Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] over the river " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | With the expansion of trade and industry in the twelfth century — perhaps the most prolific of all centuries for new towns until we come to the nineteenth — a few traders assembled periodically near a crossing place over the river Welland . |
| 2 | Here there was a tall Round Tower standing sentinel over the river , there was a large grey church standing roofless on a rise , its tall end gables resembling towers . |
| 3 | The mill-house , with its white-painted cast iron footbridge over the river below the weir , forms a seductive spot for photographers , painters , picnickers and what used to be called courting couples , but are now gender-opposite persons endeavouring to establish meaningful relationships by pair-bonding and role-playing . |
| 4 | More than 100 vessels will take to the Mersey on June 20 when there will also be an air display over the river . |
| 5 | They then , after a bit ( the boy had disappeared , the sewer gurgled empty ) moved to the end wall over the river : you did not want to miss , not now , that small boy , he had been carried out , floating face-up , his opened eyes to the burning sun in the tar of the hard still river . |