Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] over the river " in BNC.
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| 1 | At other points the road was built out over the river , at one point over the top of former pilchard cellars , still to be seen . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , ’ said the corporal at last , looking out over the river to where a low mud shoal raised its back above the water , grey and wrinkled like a hippopotamus , ‘ it was there . ’ |
| 3 | Next to this are heaps of coal and a conveyor cantilevered out over the river . |
| 4 | John Hitch wandered towards the cabin , where Terry Morton was steering the boat , peering out over the river . |
| 5 | and Mrs was born in over the river . |
| 6 | I took my catapult from my belt , selected a half-inch steelie , sighted carefully , then sent the big ball-bearing arcing out over the river , the telephone poles and the little suspension bridge to the mainland . |
| 7 | Perhaps he had been standing at that spot , gazing out over the river towards the mountains or maybe with bowed head , grieving for his lover . |
| 8 | They did not immediately sit down , but leaned on the low parapet and gazed out over the river and the mountains , she with her head inclined towards his , he with a hand resting on her shoulder . |
| 9 | He had reached Blakemere , which was only two miles further on , when he pondered if he should take another direction and make his way to the river , but the thought that even this far out there 'd be a number of people on the banks today , mostly youngsters , he guessed , swimming or playing the usual dangerous game of swinging out over the river on a rope attached to a tree branch , deterred him . |
| 10 | The room was full of moonlight , skimming in over the river , throwing odd shadows , silvering the monochrome furnishings to a ghostly pallor . |
| 11 | The house faces out over the river , and is for sale with Knight Frank & Rutley and Fulfords at £340,000 . |