Example sentences of "were [v-ing] [adv prt] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Black rain clouds were scudding in over the Thames . |
| 2 | She saw the building that Adolph Brückner had looked at on his arrival that day , the pain in his head threatening like the thunder clouds that were drifting back over the mountain tops . |
| 3 | These little buildings were spreading out over the savannah in a game of checkers , with the goal of linking all the pieces into a chain of sound administration . |
| 4 | Black clouds were rolling up over the forest to his right , which now looked hostile , as though it were waiting for him to make a false move ; to tall perhaps , so that it could advance and swallow him , like a wild animal . |
| 5 | Clouds were creeping up over the edges of the trees and the river 's surface was turning black . |
| 6 | It was difficult to see exactly what she looked like , for she and Rupert were bending down over a table examining something together . |