Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] [adv prt] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I nod at Andy , taking yet another opened magnum and leaning out over the glass-stacked table . |
| 2 | He moved again to the eastern window and looked out over the cottages of the headland . |
| 3 | She stood up , stretched , then moved to the window and looked out over the busy concourse . |
| 4 | He stood at a window and looked down over the trees , where rooks were crossing sticks in a light sway of air . |
| 5 | Lissa wandered over to the window and gazed out over the expanse of carefully tended shrubbery that bordered the car park . |
| 6 | But on the Day of the Dead she went to the cemetery and cried out over the sound of her own deep sobbing ‘ Mama , you are lucky not to see us so unhappy . |
| 7 | We sit on a thoughtfully placed bench with our backs against a hollow in the hillside and look out over the island , back towards Fionnphort , to the beginning of our long journey homeward . |
| 8 | She took her hand away , leaned on the rail and looked out over the sea . |
| 9 | On my perch , arms wrapped tightly round the shrouds , I was alternately laid back over the deck and thrust out over the water . |
| 10 | I scrambled to the top and looked out over the sand and rocks to where Paul stood , a tiny figure against the reflected brightness of the pools and wet sands , overshadowed by the tilted cone of metal beside him . |
| 11 | At midday we climbed the minaret and looked out over the rooftops of Cairo , stretching like a vast uneven plain from the Moqqatam Hills to the tall modern buildings along the river . |
| 12 | ‘ Besides , I fancy a change , ’ she added , raking her hair from her forehead and staring out over the balcony of the apartment . |
| 13 | If a decision is made to abandon the launch at height , it is safer to release first and then to lower the nose , as this prevents the risk of the cable parachute opening and flying up over the aircraft . |
| 14 | Bakhramov 's opinion that an extra-time shot by Geoff Hurst had hit the underside of the crossbar and bounced down over the goal-line prompted Swiss referee Gottfried Dienst to allow the goal which gave England a 3–2 lead . |
| 15 | Rather than watch them go , I stayed by the sink and gazed out over the playing fields . |
| 16 | ‘ When we pulled out of Jaffa , I stood on the stern and looked out over the old city , ’ he said . |
| 17 | The long flats , like the rounds , offer versatility : much colour can be loaded on the brush and drawn out over the painting surface , or shorter dabs can easily be applied and manipulated without the brush hairs giving way . |
| 18 | Stamping their hopelessly outsize boots , they trudged in single file out of the gutted , white-stone church and slogged off over a ditch away from the barricade . |
| 19 | Then I get up out of the creaking seat and stretch my legs , taking my glass over to the floor-to-ceiling windows which form one wall of the ballroom and look out over the gardens to the railway line and the shore of the loch . |
| 20 | His streaming muzzle and look out over the meadows , |
| 21 | She wanted to stand on the balcony and look out over the roofs , listen to the strange sounds and watch the cars and scooters rushing by in the street below . |
| 22 | Finally we sat in the hide open to the general public and looked out over the wide expanse of water at Low Ellers . |
| 23 | The position of the runway and the topography of the island means that planes normally land and take off over the sea . |
| 24 | Turning her head , Polly sipped her coffee and gazed out over the expanse of water . |
| 25 | Their bedroom was in the front of the house and looked out over the sea , a vast expanse of blue , sparkling in early morning sunshine . |
| 26 | They did not immediately sit down , but leaned on the low parapet and gazed out over the river and the mountains , she with her head inclined towards his , he with a hand resting on her shoulder . |