Example sentences of "[verb] over [coord] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He usually stood on a little platform raised high enough to enable him to see over and past the cabins when the boat was moving . |
| 2 | If the D6 roll is more than the distance you have veered away then the Doom Diver has over compensated and the template is moved over and beyond the target the full distance roll . |
| 3 | A small ‘ open-outlet ’ electric storage heater can usefully be positioned over or under the kitchen sink as it will provide sufficient water for washing up . |
| 4 | I started to run up , straight up the hill , erm lucky the monster was running straight at me and sticking out of the crowd and he tripped over and after the end |
| 5 | Therefore , if he had killed himself , he must have either climbed over or through the barrier somewhere near this point . |
| 6 | He had been wakeful all night , gnawing over and over the tangle of his doubts and fears , and unable to worry his way through them to any certain hope . |
| 7 | To complete the cycle , oxygen is necessary , either directly from the air , or more commonly in solution in the water , and this too must be passed over or through the media . |
| 8 | I was firmly in the present , watching the starlings cavort over and under the telegraph wires and the wind shimmer the young leaves into a muzzy Monet . |
| 9 | The shroud is , again , a one-piece creation , sufficiently long to be draped over and under the feet , the sleeves equally full . |
| 10 | The additional exercises certainly led to a greater use of patterns made by the dancers rolling or posturing over and on the floor . |