Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [vb base] over the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is quite a lot of activity as I come over the hill . |
| 2 | as I puzzle over the Manchester street-plan , |
| 3 | As you go over the pass the path descends the side of Sail Beck to Buttermere ( 2.75 miles ) . |
| 4 | Avoid being involved in a protest at all costs since , not only does it risk a disqualification , but it also ruins your concentration as you ponder over the incident . |
| 5 | Why then do their minds go blank as soon as they turn over the question paper ? |
| 6 | The sudden roar as they sweep over the horizon is part of life in this otherwise quiet stretch of countryside-often alarming enough to send children into bursts of frightened tears . |
| 7 | The exterior surface of most ammonoids is covered with ribbing — dense on some species , sparse on others — the ribs often split into two or more smaller ribs as they pass over the back of the whorls . |
| 8 | This pattern is made not only by the dancers ' feet as they move over the surface but also by the dancers ' bodies as they move through space . |
| 9 | These worms have large buccal capsules and feed by ingestion of plugs of mucosa as they move over the surface of the intestine . |