Example sentences of "[vb past] over [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It flickered over stone walls , glinting on darker , shinier patches here and there . |
| 2 | The torchlight flickered over gilt lettering at the top of the gate and the two words ‘ GREY FRIARS ’ glinted briefly before disappearing into the darkness again . |
| 3 | As Derby defender Simon Coleman and goalkeeper Steve Sutton dithered over David Seaman 's wind-assisted punt Wright , lurking in the background , pounced . |
| 4 | Kate bent over Nicandra to pick up the tray : ‘ And you did n't eat the half of it , ’ she said reproachfully . |
| 5 | And lass ’ — she now bent over Agnes — ‘ if that Dad of yours has done me lad any deep damage he 'll pay for it . |
| 6 | She bent over Rob 's hand and slowly , deftly drew out the sliver of wood . |
| 7 | When she bent over Sarah there was no sign of sympathy , yet she was known for her kindness . |
| 8 | He bent over Luke , gripped his shirt with both hands and tore it apart , exposing Luke 's back from neck to waist . |
| 9 | Jonadab and Elizabeth bent over George , whose teeth were chattering uncontrollably and who , indeed , appeared more dead than alive . |
| 10 | FitzAlan bent over Jack as he began to stir . |
| 11 | She bent over Yussuf and splashed water on his face . |
| 12 | She was referring to the North and South Heys which flowed from their source at Ranlodden Moor towards the six-hundred-foot hills that towered over Heymouth . |
| 13 | The bulk of the mound towered over Mungo , intimidating him . |
| 14 | Big for his age , he towered over Garry who was eleven . |
| 15 | But most attention went to the largest elephant of all , a fifteen-foot-high inflatable which towered over MP Paddy Ashdown — only recently elected leader of the Social and Liberal Democrats — as he officially cut the green ribbon across the door of the Greenpeace-funded Stop Hinkley Centre . |
| 16 | Curious to find out what crucial sound for the nineties he might be buying , I peered over Michael 's shoulder ( not a difficult thing to do ) , only to see … |
| 17 | The waters of the river were broken and scintillating , splashing in bright sparks where it bounded over rocks on its way to the town . |
| 18 | Eisenhower and Dulles prevaricated over Suez , and , in the longer term , the United States has paid the price for their misjudgments . |
| 19 | And the pharmacists ' slogan , ‘ If You Want a Tan — Get a Healthy Tan ’ , is worth repeating as thoughts turn towards all those sunshine holiday bargains currently plastered over travel agents ' windows . |
| 20 | The theme of many of the leaflets plastered over church walls is the same : ‘ The police state methods must change . ’ |
| 21 | Kevin McAllister 's header from a right-wing McGivern cross gave Marshall problems , while at the opposite end Creaney took advantage of a huge kick-out which bounced over John Hughes , to send a lob inches over . |
| 22 | We disagreed over Suez . |
| 23 | The psychoanalysis can be used to a limited extent , despite more collective , historical roles er , within disagreed over conflicts in people , or perhaps you say that all the time . |
| 24 | We found over 80% regularly take all their holidays . |
| 25 | They were the ones who f—ed over melody and did it in their own way , ’ said Bobby Schiffman of The Harlem Apollo . |
| 26 | Three charged over gasworks bomb |
| 27 | Business and political leaders praised his liberalism and his pragmatism , the assurance with which he presided over China 's opening to the West and the dexterity with which he dumped much of its communist ideology . |
| 28 | Labour 's Doug Naysmith , Bristol city councillor who presided over privatisation of Bristol port , needs a six per cent swing to wipe out Michael Stern 's 6,952 majority . |
| 29 | Mr Colin Sheaf , Christie 's Chinese porcelain expert and auctioneer , mounted his rostrum against a vast reredos of 1018 blue-and-white bowls and vases — for all the world like a Harrods sale in 1690 , had Harrods then been invented — and presided over mayhem from Lot 1 . |
| 30 | The mother and wife of RA , the sun god , Hathor presided over matters of beauty , love and marriage , and attended childbirth . |