Example sentences of "[v-ing] over [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could remember nothing further back than the time I was walking over that miserable plain . |
| 2 | For a long time I sat out on the crumbling turf , with the blue distances below , and warm sun lying over this lovely autumn land . |
| 3 | We start tonight with a big row that 's brewing over this little pill . |
| 4 | Stepping forward to the front of the jungle set , actor William Russell places himself so that the windflow from a small cooling fan falls on his face , ruffling his hair slightly as Ian Chesterton remarks on the slight breeze blowing over this exotic world . |
| 5 | two inch long with a yellow crayon , my mate Dick in , er a Zeppelin , there were some cottages and a Zeppelin , and er , we , we coming over some blue and he said er , he said what 's the blue and I said the sea , well then , it , it behind land , well I said you have to cross the sea , you know down |
| 6 | ‘ The thoughts and feelings of that poor mother , giving over that tiny tot to a complete stranger , still haunt me today . ’ |
| 7 | Despite their antiquity , the mews are light and airy with flower baskets hanging over each arched doorway . |
| 8 | Yet it is intriguing that on that day , he cut between Mary in the redoubt of her fells , puzzling over this ominous invasion of her feelings , and John-Augustus on the lake , drawing up char from the deep and cold lake , re-experiencing the failed innocence of his life . |
| 9 | He urged the garrison to trust in God , and referred to David and Goliath , to Israel triumphing over that mighty host by the seashore , to Daniel in the den of lions . |
| 10 | ‘ Oddly enough , ’ Baldwin replied , ‘ I was talking over this very matter with the King . |
| 11 | But Horsley had n't sacrificed his humanitarian principles whilst presiding over such speedy business growth . |
| 12 | The government seemed to be presiding over massive industrial contraction ; Mrs Thatcher at this time was the most unpopular Prime Minister since Neville Chamberlain in 1939 . |
| 13 | J Edgar Hoover led the FBI from 1924 until 1971 — the nation 's top cop , a movie-house hero , presiding over incorruptible straight arrows who saved America from Commies , thugs , hoodlums and perverts . |
| 14 | It was a scary journey , scrabbling over that slippery great red tongue and passing through a great hall of teeth and palate , each pillar taller than she was and as sharp as a knife . |
| 15 | ‘ Shame on you , fussin' over such mundane matters , ’ pronounced the Mate grandly . |
| 16 | Striding over this beautiful coastline , it 's hard to believe that Belfast and its atrocities is just an hour 's drive away . |
| 17 | He has multiplied his numbers to plague proportions , caused the extinction of 500 species of animals , ransacked the planet for fuels and now stands like a brutish infant , gloating over this meteoric rise to ascendancy , on the brink of a war to end all wars and of effectively destroying this oasis of life in the solar system . |
| 18 | He was professional AND green keeper there four years after beating over 50 other applicants for the job , and ranked among his star pupils Chris MacGeagh , daughter of a local linen baron . |