Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [adv] over [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To test this particular application of Procedure Audit , a monitoring process was established in a section of thirty persons , and the administrative assistant briefed to record the number of queries referred back over a period of two months . |
| 2 | This time she saw pebbles laid out over the whole of the surface , more or less evenly spaced . |
| 3 | You 'll what you 'll end up with is different organisations managing houses scattered all over the city . |
| 4 | Her fingers moved slowly over the paperweight . |
| 5 | Now , as her fingers moved smoothly over the piano keys , Laura acknowledged that Julie was right . |
| 6 | With the enclosure of the open fields and the redistribution of the land mostly in compact blocks instead of strips scattered all over the parish , one would have expected the old open-field village to disintegrate as the village farmers built new farmsteads on their allotments . |
| 7 | We turned the light on The room was full of funny little animals whizzing all over the floor . |
| 8 | Then the almond eyes gazed fiercely over the child 's head towards Nana . |
| 9 | His readiness to speak on almost any topic , and especially on medical ethics , was remarkable : his speeches averaged out over the pontificate at almost one a day . |
| 10 | Behind him on the back seats of the bus four teenagers argued loudly over the cost of the litre of cider and half bottle of vodka they passed between them . |
| 11 | Doubts surfaced yesterday over the participation of Royal Athlete in Saturday 's big race . |
| 12 | His eyes moved swiftly over the scene before him , registering but not acknowledging Pascoe and Dalziel . |
| 13 | These are piers built out over the harbour , and indicate old merchants ' houses , where ships could unload directly into the premises . |
| 14 | We have taken various risks looking back over the years , like Wapping . |
| 15 | Place the horses inside the stable holes , securing them with royal icing and positioning them so that their heads peep out over the doors . |
| 16 | Shortages vary somewhat over the country . |
| 17 | She could imagine what he looked like : dark , slightly wavy hair and blue eyes , the right eyes to look out over the miles of sea all around him . |
| 18 | ‘ Such a long time ! ’ she gasped in his ear as they hugged each other tightly , the dogs retiring a respectful distance to sit and watch the homecoming with tails swishing excitedly over the gravel . |
| 19 | The Royal Bank of Scotland has designed a special account that allows you to provide for your children 's future and enable these savings to grow steadily over the years . |
| 20 | Flares on carts and boats , horses stamping , men shouting , loose herrings flying all over the place and quickly snatched up by children and men . |
| 21 | But as she said she she just had to she could n't stay in bed when she had kids running all over the place . |
| 22 | Fran fixed a cool smile to her lips , her eyes running warily over the man seated opposite . |
| 23 | The warning came after a meeting of Ards Borough Council last week in which Ulster Unionist Ronnie Ferguson put forward a motion that the council should offer free collection of waste to the Orange Order , which has halls dotted all over the borough . |
| 24 | It really wo n't do to talk airily about businessmen and business women as if emergency pools of these super-executives exist all over the country , ready to plug the numerous gaps left by the incompetence of Noddy and know-nothing councils that are councillors and magistrates . |
| 25 | George locked the baggage car door behind us and we stood again in the quiet horse car which looked homely and friendly with the horses ' heads poking forward over the doors . |
| 26 | ‘ So I 've already gathered from your own choice of decorating gear , ’ he murmured , once again letting his eyes roam freely over the leotard and leggings clinging lovingly to her like a second skin . |
| 27 | More sepoys poured forward over the bodies of their fellows and a number of the defenders who had lingered too long hammering nails into the vents of the cannons were cut down as they tried to make their way back to the shelter of the buildings ; many more would have perished had not a small rescuing party which included Rayne , Fleury , half a dozen Sikhs and a couple of Eurasian clerks , wielding sabres and bayonets , surged forward in a sudden counter-attack to surround their companions and drag them back . |
| 28 | When Gaily had finished , he sat back , his heavy legs sprawled anyhow over the hearth , and ran an anxious hand over his already thin hair . |
| 29 | Robyn 's eyes roamed despondently over the scene . |
| 30 | Jo 's voice follows her heels clicking fast over the cafe 's tiled floor . |