Example sentences of "fly over [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The actions of the USSR must be seen in the context of a dramatic change in the international situation , caused by the shooting down on 1 May of a US U2 spy plane flying over the heart of continental Russia . |
| 2 | Small parties are also frequently seen flying over the interior of the county . |
| 3 | ‘ It hisses at you if it sees you , and Trudy says she saw it flying over the lane one night on the witch 's broomstick . ’ |
| 4 | He continued circling upwards and then cut away from the cove , flying over the moorland gloom before turning sharply back to observe the cove again . |
| 5 | I like this — in high winds there 's no chance of the flysheet flapping around or flying over the tent . |
| 6 | After about two hours flying over the sea , they swung in over the coast and were given a welcoming burst of anti-aircraft fire . |
| 7 | She recalled no aeroplanes flying over the heath . |
| 8 | Flying over the country at fifteen thousand feet at night , I had seen strange toy woods and towns and the eiderdown pattern of the fields . |
| 9 | This was a vehicle with all mod cons at the rear of the bus , which I had followed many times and checked on its progress flying over the route ; oddly enough , on my last night in Mespot I was to sleep in the Imperial Airways rest fort at Rutbah Wells , I had refuelled there many times and had wondered with awe at the vast ugly route-flying Imperial aircraft — Handley Page HP42s — and even more so at the passengers who took an even greater interest in our tiny single-engined Wapiti aircraft , and furthermore asked endless questions about our aircraft and of our life in Baghdad . |
| 10 | Flying over the Bay of Bengal on the way to Rangoon they experienced a terrifying monsoon storm . |
| 11 | ‘ For half an hour Russian pilots were flying over the base , preventing a missile and bomb attack by two Georgian SU-25 fighters , ’ an air force spokesman was quoted by Itar-Tass news agency as saying . |
| 12 | Flying over the battlefield the reaction of an airman was often one of disgust mingled with a certain arrogance , the contempt of the individualist for the herd ; ‘ What cowardice to accept such a situation without revolt ! ’ exclaimed Observer Bernard Lafont . |
| 13 | He says there were bullets flying over the fence . |
| 14 | One Christmas I was flying over the city of Boston in America it night and I saw the Christmas lights like networks of jewellery flickering through the freezing air ; and hardly ever in my life had I seen anything more dazzling or beautiful . |
| 15 | Tatton Park director Mike Beaufoy said : ‘ Income comes to the estate from visitor admissions , open air events , concerts and filming in the open air these are all affected by aircraft flying over the estate . |
| 16 | He switched the radio on and they drifted through the night together , flying over the miles to London . |
| 17 | Only last year she toured India , visiting Khatmandu and flying over the length of the Himalayan range , getting as close as possible to Mount Everest — one of her most wonderful moments . |
| 18 | Our hotel , the Atlantico , overlooked the harbour , and that evening we watched a local single-engined plane repeatedly flying over the harbour as low as a couple of hundred feet above the cranes . |
| 19 | Flying over the Bornholmerstrasse yesterday , I saw a scrum of East Berliners massing to cross its bridge . |
| 20 | The kindest way is to say that , had we followed the advice so loudly and frequently given by the right hon. Member for Manchester , Gorton ( Mr. Kaufman ) and his colleagues seven or eight years ago , it is highly probable that the hammer and sickle would still be flying over the Kremlin and , more importantly , that the Soviet armies would be massed in Europe . |
| 21 | We were standing in the loft , watching them flying over the fields for half an hour , until darkness fell and we lost sight of them in the gloom . |
| 22 | In Brussels yesterday NATO sources said the alliance had completed plans to enforce a no-fly zone over Bosnia , with the United Nations expected to approve the use of allied fighters this week to shoot down Serb or other planes flying over the republic . |
| 23 | ‘ We have even had the force helicopter out flying over the ship and broadcasting the message to get off . ’ |
| 24 | I said , " What 's happening ? " and my dad went like this , right across my face , and I went flying over the table . |
| 25 | As soon as Ben Gunn saw the English flag flying over the house , he said , ‘ There are your friends . ’ |
| 26 | She watched the swallows that had begun to fly over the hill in the last of the light ; they skimmed close , almost round her feet . |
| 27 | The plane 's pinpoint laser accuracy kit highlighted the targets which the Tornado then bombed — with neither plane having to fly over the target too low . |
| 28 | The petrol burst into flame as it flew over the wick in the tiny steel cup , roared through the air and fell brightly on and around the two rabbits . |
| 29 | A LONE Spitfire flew over the RAF 's most famous base yesterday in a final salute to The Few . |
| 30 | As they flew over the capital , returning the Archon to the Imperial Palace , the sight below was of units of soldiers fighting hand to hand battles with other military units . |