Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [noun sg] [vb pp] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | A loud gasp turned to uproarious laughter , as a stream of champagne sprayed over the naked showgirl to douse the flame of the candle . |
| 6 | Have we now reached the stage where there is a recognised body of work produced over the 1980s by women artists ? |
| 7 | It was bare , basic , meagre : mean little windows slapped planless into the wall , a miserable little square of concrete slapped over the door . |
| 8 | The political report to the congress , delivered on March 27 by Kaysone Phomvihane in his capacity as LPRP general secretary , said that the policy of restructuring applied over the past five years had " injected new life and a sense of flexibility " into the private and state-operated economic sectors . |
| 9 | Recycling programmmes have failed to prevent Europe 's cities from increasing by 13 per cent the volume of waste discarded over the past five years . |
| 10 | Here and there , a miniature Halfpenny Bridge of stone curved over the winding brook . |
| 11 | From the Maryhill Paper Works to Possil Loch the bridge of colour stretched over the city of Glasgow . |
| 12 | In the 19th century a pall of dullness settled over the limited Mozart repertoire that was performed . |
| 13 | A fraction of a second later a wash of flame played over the stones where they had been standing . |
| 14 | The Realm of Chaos swept over the city and engulfed it , and Praag was changed forever , its stone walls and building melding into hellish and inhuman shapes . |
| 15 | Nell was at a bookshelf , reading out titles as the pool of light passed over the volumes . |
| 16 | The glass rocked and wavered for an instant before it fell and a dark pool of wine spread over the tablecloth between them . |
| 17 | It is this : the pain of loss corrupts our waking hours , what we think is a beautiful light from the imagination is the gleam of poison cast over the furnishings of our minds . |
| 18 | a sheet of ice formed over the first-night audience when it sensed the theme . |
| 19 | A slight frown of disappointment passed over the photographer 's face . |
| 20 | Within minutes she was asleep , her heavy mane of hair spread over the white pillows . |