Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [vb past] over the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carson stepped out on to the terrace and looked over the rail again . |
| 2 | Levagh put his had up to indicate to Fangio to that he was about to overtake ; Macklin then braked , Levagh caught Macklin 's car and somersaulted over the safety barrier into the crowd . |
| 3 | There was a swish of skis and a figure came hurtling past the hut , executed a brilliant turn in a flurry of snow and disappeared over the shoulder of the mountain . |
| 4 | Anyway , I just tapped my boot against the bottom of the boat and looked over the river , busy with huge dung barges emptying their putrid waste in midstream . |
| 5 | The geese arrived with a bow wave that surged over the nomes ' feet , and arched their necks down towards Shrub . |
| 6 | Standing at the window that looked over the grounds , she thought back over her short stay here in the house , tried to see how it might have been different — and then gave a wry , sad little smile . |
| 7 | Either you consider that the County Farms are playing a role set down by law and supported over the years of an , which no other authority and no other body in the country can provide , and which is a socially valuable role , and that is to provide the first step in farming , and clearly they do . |
| 8 | As she turned over on to her back she dismissed such mundane things as guttering and went over the words on Leo 's note . |
| 9 | After a few more games we stopped for lunch and went over the morning 's action . |
| 10 | Not that the Manner — which he intended should be so admired later in the week on Parents ' Evening — was particularly in evidence on the Monday , as he sat at his study desk and went over the plans for that event with his wife . |
| 11 | When nookey is in the offing bosoms do not so much swell as burst over the lace like a pair of dumplings rising to the surface of a casserole pot . |
| 12 | In many ways the yacht suited him well enough , but there were a few details that niggled — like the way a lump of green water lifting onto the weather side deck and running aft almost invariably hit the rail at the corner of the transom and slopped over the coaming to soak his trousers . |
| 13 | ‘ That last man — the one in the Mozart wig without a mask — wanted to show me a restaurant because I 'm mad on cooking and drooled over the recipes he described . ’ |
| 14 | In Carlyle Mansions itself , Hayward 's own rooms were at the front of the building and looked over the river and the gardens while Eliot satisfied himself with a study and bedroom down a dark passage at the back of the building . |
| 15 | She turned Florence into the field and stood over the milk pails , stirring them slowly with a hazel stick . |
| 16 | I went out naked on the landing and looked over the banisters . |
| 17 | I persuaded a friend of mine to visit the summit one evening and he was so taken in by the view that he stepped back from the trig point and disappeared over the edge of the crag that crowns the top . |
| 18 | Mr Bennet put one finger at the side of his nose and looked over the top of his glasses . |
| 19 | The third wall was lined entirely with books , and the wall that looked over the garden was not a wall but a window , heavily shrouded with curtains of different fabrics and densities . |
| 20 | He had pulled her down with him into the whirlpool of love , and now that she was submerged and drowning he had left her , escaping through the cloaking mist that hung over the water . |
| 21 | When he had gone , she stood for a long time in front of the looking-glass that hung over the fire , her hands pressed to her cheeks , her face quite alive with excitement . |
| 22 | Benjamin climbed on to the dais and leaned over the table . |
| 23 | Hyacinth leaped to her feet with a yell and knocked over the pot , screaming again as its scalding contents splashed her legs . |
| 24 | We 're going mainly for wild water buffalo , banteng and seladang , " said the senator , his resonant Southern drawl sounding loud in the stillness that lay over the river . |
| 25 | ‘ I can clearly remember that night , the hush that fell over the audience after the first song . |
| 26 | That 's when he actually got into the ‘ Diamond Dogs ’ period and when the show extended a bit more into the theatrical — more props with street scenes , a huge lift chair that went over the audience , and things like that . |
| 27 | She stopped to catch her breath , heard voices , crossed the strip of grass and looked over the cliff . |
| 28 | A hundred yards from the beach Nigel Clogstoun-Willmott followed the drill and went over the side . |
| 29 | And then , after he and Owen had been talking for some while , he crooked his finger and called over the boy who had seen |
| 30 | It was the same banner that flew over the columns of marching men converging on the Women ‘ s Battalion guarding the Provisional Government in St Petersburg … the same banner that was raised in front of the crowds surging into George Square in Glasgow . |