Example sentences of "[noun] that [be] [v-ing] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prussian industrialisation was part of a wave of change that was sweeping over the whole of Western Europe and which was just beginning to filter into Eastern Europe . |
| 2 | She clenched her jaw to kill the sultry languor that was stealing over her at the sight of his thick lashes lying in two black arcs on his gilded cheekbones . |
| 3 | Chairman , can I say briefly that the merger and I 'm quite pleased that we 've finally er there is a death knell to this this awful word , it 's been bandied on for far too long , it 's been perhaps the single most controversial issue that has been debated by this authority along with some other mediocre issues and no one here would not admit er to the fact that it has been opposed on such massive scale and even today we 've had a further petition of three hundred and ninety five people opposing er this this this dreadful merger decision that was hanging over the er the the two centres and I 'm pleased that er this this er amendment , this er er erm this petition was brought forward today because it does indicate the continuing support and opposition to er the the kind of things that we should be doing and and those that we should n't . |
| 4 | ‘ Should I really ? ’ she said , looking at the wine glass doubtfully , speaking as much to dispel the strange feeling that was coming over her every time she looked at him as to reassure herself over the wine . |
| 5 | But the shadows that were deepening over Europe were reaching out to " change everything " in lives across the world , and the Burrows family were to be no exception . |
| 6 | The problem simply Mr Mayor is that during the morning peak period traffic enters the city via causeway , going erm I think erm this traffic that 's coming over the is joined by local traffic from roads leading off causeway and the result of that is that er on many occasions er we get a long tailback of traffic er waiting to turn right at the junction of causeway and road . |
| 7 | We start tonight with a big row that 's brewing over this little pill . |
| 8 | ‘ The whiting cooked with its tail in its mouth teaches us to think all round a problem , ’ answered Auguste , lovingly poking back one tail that was sprawling over the edge of his basket . |
| 9 | It was the sight of the huge animal that was standing over Sir Hugo . |