Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [prep] [pers pn] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It crept stealthily towards him over the mud , advancing , retreating , advancing again like a living creature stalking its prey . |
| 2 | Seagulls , able to detect the appearance of a piece of bread at a hundred yards away , advanced slowly towards them over the shelving ground . |
| 3 | It 's a rare person who can ignore a letter sent personally to him over the signature of Clint Eastwood or Charlton Heston , saying ‘ I need your help ’ . |
| 4 | He looked mischievously at her over the top of his paper . |
| 5 | He had several pets : a grey cat Maria , Shep the sheepdog who went everywhere with him over the fields , several birds including a lame pigeon that he loved to tease Maria with ; and one spring he reared a wild duck from the egg of an abandoned nest and was upset for weeks after the October day it finally flew away . |
| 6 | She lived there with him over the shop , did n't she ? |