Example sentences of "[v-ing] a [noun sg] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Glebov 's Fifth Symphony opens with an introduction featuring a solo tuba , low in its register , winding a motto theme over the distant rumbling of a bass drum . |
| 2 | Instead , distract your child 's attention from the buckles by fitting a play tray over the top . |
| 3 | Existing gullies can be modified by fitting a wire mesh over them with a hole cut to take the waste pipe . |
| 4 | Fears that Clinton would adopt a protectionist stand , favouring a trade war over co-operation , also appeared to be groundless ; the president favoured settling the GATT negotiations on world trade . |
| 5 | Among the merry passengers were a group of Scotland 's most adventurous old tars , hell bent on celebrating a mid-week victory over Wales . |
| 6 | JUBILANT Howard Wilkinson was last night celebrating a transfer triumph over Kenny Dalglish . |
| 7 | Immediately , the watching Russian jumped out , spraying a fire extinguisher over the creature 's head . |
| 8 | Other demands included the resignation of television director-general Pavel Pisarev , whom the students accused of maintaining a news blackout over the election irregularities and over protest demonstrations . |
| 9 | He bought some rocks and stones , and spent the long summer evenings building a rock garden over the grave . |
| 10 | Florence re-emerged holding a plastic raincoat over herself and the baby , and got into the back seat . |
| 11 | Pitched on the machair in Sutherland , however , it proved to be as useful as holding a tea towel over your head . |
| 12 | I 've got lots of videos and I 'll be doing a crash course over the next few weeks to assess strengths and weaknesses . ’ |
| 13 | The concept of running a road bridge over a listed , 140-year-old railway viaduct seems simple enough but has never been tried before in this country . |
| 14 | Montgomery kept his eyes on the knight , running a torch beam over every chink of the armour in search of tell-table signs . |
| 15 | and because the Buckinary is so big and really warrants having a stag group over that neck of the woods |
| 16 | Due to popular demand he will be making a return appearance over this Friends of Thomas event and all children are welcome to go along and talk to this now famous locomotive . |
| 17 | To be paid to John Taylor , waulking miller , for making a Timber Bridge over the water at the Lint Mill £2 ; 0:0 . |
| 18 | Separating passengers would add time to the tunnel journey and some observers believe it could destroy any time advantage over ferries , putting a question mark over Eurotunnel 's entire operation . |
| 19 | No , it would be night , with a full moon casting an ivory pathway over the beach , a pathway leading Nicolo to a woman who stepped from the shadows and held out her arms . |
| 20 | Referrals received from all sources requesting a section assessment over a one year period were included in this study . |
| 21 | CONCERN is growing for a fifteen-year-old boy who went missing from home following a family dispute over his suspension from school . |