Example sentences of "over [art] [noun sg] like " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if you came from a chapel and puritanical background of dark and moral mills where the only promised warmth was hell-fire , then — given the opportunity — you skidded all over the field like a jackpot rabbit . |
| 2 | He was over the top like PC Dixon taking out a French terrorist cell . |
| 3 | Her breasts were huge — like giant orbs in the confines of her bra , spilling over the top like overripe melons . |
| 4 | Because of the danger of that ball jumping , you hit over the top like that , it 'll jump . |
| 5 | Narrow-winged , small and compact , they fly powerfully with rapid wing-beats , sometimes planing over the water like hydrofoils ; in hunting they dive and use their wings for propulsion under water , feeding mostly on plankton and small fish ( Nettleship and Birkhead , 1985 ) . |
| 6 | For a second I glimpsed her wet , frightened face : then she was hurtling away from me , bouncing over the water like a rag doll , her arms and legs flailing . |
| 7 | At the far end of the street , where the beach curved into an arc — and where the water was far enough away from the slops of Main Street — there on my right I could see a grove of coconut palms behind the beach , almost bending over the sand like a canopy as they leaned against the trade winds . |
| 8 | At this angle the dragonfolk looked reasonably bearable but the dragons themselves , hanging from their perches , loomed over the scene like immense gargoyles . |
| 9 | At one stage of the race there were runners on every part of the route , the continuous line winding its way over the fell like a colourful , sinuous snake , disappearing from time to time in the swirling mists . |
| 10 | Sand drifted over the asphalt like curling wisps of smoke . |
| 11 | They did n't want to be hit over the head like that , he concluded with his characteristic weary shrug . |
| 12 | Stephen made a few moderate reservations about England in his own soft voice , which was audible over the hubbub like some supersonic protest . |
| 13 | She presided over the present-opening like an officious timekeeper . |
| 14 | They had an impression of very red cheeks and moist yellow hair smeared over the scalp like egg yolk . |
| 15 | ‘ That was n't bouncing that was being a fool , jumping over the wall like that on those springs . ’ |
| 16 | The walls were alive with branches , running over the stone like veins . |
| 17 | Stephen , you do n't want to leave all over the kitchen like that , it 's really . |
| 18 | But it was n't OK and when I reached for my bishop , he 'd wave his arms over the board like a referee who 's just counted somebody out — and change his move . |
| 19 | Run all over the board like that . |
| 20 | Tiny feathers of cloud drifted over the horizon like a flock of fire-birds . |
| 21 | all over the floor like ribbons and strings , |
| 22 | High above me was the narrow gash of Attermire Cave and the craggy outcrop of the scar hanging over the valley like a wave of stone about to break . |
| 23 | It had been a wet May with a few scarce hours of sunshine at the beginning of the month and little since , but today the grey skies that had hung over the land like a shroud had broken , and high white clumps of cloud were bowling swiftly across the blue sky betokening a day of good weather . |
| 24 | In the distance , the smoke lay over the land like a corpse-veil . |
| 25 | In fact , almost everything before seven is business news with men in suits watching over the pound like doctors : ‘ And the latest news from Tokyo — it seems to be a little better . |
| 26 | While people were dreaming dreams and singing songs , and the Evil One and his angels strutted their mastery over the world like cocks in a barnyard , the omnipotent God made the decisive move that was to win the Great Battle for the world . |
| 27 | Karl , as it were , added the italics as he cast a speculative eye over a huge grey building which loomed over the avenue like a battleship over a flotilla of cargo boats and from which , in the still , clear air , hung a vast flag , red , with a golden hammer and sickle emblazoned on it . |
| 28 | Those over , still over the bridge like now , you know and er , where the brook comes through , but of course there was no , er , there was no houses at the back end you see , it went right |
| 29 | They climbed over the fence like monkeys while the squire and Gray fired at them . |
| 30 | And then there was four or five again , and four or five again , over the street like that . |