Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] over [art] [noun] as " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The rule does lack conviction when poorly interpreted , as was the case when the umpire at square leg ‘ called ’ Prabhakar at Adelaide after a ball passed just over the batsman as he ducked . |
| 2 | Gunga drove off over the bridge as I looked around for a suitable spot to get some practice in . |
| 3 | He reached up for the handle , grasped it , tried to turn it once , failed , tried again and this time dropped face down over the threshold as the door swung open . |
| 4 | Explore the underground installations , browse in the museum , stand by the guns and look out over the Channel as gunners did in two wars . |
| 5 | The egg in the mixture makes it stay put , instead of running all over the place as most cheese mixtures do . |
| 6 | ‘ What were known all over the world as ‘ English gardens ’ were the most pervasive influence that England ever had on the European way of life' , wrote Lord Clark . |
| 7 | ‘ But , ’ I said , ‘ it jumps all over the place as it is so light ! ’ |
| 8 | The inquiry has been scaled down over the year as leads have fizzled out . |
| 9 | Acorn started and turned towards him and the beetle scurried away over the pebbles as Pipkin moved and woke . |
| 10 | " Well , unless I 'm very much mistaken , " more help " has hove up over the horizon as you might say . |
| 11 | Many theories have been put forward over the years as to its original purpose . |
| 12 | Various fairly unscientific theories have been put forward over the years as to why and how it got there . |
| 13 | For nova-hunting , Alcock uses hand-held binoculars which he can sweep freely over the sky as he reclines in a deckchair . |