Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] come over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just then this voice comes over the loud speaker . |
| 2 | It 's hard to tell , cos I always seemed to be awake , but then I remember waking up with a jump when this voice comes over the loud speaker . |
| 3 | Another such bump comes over the future of NATO . |
| 4 | About 2 o'clock that afternoon , three Allied planes came over the coast and started to drop supplies by parachute . |
| 5 | A flock of chattering sparrows came over the Cages , landed on the grass by the litter bin where Woil had taken stance , and then twittered off again over the tigers ' cages . |
| 6 | During her time a remarkable change came over the attitude of authorities towards the care of the elderly . |
| 7 | Uncle said he will never forget as a little boy the sight of all these geese coming over the hill beyond our top pasture . |
| 8 | The white water came over the side and carried the boy along the deck . |
| 9 | Even as he did so six glistening , shiny black figures came over the railing , rolling and flopping on to the deck , like excited seals . |
| 10 | It was all happening to him , right there in a see-through plastic telephone nodule in the airport concourse with the crowds jostling and plaintive announcements coming over the Tannoy system , and the orange-juice machines gurgling and travellers humping suitcases about with those peculiarly tense expressions people always adopt prior to a long-haul flight . |
| 11 | September , October , November … and one morning a strange hush came over the Zoo . |
| 12 | AD 793 ‘ In this year , dire forewarnings came over the land of the Northumbrians , and miserably terrified the people ; there were excessive whirlwinds and lightenings , and fiery dragons were seen flying in the air . ’ |
| 13 | Look out for the full review coming over the net , in next month 's COMMODORE FORCE . |
| 14 | Silver seemed about to speak when suddenly there was a pattering in the undergrowth above and three more rabbits came over the bank from the wood . |
| 15 | A familiar voice came over the suit 's comm-system . |
| 16 | Instead , Rob 's cheerful tones came over the wire . |
| 17 | They came as a lightning surprise to them when two hundred American planes came over the city clearly visible in the cloudless sky , the Italians kept separating in two camps because of fascist and non- fascist fleet ran around frantically trying to get fog machines working , trying to obscure the target but the fog prevented warships in the harbour for putting up an effective anti-aircraft barrage . |
| 18 | The residual swells coming over the reef were causing a moderate surf on the beach : I needed to reconnoitre , weighing up the possibility of swamping before taking the children in . |
| 19 | When the blue bonnets came over the border … |
| 20 | The yellow and black police barrier was still there as a warning to other drivers coming over the crest of the hill . |
| 21 | With the death of Victor Chapman , the first of the Lafayette to fall and perhaps its most beloved member , a new mood came over the Squadron . |
| 22 | The bright brown eyes were intent on Grainne now and , without warning , a new alertness came over the figure . |
| 23 | The young man came over the tops of the dunes , whistling and casually whacking clumps of reed and grass with a stick . |
| 24 | Then , just as Tabitha was opening her mouth and wondering what she was supposed to say , a hideous crackling noise came over the robot 's speaker , and its picture was torn up by a burst of interference . |
| 25 | A disembodied voice came over the amplifiers instructing people to move outside the ropes . |