 | The delicate stone arcade ( 1896 by Clifton ) stands partly over the public pavement . |
| 18 | It remains to be seen whether the special provision built up over the last decade will survive what may be the collapse of pre-vocational college-based education . |
| 19 | The four were Donna Maguire , arrested in Turnhout , Belgium , on June 16 , who was wanted in connexion with attacks in West Germany in 1989 ; Gerard Majella Harte , arrested over the Dutch border on June 16 , after evading Belgian police near Turnhout , with a man provisionally named as Michael Collins who escaped in handcuffs but was later picked up over the Dutch border in Chaam , on June 18 ; and Paul Hughes , who drove through a police checkpoint in Chaam on June 18 and was arrested there on June 19 . |
| 20 | His eyes flickered involuntarily over the rich dress and pampered appearance of his visitor . |
| 21 | Executive Support Manager Allan Paterson looks back over the TOP Programme as it has progressed at Hunterston and considers some of its achievements . |
| 22 | As Annie adjusted the nappies under the wriggling body , she glossed back over the previous week . |
| 23 | His hand slid down over her back , his fingers splaying out over the firm swell of her bottom , pulling her body closer still to his . |
| 24 | The stolen cars have been occurring now over the last year . |
| 25 | At intervals , a whistle rings out over the dark lake , giving the all-clear . |
| 26 | There 's an ‘ honesty ’ bar where you get your drinks yourself , and observation lounge which looks out over the lovely sweep of Broadford Bay . |
| 27 | I sat on the earth banking that looks out over the Muddy Creek and ate an apple . |
| 28 | After a while the gentle rocking as they moved smoothly over the dark water , the beauty and romance of the night , began to work a subtle magic , and unconsciously she relaxed . |
| 29 | Other advantages proposed for speech are that the hands are free to perform other tasks and that communication may be carried out over a standard telephone line without the requirement for additional hardware . |
| 30 | While TACP Design acted as architects , John Dansken and Purdie acted as Quantity Surveyors with Wimpey Construction managing the building work in the £5m project carried out over a five year period . |