Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] a [noun sg] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trent slung a bandoleer over his shoulder and grabbed both guns and two boxes of cartridges . |
| 2 | Meredith passed a hand over her spray-damp face , thinking , trying to make sense of his behaviour . |
| 3 | The Czech , who had replaced a concussed Tony Roberts after 17 minutes , hesitated over a Neal Ardley cross and was left stranded as Earle looped a header over him and into an empty net . |
| 4 | Walter Hopps , curator of the Menil Foundation , a museum in Houston , Texas , and the London dealer Yanni Petsopoulos , visited Mr Dikmen 's and Mr Petsopoulos recognised a panel over the mantelpiece as a section from the Kanakaria murals . |
| 5 | A fitful northeast wind blew a dampness over the country , threatening rain that never quite fell . |
| 6 | The priest wore a cowl over his head . |
| 7 | At Skelwith Fold , THE OLD MANOR had a gallery over the front door , which was north-facing , and again , the woodwork is preserved within the house . |
| 8 | On one of the trials , Ray placed a popsock over the end of a pipe delivering water that had been through an Eradicator and , in 72 hours , collected a golf ball-sized piece of limescale from the mesh … in East Anglia , the water is so hard that it will give a kettle an internal fur coat in no time , and here was the proof . |
| 9 | Menem delivered a speech over the remains before they were interred at the Recoleta cemetery in Buenos Aires where Eva Perón was also buried . |
| 10 | It came as no surprise in July when the Commons Public Accounts Committee contrasted a shambles over heart disease prevention in England with a ‘ vigorous and businesslike ’ Welsh approach . |
| 11 | Ernest clapped a hand over her mouth . |
| 12 | Theda passed a tongue over her dry lips . |
| 13 | He flew C-130s in America , where an accident prompted a rethink over the design of a forward cargo door . |
| 14 | The eyes were faintly oriental , long , and as I saw , for Conchis put a hand over the mouth , also smiling . |
| 15 | Meryl ran a finger over the contours of a bronze statuette of the Black prince , standing proudly on a table against the gallery wall . |
| 16 | The verdict raised a furore over the role of courtroom psychiatry . |
| 17 | Stoltenberg 's resignation followed a controversy over the sale of German armoured vehicles to Turkey , and the widespread public condemnation of their use by Turkish government forces in an offensive against Kurds in south-east Turkey [ see p. 38834 ] . |
| 18 | Last week Douglas Hurd made a U-turn over the Maastricht bill when he apologised to the Commons for inaccurate legal advice given previously by Mr Garel-Jones about the status of the social chapter amendment . |
| 19 | When the post-Forum talks with the dialogue partners began on July 10 , China registered a protest over the Taiwan issue , leading to a statement , issued by the Forum secretariat on July 15 , to the effect that Taiwan had not been admitted as a full dialogue partner and that any talks in which Taiwanese representatives had participated had been held at the discretion of individual Forum members . |
| 20 | Sarella brushed a hand over her eyes . |
| 21 | And during the night , the watchmen saw a coming over the the dyke . |
| 22 | And it was only in 1961 that the ECSC won a victory over a French licensing system that discriminated against imports of coal into the country . |
| 23 | Fran ran a hand over her damp face and smoothed her untidy hair . |
| 24 | As there were so few Asians in our part of London it could hardly have been anyone else , but the person had a scarf over most of his face and looked like a nervous bank robber who could n't find a bank . |
| 25 | Sarella ran a hand over her face , toying with the phone , then moving away out of range so that she had time to think . |
| 26 | 2 of the jets staged a fly-past over the Gloucestershire airport at Staverton . |
| 27 | By dismissing him the Respondent left a cloud over his honesty which can be removed only by full vindication in respect of that . |
| 28 | One rowed while the other held a rope over the stern . |
| 29 | Warburton of 69 Squadron undertook a reconnaissance over Southern Italy to seek the results of Operation ‘ Colossus ’ , but this day was marked by the first appearance over the island of 7/JG 26 . |
| 30 | But Garvey clapped a hand over his mouth . |