Example sentences of "of [v-ing] over the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Mason climbed the spokes of the cart wheel , grunted with the exertion of climbing over the rim of the stage , and rose to his feet where the golden pavilion hid him from Gabriel 's view . |
| 2 | Certainly , it seems reasonable to assume that individuals whose temperamental make-up is more ‘ psychotic ’ , and who therefore have a greater predisposition to psychosis , will be in greatest danger of passing over the threshold into overt illness , just as those of anxious temperament are more likely to develop an anxiety neurosis , and persons whose blood pressure is more labile will carry an enhanced risk of heart attack or stroke . |
| 3 | Isabel stood pressed back against the wooden panels , trying to listen for the sound of breathing over the drumming of her heart . |
| 4 | Later his doubts revived when the exiled King James was suspected of making over the Kingdom of Ireland to Louis XIV of France . |
| 5 | ‘ My style of playing over the top of the neck was just an accident . |
| 6 | Most of the attention , however , was focused on the nine days ahead of battling over the direction of economic reform in Russia and over a new constitution , several drafts of which have been prepared by different factions . |