Example sentences of "an [noun sg] [noun] over the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 There was an oxygen tent over the bed and in the dull light that was burning , the young officer 's thin face looked deep pink .
2 Data derived from the aircraft 's onboard navigation and position fixing systems was downlinked to the CAA 's Air Traffic Control Evaluation Unit at Bournemouth-Hurn via an Inmarsat satellite over the North Atlantic and British Telecom 's ground earth receiving station at Goonhilly .
3 nodded but looked at an apple tree over the hedge .
4 No , it would be night , with a full moon casting an ivory pathway over the beach , a pathway leading Nicolo to a woman who stepped from the shadows and held out her arms .
5 More than 100 vessels will take to the Mersey on June 20 when there will also be an air display over the river .
6 As they passed an STM tip over the surface they applied short bursts of alternating voltage , a few milliseconds long and slightly more than 1.5 volts in amplitude , over particular atoms .
7 The explosions in March and April of 1969 at an electricity sub station in Castlereagh and at the Silent Valley reservoir in the Mournes were followed by an explosion at an electricity sub-station over the border in County Donegal .
8 To add an even more damning touch , Zhukov had draped an airforce uniform over the edge of the bed , and superimposed Vologsky 's personal insignia upon it .
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