Example sentences of "[noun] of [noun] [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was struggling to keep conscious as red-hot waves of nausea washed over him . |
| 2 | Finally Fran led the way down the gangplank , feeling waves of tiredness washing over her . |
| 3 | ‘ Next was the lobster , ’ said Auguste , waves of tiredness sweeping over him . |
| 4 | Waves of cold ran over me , over my flesh and through my body . |
| 5 | Waves of relief washed over him . |
| 6 | Waves of heat washed over her , and she felt his own skin burning against hers . |
| 7 | Jack could feel the waves of hatred washing over him — a real force which literally buffeted him . |
| 8 | On the assumption that nothing happens to change the relative attractiveness of different methods of borrowing , then we would expect the stock of bills to increase over time . |
| 9 | More twittering as small parties of swallows skimmed over the buck thorn , twisting and weaving , blue-black streaks with fine tail streamers . |
| 10 | From the shrubbery side of the avenue fresh wet heads of lilac bowed over her , heavy in their prime flowering . |
| 11 | That was the beginning of a series of small books of prayers spread over the next fifty years , which were prayed first and then made available for others who felt the same spiritual need as myself . |
| 12 | In the meantime , Nobby was engaged in fashioning a piece of metal to fit over the top of the stick . |
| 13 | A piece of paper comes over the pine counter with five numbers on it . |
| 14 | As the ‘ degree of control a person or a collectivity of people exercises over the actions of others ’ the sociological examination of power is conventionally linked with male-oriented stratification analysis , and with the analysis of formal institutions such as government . |
| 15 | The sculptor pioneered approaches to his medium that young artists today take for granted : sculpture conceived as an ensemble of elements scattered over a wide area ; site-specific installation ; public ‘ interactive ’ art and sculpture on a colossal scale . |
| 16 | Everywhere bells ring the alarm ; a surge of fear sweeps over the countryside . |
| 17 | Some of the marble floors in the great halls cracked under the weight of machinery moved over them after they had been prematurely laid down . |
| 18 | They both looked up as the tall figure of Hassan loomed over them . |
| 19 | There are some absolute gems of solos scattered over Ayer 's albums of the last 15 years — check out ‘ Falling Up ’ or ‘ As Close As You Think ’ for the most recent . |
| 20 | A thick scatter of cloud hung over the moor . |
| 21 | Part of Puppis rises over Europe and the northern United States — notably Rho , which is not far from the prominent triangle made up of Eta , Delta and Epsilon Canis Majoris . |
| 22 | The first , and most general , is the willingness of companies to pay over the odds when they acquire other companies . |
| 23 | A mass of bodies scrambled over the shelves , everybody was shouting at one another and books were being thrown in all directions . |
| 24 | I believe that the cases of hauntings recorded over the centuries are actually the results of a Darkfall . |
| 25 | Numerous food scares and the dramatic rise in reported cases of food poisoning over the last few years , plus the need to comply with European Community requirements led to the Food Safety Bill , now nearly two years old . |
| 26 | A wave of nausea swept over her , then she fainted . |
| 27 | A sudden wave of despondency washed over Robyn as her gaze drifted towards the statuette and she remembered the way she had felt up there only a few hours before . |
| 28 | Now he shrank inside as a wave of apprehension swept over him . |
| 29 | A wave of relief swept over her , making her nauseous and dizzy . |
| 30 | A wave of sympathy swept over him , some of which must have shown on his face , for Connon now smiled at him ironically . |