Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It was built by Francis Smallman , whose initials and those of his wife Ellen appear all over the plasterwork ceilings . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | THE RUC and West Belfast MP Dr Joe Hendron clashed today over the level of effort by the security forces to combat loyalist terrorism . |
| 5 | Mrs Wallington 's tight face relaxed a little as David leaned forward over the criss-crossed string that her hands held taut between them . |
| 6 | Is that a miniature Stonehenge hovering symbolically over the stage ? |
| 7 | They had been inside no more than thirty seconds , Bienvida trembling all over the way she did from terror and excitement , when they heard the voices of Peter , Tom and Alice , as these three people crossed the hall and went upstairs together . |
| 8 | Roman drove steadily over the causeway and she looked apprehensively at the expanse of sea on either side . |
| 9 | Officially , Spain starts just over the top , but this is a Spanish landscape , dry and rough compared with most of what you see on the wetter , French side of the mountains . |
| 10 | David Swan fell backwards over a chair , clutching his knee in agony . |
| 11 | DEC paid well over the odds for the shares — Olivetti says that 28.53m shares were sold to DEC at 4,547.4 lire per share , which compared with a lowly 1,340 lire price in the market at the time of the transaction . |
| 12 | Endill peered slowly over the edge of it . |
| 13 | A delicious smell of casseroled chicken , heavy with herbs and garlic , hung in the air as Ace bent professionally over the oven . |
| 14 | That has given momentum to the rumour that Merson and Graham clashed verbally over the player 's weight on Monday . |
| 15 | Rory leaned forward over the table , closer to his brother . |
| 16 | As the Waaagh roamed freely over the Worlds Edge Mountains it was joined by multitudes of Goblins including the Night Goblin tribes of Red Eye Mountain and many Forest Goblin tribes from the Great Forest . |
| 17 | Kynaston stepped gingerly over the carpet to Harry , prancing on tiptoe like an inexpert dancer . |
| 18 | Seconds later , Larsen tumbled breathlessly over the edge of the stone coping , helped by a strong one-handed pull on his collar from Grant . |
| 19 | I wonder if it will catch on here , and fantasise about enormous Khat raves all over the country : ‘ Mastication — featuring DJ Chewing Tunes and MC Yorker , 100K lasers , 60K sound system , gyroscopes , brain machines , Yemeni massage and solid silver spittoons . ’ |
| 20 | The ghost of Shostakovich hangs heavily over the Cello Concerto , although the Sixth Symphony , with its barrenpointed landscapes clearly points more in the direction of Kancheli . |
| 21 | The Glosters served all over the world and we sample life in India during the 1930s . |
| 22 | Armed only with a sketchbook , Olwen travels all over the country in search of botanical gardens and interesting conservatories . |
| 23 | Angrily Paige leant forward over the table . |
| 24 | After ten minutes , Callaghan peered wretchedly over the rim of the crater . |
| 25 | Jahsaxa stooped confidently over the prone form of Zambia Crevecoeur . |
| 26 | Since leaving South Morecambe , Colin has been manager responsible for CCG projects all over the country , as far as Hull , Peterhead , Essex , Nottingham and Lincoln . |
| 27 | Bill vomits all over the controls . |
| 28 | " Criminal , actually , " Andrew sighed deeply over the excesses and idiocies of the previous generation . |
| 29 | Twoflower stepped gingerly over the cooling door and looked up and down the corridor . |
| 30 | As Major leaned forward over a desk , the backdrop of people walking in St James ' Park could have fooled anyone into thinking it was Number 10 . |