Example sentences of "[verb] over [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Practice has differed over the years . |
| 2 | The boys were waiting to cross the road here and the horse came down this lane , galloped straight across the road in front of the traffic then onto the pavement , tried to jump over the boys and jumped onto the boys . |
| 3 | You think the fans are going to jump over the fences and grab you . |
| 4 | Scattered over the hills |
| 5 | Outside the Barbican , the National Gallery is mounting ‘ Edvard Munch : the Frieze of Life ’ ( 12 November to 7 February ) which focuses on the cycle of paintings of that name which the artist codified and modified over the years . |
| 6 | In addition , the SIB " high pressure " regime has been modified over the years . |
| 7 | I hope that he will also accept that Conservative Members have used the existing procedure to delay legislation which they have disliked over the years , which is why we want to change it . |
| 8 | Poisoned wells , putrid carcases slung over the walls . |
| 9 | If there was no natural cover , camouflage nets were slung over the trucks , while the men tended to disperse themselves some distance away , preferably in the lee of a rock . |
| 10 | The Town Hall clock struck three , and still it was warm , April sunlight lying across the pool , lacing over the backs of fish . |
| 11 | They tried to leap over the sandbags , but were too slow . |
| 12 | ‘ Bragad 's men hold it , and all in it ; his ‘ Wares must have come over the ramparts in the night . ’ |
| 13 | Fresh food is the most extreme example of the change that has come over the shops . |
| 14 | She let out her pent-up breath in a loud gasp of relief ; then she bent over the handlebars and sent the bike whizzing as fast as she could pedal it across the remaining hundred yards or so of field . |
| 15 | They tell me if I walk in a certain direction for an hour I 'll come across a road and by the time I set my watch and compass they 've vanished over the dunes . |
| 16 | Recent research by the Advertising Research Unit indicates that an adult-like perception of the imagery in cigarette advertisements develops over the years 10 to 14 ; certainly it is well established by 16 years . |
| 17 | Two more of the creatures hovered around the craft , walking over the wings and flashing their teeth at the hysterical passengers . |
| 18 | Days of uncertain weather , riding out , walking over the sands , in the beechwoods . |
| 19 | Through the whole of the long night that followed , Boldwood 's dark figure could be seen walking over the hills of Weatherbury like a ghost . |
| 20 | She just goes er walking over the moors |
| 21 | ‘ Oh , she was walking over the stones and I wondered if she was cut , but she was n't . |
| 22 | Our dad loves walking over the fields when he comes home tired from working in the city . |
| 23 | On Martin , where I was , someone would go to the washroom which looks over the pathways to act as lookout , so hardly anyone did stay in bed once the screw had gone off . |
| 24 | And the elder Miss Snoot at her window high up in Old Odborough looks over the roofs of the town . |
| 25 | It is much worse than a judge at Cruft 's checking over the points of a Pomeranian or Pekinese , and you are more likely to be bitten . |
| 26 | She grows new plants from seed , training things like osteospermum to tumble over the edges of the huge brick tubs built by Peter . |
| 27 | I peered over the battlements . |
| 28 | A tense silence fell on the passengers as they peered over the sides . |
| 29 | Together we peered over the contents of a large glossy menu of unusual composition . |
| 30 | A podgy Swedish face peered over the banisters at them . |