Example sentences of "over [art] top of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Liz , the receptionist , peered at me over the top of her pink-rimmed spectacles . |
| 2 | If the opponent 's attack is a face punch , then hit his extended arm with your forearm , glancing your punch over the top of his and into the target . |
| 3 | If the action is sharp enough your opponent 's punch will graze over the top of your head , helped on its way by a fast rising block . |
| 4 | They were free to look over the top of the box to see what size the bricks really were , and they were quite aware that their own view was distorted because one of the portholes contained a magnifying lens . |
| 5 | The coils themselves should consist of 500 turns of 0.2mm enamelled wire scramble wound as neatly as possible over the core , the second winding crossing over the top of the first at right angles . |
| 6 | Sir Adrian cites the example of the army commander who leads his troops over the top of the trenches when it might have been more prudent to stay put . |
| 7 | Sweetcorn , chickpeas or maples may well be the going bait and it could then be an advantage to fish a couple of very large jumbo tiger nuts of half a brazil nut over the top of the baited area . |
| 8 | At journey 's end she folded over the top of the bag and thoughtfully replaced it behind the netting on the back of the seat in front . |
| 9 | They were in their plastic bags on the outdoor grounds , and as the sun came up , it came up over the top of the hill and hit the silver pyramid and there was David on stage singing . |
| 10 | The wind was blowing over the top of Jinny 's head , fluttering the loose , short hairs round her forehead . |
| 11 | When Dot went to bed that night , Gloria laid the fawn coat over the top of the blanket . |
| 12 | Marie hung the leather jacket out of the way , over the top of the back door . |
| 13 | As they belted over the top of the wheel , the wind plucked his laughter away into the night . |
| 14 | Suddenly Gazzer appeared , climbing wearily over the top of a sand dune . |
| 15 | Stanley peered over the top of his paper ; Jos stopped chewing ; and Mungo and Emily caught each other 's eye . |
| 16 | Frankie backed away as the animal 's snarling head and powerful front legs hooked themselves over the top of the gate and her back legs struggled for a foot-hold on the curves of wrought iron . |
| 17 | Ma peered at him over the top of the evening paper , Her eyes were shifty with guilt . |
| 18 | Through fences and barb-wire , over the top of a rocky hill , and down into a hidden valley . |
| 19 | There 's no space over the top of it to ‘ fly ’ anything . |
| 20 | Some of the time the Germans at one end of the stadium were hearing the French translation , while their own language was floating with the wind over the top of the stadium and down to Lake Geneva . |
| 21 | He looked over the top of his glass at Erch the barkeeper , who paused in mid-shine . |
| 22 | He may be taught to hold it with the crook of the handle turned away from him , and his thumb over the top of the handle , so that he does not grip the stick too hard . |
| 23 | Every installation should be fitted with an expansion pipe which provides a safety discharge over the top of the balance tank or cold water feed tank in the roof space ; a safety blow-off valve near the boiler ; drainage cocks for emptying the system conveniently ; a hot-water thermostat and a room thermostat . |
| 24 | For this reason the series of electric fences around the fields at Heyside Farm , put up mainly to prevent the young horses leaning over the top of the rails , has to be switched off whenever Milton is turned out . |
| 25 | John 's wife Clare has to stand outside the stable on a crate with Milton 's tail over the top of the stable door and pull it from there , while John has him twitched at the front end . |
| 26 | He put his hand over the top of his glass . |
| 27 | In the lower , colder parts , though , there is much more solid material on the surface , on the flanks and in front , and the lava can no longer simply advance over the top of the mass of its own rubble in front of it . |
| 28 | Tossing his case over the top of it , he scrambled up and dropped lightly down on the other side . |
| 29 | At other points the road was built out over the river , at one point over the top of former pilchard cellars , still to be seen . |
| 30 | There are times when barbel are so preoccupied with whatever business they have at hand , whether it be feeding , spawning , or just browsing , you can stand on the river 's edge right over the top of them and watch them without them taking fright and scurrying off . |