Example sentences of "of [noun] [vb pp] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A loud gasp turned to uproarious laughter , as a stream of champagne sprayed over the naked showgirl to douse the flame of the candle . |
| 2 | Within minutes she was asleep , her heavy mane of hair spread over the white pillows . |
| 3 | The Realm of Chaos swept over the city and engulfed it , and Praag was changed forever , its stone walls and building melding into hellish and inhuman shapes . |
| 4 | The grants , the of the grants of course increased over the years and the main thing about erm awards of course was to assess them and this is something which erm , I always felt a bit self conscious about because , we had this erm very comprehensive form where parents and erm , oh individuals when they were the students themselves had to complete and give very precise details of income |
| 5 | New designs have of course evolved over the centuries , and will no doubt continue to do so , but the Western passion for artistic freedom , novelty and personal expression is not shared by the textile artists of the East . |
| 6 | A fraction of a second later a wash of flame played over the stones where they had been standing . |
| 7 | A slight frown of disappointment passed over the photographer 's face . |
| 8 | Repeat the process for squares 91 to 135 then 136 to 180 and you will have the first 38 rows of squares printed over the full 180 needles , complete with your colour key . |
| 9 | An analysis of data collected over the past 50 years by national forestry ministries shows , however , that there has been a sharp decline in the volume of boreal wood " and hence the capacity to absorb carbon dioxide " since the 1960s , as a result of more intensive logging and increased dieback because of the effects of acid rain , pests and fires . |
| 10 | Little shooting beams of light played over the scene of the sea and the crates of bananas as her lowered eyes struggled to cope with the brightness of the sun that had entered them . |
| 11 | Nell was at a bookshelf , reading out titles as the pool of light passed over the volumes . |
| 12 | But despite this slight shift in the taboos , as late as the 1920s Havelock Ellis and Albert Moll were still able to recommend little metal suits of armour fitted over the genitals and attached to a locked belt as prophylaxis for masturbation , and sex education books continued to inveigh against the solitary vice well into the second half of the century . |
| 13 | Success in biomedical careers has long been associated with authorship of publications in peer reviewed journals , and this association may partly explain the exponential increase in the number of articles published over the past two decades . |
| 14 | If they are afraid of rats , an iron cage of rats strapped over the chest or face is used . |
| 15 | Have we now reached the stage where there is a recognised body of work produced over the 1980s by women artists ? |
| 16 | That was the beginning of a series of small books of prayers spread over the next fifty years , which were prayed first and then made available for others who felt the same spiritual need as myself . |
| 17 | a sheet of ice formed over the first-night audience when it sensed the theme . |
| 18 | Under cover of the conversation , Luke drew her attention , his hand brushing against her arm through the fine fabric of the lacy jacket , and she started nervously so that a few drops of wine spilled over the rim of her glass . |
| 19 | The glass rocked and wavered for an instant before it fell and a dark pool of wine spread over the tablecloth between them . |
| 20 | Horizontality is , in fact , preserved by bringing into use an additional pair of wheels under the leading edge of the tank , fitted on the same axle as the main track wheels , one at each end of the axle , and thus outside the main pair , in such a way that they engage with a second , outside , pair of rails laid over the curve ( figure 7 ) . |
| 21 | Recycling programmmes have failed to prevent Europe 's cities from increasing by 13 per cent the volume of waste discarded over the past five years . |
| 22 | After studying the report , which reiterated the multitude of reservations expressed over the last few months and went on to accuse architect Dominique Perrault of having sacrificed functionalism for the sake of aesthetics , President Mitterrand accepted Perrault 's design , making only the most cosmetic of changes to appease the powerful lobby against the building . |
| 23 | The examples below are a selection to illustrate the types of changes envisaged over the three year period up to 1995 . |
| 24 | He drank nightly with the Mason in the treasure cave he called a wagon , and a kind of normality settled over the grinding wickedness of the Miracle Pageant and its never-ending circuit . |
| 25 | The wavefront of mist rolled over the Marines in a billowing carpet , though once the first rolling wave was past , the mist was much thinner , merely causing a watery distortion in everyone 's vision . |
| 26 | ‘ We were just taking some reciprocal photos for my kid , ’ Florian explained insouciantly as he stood up , indicating the photos of Joni scattered over the glass-topped coffee-table . |
| 27 | A couple of jets screamed over the island at one point , two Jaguars wing to wing about one hundred metres up and going fast , crossing the whole island in an eye-blink and racing out to sea . |
| 28 | From the Maryhill Paper Works to Possil Loch the bridge of colour stretched over the city of Glasgow . |
| 29 | In the 19th century a pall of dullness settled over the limited Mozart repertoire that was performed . |
| 30 | Working in the studio , you had to have buckets of water thrown over the actors to give the impression of being at sea ! |