Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [v-ing] [pers pn] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the door of the Registrar 's office was a long line of people ending at the desk where the Officer 's clerk sat drinking tea and lording it over the supplicants . |
| 2 | Chiefly by digging the underlying marl and spreading it over the sandy top-soil he converted it into rich cornlands and raised the value of his Holkham estate from £5,000 to £20,000 a year within fifteen years . |
| 3 | Any finer detail required in the painting is achieved simply by mixing white with the appropriate colour and applying it over the top of the darker colours for an opaque effect . |
| 4 | ‘ What are you doing ? ’ he asked conversationally , divesting himself of his jacket and slinging it over the sofa . |
| 5 | Shaken off balance by her startling thoughts , Isabel glanced away , stepping out of her gown and hanging it over the table . |
| 6 | Then Charlie was smearing blood over his face and wiping it over the bass guitarist . |
| 7 | She worked furiously , grabbing up heaps of earth and scattering it over the dry , sun-baked grass and loose strands of hay so that the fire should have nothing to devour . |