Example sentences of "[v-ing] [art] [noun sg] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On rather boring walks on Hampstead Heath with a pram containing our younger brother , with Laura and my older sister , all sent out for air and exercise , Basil and I would enliven matters with long conversations , vying with one another over imaginary purchases of imaginary horses the one outstripping the other over the purchase price . |
| 2 | In the sixty fifth minute after recovering from some heavy pressure , Bicester broke away for Mark Edwards to open the score with a low shot from twenty five yards , Whittington helping the ball over the line when he dived to save . |
| 3 | Close family bonds are helping the toddler over the trauma |
| 4 | With his teeth teasing her nipples she was driven beyond argument as he skilfully peeled the costume lower , easing the material over the curve of her hips until the soft triangle of golden curls was unveiled at the junction of stomach and thighs . |
| 5 | Parker , Oakland 's starting pitcher , had gone a full eight innings before George Bell finally broke his hit-left streak by depositing the ball over the left-field fence . |
| 6 | One non-commissioned officer , writing home , said he presumed that by the time his letter arrived ‘ the bells throughout the whole of Germany would be announcing the victory over the mightiest enemy of civilization . |
| 7 | ‘ I said a drink , ’ said Constance , opening the cupboard over the draining board . |
| 8 | Wright 's second strike — surely a candidate for goal of the season — saw him turn Everton defender Matthew Jackson first one way and then the other before lofting the ball over the head of Everton goalkeeper Neville Southall in the 78th minute . |
| 9 | The downward slide is in danger of becoming a drop over the precipice . |
| 10 | It could , for example , make a residence order in favour of the child 's grandmother together with a contact order regulating contact between the child and his parents and a specific issue order resolving a dispute over the child 's education . |
| 11 | Chris Patten , Secretary of State for the Environment , will lead the Government 's fight-back , by announcing a compromise over the poll tax to allay Conservative grassroots concern about the effects of the ‘ safety net ’ under which Tory areas subsidise Labour-dominated inner cities . |
| 12 | FOOD giant Birds Eye was yesterday found guilty of misleading the public over the soya content of its frozen meat . |
| 13 | The defendants face a single charge of conspiring to defraud after allegedly misleading the market over the result of the flopped Blue Arrow £837m issue in September 1987 . |
| 14 | Cover the rectangular bar cake , smoothing the icing over the top and sides with hands dusted with icing sugar . |
| 15 | Dip a cocktail stick into the food colouring and transfer to the ball , streaking the colour over the top . |
| 16 | He gave her the chance to enter into a light dalliance but she appeared totally unaware of his subtle overtures , wholly preoccupied in not spilling the beer over the gentleman . |
| 17 | Andy shouts , laughing , up-ending the magnum over the topmost glass as the bottle empties . |
| 18 | The first was a penalty try awarded when local scrum-half Bobby Murrell strayed offside as the Lions were pushing a scrum over the line . |
| 19 | Certain images are anthropomorphic , showing a human head on the body of a snake , and others present a Naga , often seated in the Lotus or meditative position with a multi-headed cobra forming a canopy over the figure 's head . |
| 20 | The enlightenment of Guatama the Buddha is represented with a seven-hooded Naga in a protective attitude forming a shield over the head of the Saviour . |
| 21 | There are 7 arm spines proximally , 6 distally , forming a fan over the arms on the proximal points . |
| 22 | As seasonal temperatures cool , hot and cold air meet , forming a seal over the industrialised valley of the Bilina and Labe ( German Elbe ) rivers on the former border with East Germany . |
| 23 | Instead of turning back or taking the upper channel , a long cul-de-sac ending at a floodgate , Dennis beached the punt on the rollers forming a portage over the weir . |
| 24 | This was widely considered essential to their chances of securing the office over the Socialist candidate . |
| 25 | If you are capable of directing the ball over the net ten times , then , realistically , you should set yourselves a target of twenty . |
| 26 | Grimly Lucenzo stared ahead , directing the boat over the glassy lagoon , leaving far behind the picture-book island of San Giorgio . |
| 27 | ‘ Public relations , ironically , has always had a poor image as being peopled by professional manipulators intent on pulling the wool over the eyes of a gullible public by misleading the media . ’ |
| 28 | From Nirex 's new timetable it is clear that the lab has very little to do with rigorous scientific investigation and everything to do with pulling the wool over the eyes of [ local ] people . " |
| 29 | This figure would meet neither the government 's own goal of balancing the budget over the economic cycle , nor the Europe-wide aim , agreed at Maastricht , of limiting borrowing to 3% of GDP . |
| 30 | The other benefits of the Protagon are that the strings are not ‘ fixed ’ on the frame , rather they are guided down into the handle , ‘ floating ’ on the frame , according to the manufacturers , thereby equalizing the tension over the entire racket face . |