Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] out over the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This time she saw pebbles laid out over the whole of the surface , more or less evenly spaced . |
| 2 | His readiness to speak on almost any topic , and especially on medical ethics , was remarkable : his speeches averaged out over the pontificate at almost one a day . |
| 3 | These are piers built out over the harbour , and indicate old merchants ' houses , where ships could unload directly into the premises . |
| 4 | Evidently there were nesting holes in the sheer face below them , for as the light grew they saw three or four martins dart out over the stream and away into the fields beyond . |
| 5 | The gardens look out over the Bay of Tremezzina , and all of the bedrooms have lovely lake views . |
| 6 | In popular imagery , the reading of a will is the occasion for bitter squabbles to break out over the deceased 's preferred distribution of assets , but the limited amount of research data which we have on this issue suggests that overt conflicts are not very common . |
| 7 | In the summer dusk the pale hatched moths float out over the riverside . |
| 8 | Staring through the streaming window , Nell gritted her teeth every time the bows pushed out over the top of a big wave , only to hang in space before dropping away into the sixty-odd feet of the following trough that seemed to her a mile deep . |
| 9 | On these mornings her freckled face was blanched , and she sat motionless at the breakfast table , staring sightlessly into a cup of cold , wrinkle-skinned coffee , while her long red hair gradually slithered out of the nest of twists she had knotted it into , and hairgrips pinged out over the floor and the table around her . |
| 10 | YORK Minster 's bells rang out over the city for the first time in six months at the weekend their longest break since the Second World War . |
| 11 | A few of these dykes reach the surface ; when they do so , a fissure eruption takes place , and basalt lavas pour out over the surface . |
| 12 | The great Blue Boar inn was a half-stone tavern mansion , its glazed horned windows stared out over the market place . |
| 13 | Its principal hall , which still stands , is as long and as narrow as a ship , with delicately carved kiosks and balconies projecting out over the lake . |
| 14 | With the large number of children spread out over the country , it was inevitable that visits were infrequent . |
| 15 | Alexei stared out over the view , and wondered why his father had caused his house to be built in such a style . |
| 16 | The old lady lay in a huge bed , her face caked in paint and powder , her hair an unnatural black , her hands poking out over the coverlet like white , jewelled claws . |
| 17 | He took in the way the little boy 's hands stretched out over the crowd of distressed men as if to soothe them , and , for the first time in his life , he felt something that was not quite fear and not quite joy — an emptiness that longed to be filled . |
| 18 | Wrought-iron balconies jutted out over the water , and high above their heads lines of washing were strung , hanging motionless in the hot , still air . |
| 19 | She put away the car , quietly locked the garage door and stood for a few moments looking out over the valley . |
| 20 | Officials claim there is an accident risk at the site because the pumps swing out over the pavement and delivery tankers stick out into the road . |
| 21 | Two discias , D. cordata , ‘ Ruby field ’ and D. stachyoïdes sprawl out over the gravel . |
| 22 | The upper storeys of the dwellings leaned out over the street , giving them a drunken appearance , and the dim caverns beyond the light of the high street seemed to Isabel to mirror the dark side of this city of churches . |