Example sentences of "[vb past] over the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Huy bent over the body silently . |
| 32 | She bent over the pattern , her strong fingers guiding her scissors . |
| 33 | That evening , as the sun sank over the marsh and the sea an odd group gathered in the dusk . |
| 34 | Bare granite peaks towered over the south all day and the pools and falls seemed to grow bigger and better every mile . |
| 35 | This eroded the extent to which the giant US firms towered over the rest . |
| 36 | The 54-year-old monster , which towered over the garden , was cut down on television by professional contractors , who safely lowered its limbs one be one . |
| 37 | Bragg stepped forward , so that he towered over the office manager . |
| 38 | She peered over the edge of the bedstead and saw a cliff of bedcover stretching endlessly to the stone floor . |
| 39 | I peered over the edge . |
| 40 | Satisfied he was at least decently dressed , Seb raised his head cautiously and peered over the edge of the hollow . |
| 41 | Sitting up , she peered over the edge of the hollow alongside Seb . |
| 42 | I peered over the battlements . |
| 43 | He threw his dressing gown casually on the chair and — with never a glance at Arty — jumped between the sheets , picked up the newspaper from the floor beside the bed , opened it out and peered over the top , his ears tuned to the conversation . |
| 44 | Stanley peered over the top of his paper ; Jos stopped chewing ; and Mungo and Emily caught each other 's eye . |
| 45 | He peered over the top . |
| 46 | Frankie peered over the top of his comic , unable to resist the temptation to join in . |
| 47 | At first he peered over the top of his spectacles , eyeing his visitors severely . |
| 48 | Broadman , who could read after a fashion , peered over the top of the volume . |
| 49 | Martin peered over the top of his coffee . |
| 50 | He had forgotten to take off his spectacles and he peered over the top of them . |
| 51 | But moments later , he emerged with his freight , to find that Godolphin was already marching out of the copse that screened the Retreat from both the house ( empty , of course ; in ruins ) and any casual spy who peered over the wall . |
| 52 | Stella walked to the poplar-trees and peered over the wall into the field . |
| 53 | Porter peered over the landing rail , through the steel netting that was strung from one side to the other , and noticed that , on the landing below , prisoners who had finished slopping out had not in fact returned to their cells but were standing outside , their attempts at entry barred by warders . |
| 54 | He peered over the rim of his spectacles at each of the room 's occupants in turn before continuing . |
| 55 | But Benedicta , her curiosity aroused , leaned on Athelstan 's arm and , standing on tiptoe , peered over the rim of the cart . |
| 56 | A tense silence fell on the passengers as they peered over the sides . |
| 57 | Defries peered over the end of the girder . |
| 58 | In the frosty quiet he heard the sound of an engine too suave to belong to a resident , and peered over the parapet to see the men getting out of the car below . |
| 59 | He peered over the parapet . |
| 60 | She peered over the bag of groceries clasped to her bosom and was almost consumed by envy . |