Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following month he publicly waived the death sentence hanging over the organizers of the second coup attempt of 1983 . |
| 2 | The younger was nineteen or so , just a few inches taller than Melanie , with longish , bright red hair hanging over the collar of a dark blue , rather military looking jacket with shoulder flaps and brass buttons . |
| 3 | He could have been plummeting down to the centre of the earth , in a submarine nudging over the seabed or flying soundlessly through outer space . |
| 4 | When the sick and exhausted Armenians reached Beirut after the Ottoman collapse , they were allowed to build shacks on the swamps of Bourj Hammoud in the east of the city and then to erect houses which look to this day curiously Balkan , their wooden balconies hanging over the narrow streets of Camp Marash . |
| 5 | There were oil lamps hanging over the verandah , and they threw black shadows towards the mosque entrance , and towards the shop where clothes were sold , long since shut . |
| 6 | Does he realise that , for example , in University college , Cardiff it is proposed to put an extra 1,000 students into the humanities building over the next three years ? |
| 7 | The peaks surrounding glacier-dominated Saas Fee may be less distinguished , but the ice-falls of the Feegletscher hanging over the village are in their way just as striking . |
| 8 | Dressed , or rather undressed , in a satin nightdress , Adele Duncan lay with her eyes closed , one hand thrown dramatically across her face , her long dark hair tumbling over the pillows . |
| 9 | All I saw were this pair of legs sticking over the desk and him going aaaaagh ! |
| 10 | Two years ago , there were huge doubts hanging over the future of Cowley . |
| 11 | It hurls itself around the island and in seconds the sea is alive , ugly waves crashing over the boats , white horses flicking over the surface on the hooves of the wind . |
| 12 | The boy was sitting up , watching him , his dark , over-large eyes puzzling over the shapes that lay there on the cloth . |
| 13 | Dexter had been stationed in Brixton several years before and he inhaled the familiar atmosphere as he wound along Coldharbour Lane towards Peckham : the dilapidated shops selling second-hand furniture and televisions , the handsome couple posing against a car as though for a fashion magazine , the parked cars tumbling over the pavement . |
| 14 | Family Finance : Investments with a no-lose guarantee With election uncertainty hanging over the stock market , Tom Tickell looks at equity bonds that offer at least your money back |
| 15 | And the Monster was sat in the bucket , filling the bucket with its bloated pink body , its great bulging legs hanging over the edge . |
| 16 | When I recovered myself and controlled my weeping , my attention was attracted by Granny 's photograph hanging over the mantelshelf . |
| 17 | ‘ Good heavens ! ’ she breathed , watching one figure speeding over the snow at a break-neck pace , yet seemingly in effortless control . |
| 18 | The owner 's son , a silent , backward man in his early twenties , was crouched by the lever that operated the wheel , struggling to stop the wind whipping over the pages of his comic . |
| 19 | She would stab him to death if he dared bring that hideous hag in here , even if it involved blood spurting over the recently redecorated ceiling . |
| 20 | It seemed downright immoral to torment the poor woman with questions now just for the sake of proving the Jaguar 's brakes were faulty or Fanshawe driving over the seventy limit . |
| 21 | Cornwall rallied with some sweeping drives , the Soviets losing their discipline and Rule slotting over the equalising penalty 13 minutes from time . |
| 22 | As a final thought , I think it would be worth Leeds 's while to have a scout looking over the US collegiate system . |
| 23 | However , Mr Palmer said that a constant video of cars passing over the Severn Bridge at the time , showed no Renault 25 . |
| 24 | The sky was soon dark and the sound of heavy bombs exploding died away , to be replaced by shells passing over the orchard from the British guns down by the river Orne . |
| 25 | During the evening his wife was very nervous and became extremely agitated when the British guns started up , the shells passing over the village with a loud roar . |
| 26 | The scenes of Jurassic or Cretaceous landscapes in picture books show dinosaurs swarming over the landscape , giving the impression that we know the whole story . |
| 27 | He released her then , shrugging out of his clothes , and coming back to her , his blue eyes glittering over the satiny perfection of her skin , pink-tinged from the delicate graze of his body on hers . |
| 28 | If an owl swoops down on the kangaroo rat , the kangaroo rat is alerted by the sound of wind passing over the bird 's wings and can evade the grasping talons . |
| 29 | Drizzle a little vinaigrette dressing over the salad . |
| 30 | In a moment she was beside him and leaning forward , her narrowed eyes poring over the detailed plans , and excitement growing within her . |