Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [noun sg] [adv] over the " in BNC.

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1 You see , when they took a century 's dust and dirt off those walls , they completely changed the acoustics , swapping grubby absorbency for beautiful , bright marble which bounced the sound all over the place .
2 PRAGUE — Czechoslovakia has deported 400 East Germans who entered the country illegally over the past week to try to reach the West , Reuter reports .
3 In one last , massed Hearts attack Levein headed downwards and Robertson touched the ball on before Martin stopped the ball apparently over the goal-line .
4 Seconds later Blues ' midfielder Lee Doherty headed the ball just over the Reds ' crossbar from Stephen Beatty 's left wing cross .
5 So I hung the glove nearly over the centre of the top bar of the gate and went on quickly .
6 Ruth pulled the coverlet straight over the bed in No. 4 .
7 He slapped the conductor hard over the head for the bother he was causing and on a scrap of paper laboriously took down my name , age , passport number and nationality .
8 A pop group — happily , as I know , since disappeared — which called itself ‘ The Move ’ sent a postcard all over the place , including , impertinently , to Downing Street , advertising their new record .
9 Instead he faced one directly , and took a moment longer over the exchange of greetings than was usual even with people whose graciousness is studied " .
10 She flicked the flour expertly over the board and cut the pie shape .
11 He cocked an eye speculatively over the rim .
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