Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the long curling hair hanging lankly over the driver 's neck , Howard has noticed , is a tumour the size of a sparrow 's egg . |
| 2 | Between these , gold-dark , dark-gold and violent pink , lay Lady Rose Martindale , solid but not fat or for in less , indeed very woman-shaped , in pink-and-brown striped silk bathing suit , with gold hair spattered softly over the brown flesh of her shoulders and whitish sand speckled on the gleam of her thighs where she had rolled from side to side . |
| 3 | You 'll what you 'll end up with is different organisations managing houses scattered all over the city . |
| 4 | Cross the pastry strips alternately over the filling to form a plait . |
| 5 | Her fingers moved slowly over the paperweight . |
| 6 | Now , as her fingers moved smoothly over the piano keys , Laura acknowledged that Julie was right . |
| 7 | With the enclosure of the open fields and the redistribution of the land mostly in compact blocks instead of strips scattered all over the parish , one would have expected the old open-field village to disintegrate as the village farmers built new farmsteads on their allotments . |
| 8 | We turned the light on The room was full of funny little animals whizzing all over the floor . |
| 9 | They had reached the further side of the field during this animated discussion and Meredith hopped nimbly over the gate with twice the speed and dexterity with which she had negotiated the stile . |
| 10 | So you 're good at hey that 's good because some people ca n't go their F goes all over the place . |
| 11 | Then the almond eyes gazed fiercely over the child 's head towards Nana . |
| 12 | Behind him on the back seats of the bus four teenagers argued loudly over the cost of the litre of cider and half bottle of vodka they passed between them . |
| 13 | It was built by Francis Smallman , whose initials and those of his wife Ellen appear all over the plasterwork ceilings . |
| 14 | His eyes flickered involuntarily over the rich dress and pampered appearance of his visitor . |
| 15 | ‘ We shall be dining tête-à-tête tonight , ’ he announced , as Sabine 's eyes flickered uncomprehendingly over the two isolated covers laid on the massive dining table . |
| 16 | Doubts surfaced yesterday over the participation of Royal Athlete in Saturday 's big race . |
| 17 | His eyes moved swiftly over the scene before him , registering but not acknowledging Pascoe and Dalziel . |
| 18 | Right : A buddha figure presides serenely over the pine panelled bathroom |
| 19 | The assumption made is that the capital gain or loss occurs evenly over the remaining life of the bond . |
| 20 | The wind dropped gradually over the next 20 minutes . |
| 21 | One girder sailed straight over the sheer drop at a bend where Rosa used to make my heart enter my mouth , plunging for all the world like some bolt of Jehovah 's vengeance a metre into the earth of the football field below where its shaft stuck up angrily for some days . |
| 22 | Shortages vary somewhat over the country . |
| 23 | ‘ Such a long time ! ’ she gasped in his ear as they hugged each other tightly , the dogs retiring a respectful distance to sit and watch the homecoming with tails swishing excitedly over the gravel . |
| 24 | The Royal Bank of Scotland has designed a special account that allows you to provide for your children 's future and enable these savings to grow steadily over the years . |
| 25 | And there was plenty of crap strewn all over the pavement , so he had to be more careful . |
| 26 | One very severe winter , when all public transport was temporarily halted , and cycling quite impossible , Miss Onions walked daily over the five miles of frozen fields between her village and our school . |
| 27 | Flares on carts and boats , horses stamping , men shouting , loose herrings flying all over the place and quickly snatched up by children and men . |
| 28 | Since AT&T is one of the few major U.S. corporations not to have cut its arts funding significantly over the past year , it is likely that many more museums will tailor exhibition proposals to fit the firm 's thematic guidelines . |
| 29 | Like all children , his mind jumps all over the place . |
| 30 | But as she said she she just had to she could n't stay in bed when she had kids running all over the place . |