Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] over [coord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | That evening is I crouched at the back of the slit trench , swatting the mauses and listening to the sound of shells passing over and the rain dripping steadily in through the entrance to the trench , I stared at the pool of water getting larger and hoped that the rain would soon stop , if it does n't I 'm in for an uncomfortable night . |
2 | Here the guard changed over and the train headed back eastwards to the coast . |
3 | If a hawk flies over or a snake appears , he lets the young hop up under his wing and lifts them off the lily pads so that only their legs can be seen hanging down . |
4 | Oliver took over and the room sprang into focus . |
5 | Collimore good tackle by Hill a really effective challenge and Collimore and Hill having a real scrap as the ball comes over and the referee steps in and stern action might be required here by referee Kirby . |
6 | It is occasionally possible , just for brief moments , to find the words that will unlock the doors of all those many mansions inside the head and express something — perhaps not much , just something — of the crush of the information that presses in on us from the way a crow flies over and the way a man walks and the look of a street and from what we did one day a dozen years ago . |
7 | He was a mere dot on the horizon when the sky clouded over and the storm broke . |
8 | Haines fell over and a Corporal kicked him in the stomach , shouting at him to stand up . |
9 | There was very little disruption , a couple of chairs turned over and a table with most of its top scored off by shotgun pellets lay on its side . |