Example sentences of "[vb past] and [verb] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She grieved for her father and worried about Maggie , but most of all she fumed and cried over the affair with James Halden . |
| 2 | I stood staring at the jeep as it bumped and swayed over the uneven ground of the orchard until it reached the road and then disappeared in a cloud of dust . |
| 3 | The narrow road they were following was overhung with oak and chestnut trees , their interlaced branches letting through thin , bright shafts of light that flickered and danced over the car as it passed underneath . |
| 4 | Outside the Barbican , the National Gallery is mounting ‘ Edvard Munch : the Frieze of Life ’ ( 12 November to 7 February ) which focuses on the cycle of paintings of that name which the artist codified and modified over the years . |
| 5 | A neighbour of ours heard me shouting , came and looked over the fence , and cleared off ! |
| 6 | Furiously she rubbed , unknowing that she passed and repassed over the same bright spot , while the images came and went , flitting through . |
| 7 | A heavy swell pounded and cascaded over the broken pier at the narrow entrance as we made a hair-raising dash through to keep steerage way . |
| 8 | Housed together under one roof from the early 1800s , and arranged and rearranged over the years ( but always with the Elgin Marbles at the centre ) , the collection was the raw material from which scholars wrought theories of the ‘ Progress of Antiquity ’ that culminated with the Ancient Greeks or , in direct opposition , that of cultural relativity accepted today . |
| 9 | In 800 Pope Leo III was taken prisoner by relatives of his predecessor Hadrian I. They tried to blind him , but he escaped and fled over the Alps to Charles , who was encamped at Paderborn in central Saxony . |
| 10 | The wheels of the cart rumbled and crashed over the obstacle , and Alexei jumped smartly to one side to avoid the form which sprawled in his path . |
| 11 | Marge , the gal who capsized and bumped over the rocks at Chase Rapids , showed us her bottom bruises . |
| 12 | He went and stood over the crumpled heap that was Luke . |
| 13 | The friar , snatching the parchment from Cranston 's hand , went and stood over the hospitaller . |
| 14 | I stumbled , fell and rolled over the edge of it . |
| 15 | Annette stared but took it silently while George clanked and prattled over the tray of bottles . |
| 16 | He staggered back , slipped and fell over the edge of the roof . |
| 17 | And then he looked in her direction , smiled and waved over the woman 's shoulder , continued to talk to her for a few moments , then laid a hand on her arm for an instant and moved towards Helen . |
| 18 | The big jeans names are already aware of the authentic newcomers , and are beginning to realise that the original utility styles they updated and bastardised over the past 30 years are the current fashion winners : watch them scramble to regain their own heritage . |
| 19 | Driving fast , their truck jolted and lurched over the uneven desert towards safety . |
| 20 | Spider legs of electricity hissed and danced over the computer terminals . |
| 21 | They dipped and swirled over the golden water , disappearing sometimes under the bridge , sweeping off in a flock to examine the wake of a passing launch . |
| 22 | If to be made in larger quantities and stored , seal the little pots with a layer of clarified butter , melted and poured over the chilled paste . |
| 23 | The shock of realization is exemplified by an oft-quoted incident , when Lieutenant-General Sir Launcelot Kiggell , Haig 's Chief of Staff , paying his first visit to the front , was reduced to tears as his car lurched and slithered over the battleground . |
| 24 | The windowpanes rattled furiously , and spidery fingers of crepitating electricity twitched and danced over the glass once more ; again creating the illusion that the entire office block was somehow enmeshed in some monstrous spider 's web . |