Example sentences of "[vb past] over the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The shadow of our plane skipped across the bright sea , then flickered over the outer coral .
2 Her eyes , set amongst crow's-feet when she smiled , flickered over the other people in the canteen .
3 His eyes flickered over the bulging hold-all .
4 Sunlight sought out the gaps and flickered over the new-green fields far below .
5 Then Ariel bent over the drowsing Sycorax .
6 He bent over the small instrument .
7 Amazingly she found herself treated to a brief smile as Niall , hair concealed beneath the operating cap , glanced briefly in her direction before he bent over the unconscious man once more .
8 Kathleen bent over the unconscious patient and sniffed .
9 Then , as he bent over the still-unpacked weekend bag to retrieve his clothes , I had a blinding vision .
10 Gradually the haze and sweat cleared from their eyes and they focussed over the open valley they had cycled up from .
11 By the time Ceauşescu first visited the Soviet capital , the new wedding-cake skyscrapers of the University and the Foreign Ministry , along with less outlandish and more uncomfortable blocks of flats , towered over the ancient heart of Muscovy .
12 At nearly fifteen he was already over six feet tall and towered over the little Irish doctor in front of him .
13 He bounded over the thirteenth and fourteenth and set off for the Chair , that huge open ditch which forms the biggest obstacle on the course .
14 Around him in the yard , his men made water anywhere and , long-throated , poured down the mead and the ale and snatched bread and cheese while the monks clustered over the wounded .
15 He nodded Chant on , and together they headed over the ill-lit and squalid ground .
16 Along the top of the bank was the Ben Tee path , leading to a stile and wending up by the burn — rather than towards the peak — so I just headed over the dried-out moor for the steady ascent to the summit .
17 Incidentally , the working pattern of these bodyguards , so it transpired over the following days , entailed one or the other of them going up to sleep at unusual hours so as to ensure at least one was on duty throughout the night .
18 The surface was badly pockmarked and the car bumped and bounced over the uneven thoroughfare , its journey only becoming smoother as they reached the main road that would lead them into Chichester itself .
19 Mosley revolted over the wrong crisis , for he failed to see that considerable social and economic reform would result from a Second World War , a conflagration which he bitterly opposed and which led to his internment in 1940 .
20 The remaining 17% occurred over the 10 seconds preceding the onset of the common cavity episode , being evenly distributed through this time .
21 Several changes in tenancy occurred over the following years , but by 1863 , iron founder James Ferrabee , of the Phoenix Iron Works , had taken over Port Mill .
22 Further clashes occurred over the following two weeks , and on Dec. 6 two high-school students were killed .
23 Periodic relapse occurred over the next 4 months and I then gave Lyc LM1 .
24 Look back at any crises which occurred over the last few years .
25 Now contrary to what we 'd been informed erm the problem occurred over the last couple of days and having spoken to the ladies in the laboratory , the problem has n't been purely on line five machine .
26 This model has been developed and validated over the past four years by a research team at Loughborough University through extensive experimentation .
27 But we do know that they reached a high , technology-free civilization , practised a sophisticated form of navigation , and ranged over the entire Pacific in ocean-going outriggers .
28 A bitter smile crossed his face as his eyes ranged over the top men in the giant corporation .
29 ‘ He was one of my boys , ’ she said in explanation to the CID sergeant who was leading the party as they bumped over the rough road , through the thick mud and on to the dry embankment .
30 Behind his head the lights of the lorry were flashing as it bumped over the hard ridges of ice .
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