Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [noun] [verb] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the meantime , Nobby was engaged in fashioning a piece of metal to fit over the top of the stick . |
| 2 | A piece of paper comes over the pine counter with five numbers on it . |
| 3 | As the ‘ degree of control a person or a collectivity of people exercises over the actions of others ’ the sociological examination of power is conventionally linked with male-oriented stratification analysis , and with the analysis of formal institutions such as government . |
| 4 | Everywhere bells ring the alarm ; a surge of fear sweeps over the countryside . |
| 5 | A thick scatter of cloud hung over the moor . |
| 6 | The first , and most general , is the willingness of companies to pay over the odds when they acquire other companies . |
| 7 | A mass of bodies scrambled over the shelves , everybody was shouting at one another and books were being thrown in all directions . |
| 8 | The first wave of Manichaeism swept over the Levant and Asia Minor in the third and fourth centuries — Bogomilism was the first manifestation of a neo-Manichaean movement which penetrated into southern and western Europe between the ninth and thirteenth centuries . |
| 9 | Slate we wanted to produce we want , you know if there a lot a bit of waste going over the tip , we were n't so much worried bout the waste , cos we was on the bonus we were making the slates and that . |
| 10 | Sprawled on his back on the deck , he lay exhausted under a waterfall of waves breaking over the cabin top . |
| 11 | He drank nightly with the Mason in the treasure cave he called a wagon , and a kind of normality settled over the grinding wickedness of the Miracle Pageant and its never-ending circuit . |
| 12 | A difficulty of interpretation arises over the question whether it must be the constable who warns who effects the arrest . |
| 13 | A veil of ignorance hangs over the moment of creation . |
| 14 | A look of bewilderment comes over the faces of visitors who can not comprehend why some supporters will not go to watch the national side simply because they are playing on Rangers ' ground . |
| 15 | As Carolyn started to read a look of absorption came over the child 's face , and her thumb slotted into her mouth . |
| 16 | Treatment has concentrated on the removal of dirt accumulated over the centuries and conservation of areas of the bronze affected by acid rain and pigeon droppings . |
| 17 | The wavefront of mist rolled over the Marines in a billowing carpet , though once the first rolling wave was past , the mist was much thinner , merely causing a watery distortion in everyone 's vision . |
| 18 | A speck of grit danced over the time-segment at the lower right-hand corner , smearing the rolling figures . |
| 19 | The ending of wartime controls over the economy when peace came was not a popular cry , whatever the Conservative Party and business interests may have thought . |
| 20 | The work was in progress from 1827 until 1840 and represents Donizetti 's career in microcosm ; even the type of paper improves over the years with the progress of his career . |
| 21 | By the 1920s an elaborate hierarchy of colours indicated the position of the record within a class system ; the overall range of prices varied over the years , but not the implied class structure . |
| 22 | The tiny beam of light flickered over the telephone — and back . |
| 23 | I do n't think either , given the succession of scandals and the aura of sleaze hanging over the Secretary of State 's quango sector that anyone would deny that in terms of value for money and financial probity , direct democratic control is a far better watchdog than the financial control systems of the Welsh office . |
| 24 | A dark curtain of cloud hung over the horizon to the north as Dexter weaved his way through the clotted traffic on the Kentish Town Road . |
| 25 | Soon after , he checked out in Vegas , the suspicion of murder hovering over the coroner 's report . |
| 26 | A loud gasp turned to uproarious laughter , as a stream of champagne sprayed over the naked showgirl to douse the flame of the candle . |
| 27 | But a band of Franks climbed over the mountains at Susa and outflanked the Lombards , forcing Desiderius to fall back upon Pavia . |
| 28 | At eleven o'clock a group of children came over the hill . |
| 29 | Have we now reached the stage where there is a recognised body of work produced over the 1980s by women artists ? |
| 30 | If they are afraid of rats , an iron cage of rats strapped over the chest or face is used . |