Example sentences of "[verb] over the place " in BNC.
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| 1 | His soul would have no repose and would hover over the place , flying through the night . |
| 2 | ‘ Rachel , it appears the new medical officer has arrived to look over the place . |
| 3 | Although a spacious courtyard made the small rooms light , and I was well served by a bed , table and chair of Van Gogh simplicity , I could not deny that an air of melancholy hung over the place . |
| 4 | It must have transmitted itself to the patients , for even they gave up after their initial attempts at jollity , and by mid-morning a definite air of gloom seemed to have settled over the place . |
| 5 | She went over the place with the country gent estate agent , who wore a check cap , cavalry twill trousers , had a limp handshake and permanently narrowed blue eyes . |