Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [v-ing] over the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then a reminder of the tragedy came during World War I when a Polish soldier was walking over the bridge one starlit night when he saw the wraith of a man dancing on the parapet . |
| 2 | I looked as if I was reading the paper , but my mind was going over the events at Ingard House , and the curious discrepancy in the stories about Andrew Stavanger . |
| 3 | Already Lavender 's scheming mind was going over the possibilities that this water-jug job had opened up for her . |
| 4 | The knife was sharper than she 'd allowed , and soon blood was spurting over the tablecloth with each heartbeat . |
| 5 | The wind was blowing over the top of Jinny 's head , fluttering the loose , short hairs round her forehead . |
| 6 | The sun was shining over the Gower Peninsula and the train was sending me all how-green-was-my-valley . |
| 7 | The sun had set and dusk was closing over the moor , which looked grey and melancholy . |
| 8 | She heard a ‘ Gee up ! there , ’ and then the cab was rolling over the cobbles . |
| 9 | Er all the water was coming over the doors . |
| 10 | I awakened Taff at first light ( for stand-to ) as the early morning Normandy mist was gathering over the fields and hedgerows . |
| 11 | The man was bending over the trough , sloshing handfuls of water everywhere . |
| 12 | Up above , the other man was clambering over the iron rail of the terrace , a dark and uncertain shape against the night sky . |
| 13 | Lorne was dangling over the bowsprit filming as I firmly held his legs , when he was taken off-guard by a violent lurch and dropped our wide-angle lens cap overboard . |
| 14 | The growing strength of Spanish Communism and its identification with the international movement to aid the Republic , underline the increasing influence which the Soviet Union was exercising over the European Left . |
| 15 | ‘ After half an hour the barrage was moving over the village . |
| 16 | Moonlight was pouring over the valley , black and silver , and presently Lugh was standing at the edge of the forest , looking down into the shallow dip that sheltered the great Manor of Tara . |
| 17 | At first I thought a cloud was passing over the sun . |
| 18 | A sinister white vapour was floating over the autobahn . |
| 19 | It was early evening in May but already darkness was closing over the landscape . |
| 20 | Cawthorne was leaning over the machine , blocking my view of anything else inside the bunker , and I slid around to check whether I could see in through the slits . |
| 21 | At 11.15am they gave up the attempt , and as the tide was rising over the reef , decided to seek the help of the fishermen in the lagoon . |
| 22 | The worst bit was coming over the runway for the landing when I felt that I was no longer in control , but he made a perfect landing … a great landing for anyone , but incredible for someone who had never flown before . ’ |
| 23 | Last night a storm of protest was growing over the Government 's ‘ do nothing ’ approach . |
| 24 | Last night a storm of protest was growing over the Government 's ‘ do nothing ’ approach . |
| 25 | His mother was bending over the baby in the basketwork cradle his father had made for the first Wooldridge child , and she was mopping the fevered little body with a damp cloth . |