Example sentences of "[art] long [noun sg] over the " in BNC.

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1	She felt quite sick and dizzy from the long drive over the bumpy road .
2	The starting point for the long walk over the heath to the house .
3	The sound had seemed to come from a long way over the heath to the right .
4	In fact I thought the whole fairy-palace effect was a long way over the top and painfully unoriginal .
5	But , having seen Upjohn dig in its heels in Britain and America , the Canadians may be less keen to begin a long battle over the drug .
6	It was a long drop over the edge of the world .
7	The fighting cast a long shadow over the UN peace-keeping operation in Croatia , where the first infantry units arrived over the weekend .
8	The earlier failure of East Suffolk organising-tutor scheme cast a long shadow over the discussion between Jacques and martin Wilson , the new Secretary of Education .
9	The question of his metropolitan privileges will require separate discussion , for they cast a long shadow over the whole of Anselm 's life as archbishop .
10	French revolutionary experience cast a long shadow over the early and middle nineteenth century , in the aftermath of the 1789 — 93 overthrow of the ancien régime , and the successive coups and counter-coups of 1830 , 1848 — 51 and 1870 — 1 .
11	They had a long walk over the moor to Bingley and Alfred Carter could n't afford to wait for them if they were late .
12	After they had gone , Harriet took herself for a long walk over the cliffs , but for once the beauty of her surroundings , the early evening light on the sea , the cry of gulls and the distant sound of waves breaking on the shore below , failed to soothe her .
13	Barnes reached a long arm over the ridge of fallen soil that remained in the mouth of the hole , and groped experimentally around within .
14	The gay Vicar , who loved the sound of his own voice , took a long time over the service and Daisy 's thoughts started to wander .

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