Example sentences of "they [verb] over [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This evening I visited Scouse 's latrine , the mosquitoes and all the flies were having a fieldday ; there were clouds of them hanging over the latrine in the still evening air . |
| 2 | As Greg reached him he was stripping off his mask , and the two of them knelt over the form , laid face upwards on the earth . |
| 3 | ‘ Now , let them fall over the cloth , ’ Azmaveth said , ‘ from a height of two handspans . ’ |
| 4 | I mean the first couple of days , we spent a lot of time just trying to cool people down and and stop them panicking and er and stop them going over the top . |
| 5 | Mr Fordy said : ‘ Our concern is not to catch them going over the bridge but to stop them going over the bridge . ’ |
| 6 | Mr Fordy said : ‘ Our concern is not to catch them going over the bridge but to stop them going over the bridge . ’ |
| 7 | One of them reached over the moat to wrench hunks out of the hedge : I jumped backwards when the great muddy wrinkled trunk came swinging over , but Vern did n't , he just went on standing there , staring . |
| 8 | Rapidly organised , 3000 cavalry charged up the hill to engage the rebels , and a great number of them went over the cliff into the Chalk Pits . |
| 9 | And , and well I remember once there were a whi a few of the men went away to and they got over the stick , you understand what that means ? |
| 10 | The crew were in high spirits as they passed over the channel as this was to be their last mission before leave , away from the stress of bombing well protected targets over Germany . |
| 11 | Their savings were indeed high by Western standards ( largely because of poor government welfare provision and high and escalating housing costs ) , and they rose over the period from 9 to 16 per cent of their income . |
| 12 | When the news finished they bent over the Guardian TV page , deciding what to see next . |
| 13 | That was when she 'd wish them luck , as they roared over the village , and she would watch them all until they were silhouetted against the dying sun , small and graceful in an apricot sky . |
| 14 | He was serving on the battleship HMS Agincourt during the Battle of Jutland and related how they were in line astern to The Queen Mary and , when the latter was hit in the magazine and blew up , they sailed over the spot without feeling a thing . |
| 15 | or about five minutes earlier on the motorway and they drove over a part of the barrier , and they got a blow out did n't they ? |
| 16 | At the end they drove over the cliff going bye ! |
| 17 | They drove over the plain , up the rolling road , out of the valley . |
| 18 | The giant Bob Burtenshaw , sporting a borrowed naval cap ( Commander Beattie 's ) , swung his walking-stick , his monocle firmly in place , unconcerned by the frenzy of gunfire as they came over the destroyer 's bows . |
| 19 | However , his scrap with brother Joey enthralled the crowd and at the finish they came over the line almost together . |
| 20 | The country was bracken-clothed dunes , the plants so tall that they came over the horse 's withers in places . |
| 21 | They toppled over the chain holding them in place , spilling themselves and their contents into the road . |
| 22 | But they differed over the emphasis they accorded to incomes policies , reflation , or tougher measures against the trade unions . |
| 23 | As they climbed over the hedge , he was struck by the beauty of the day ; the hedgerows were just coming into leaf and the meadow was dotted with buttercups and daisies . |
| 24 | They climbed over the fence like monkeys while the squire and Gray fired at them . |
| 25 | No I went off in the car with They climbed over the fence . |
| 26 | They followed Molly on to the launch , hitching up their skirts as she did as they swung over the side , taking their places beside her , feeling strange and excited and apprehensive . |
| 27 | They then wheeled in unison into a shaft of light which held them for a second or so before they soared over the car and away . |
| 28 | So they drive over a cliff and it finishes . |
| 29 | They hung over the refrigerator , training forgotten . |
| 30 | Unaware of her scrutiny , Penry lay full length , guernsey and shoes discarded , his long , bare feet crossed at the ankles as they hung over the arm of the sofa . |