Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] over the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gazing idly over the rolling green lawns , she watched the red glow of the sun , slowly beginning to sink down over the horizon . |
| 2 | His turnout exceedingly elegant , the father was walking on over the hard curd-white earth down the double track of the carts towards the small port on the coast ahead . |
| 3 | Shouting and blasting all over the loud speakers ! |
| 4 | After shrinking slightly over the past few years , the gap grew to nearly $10 billion during the first four months of this year , up from a little over $6 billion for the same period in 1990 . |
| 5 | His hand slid down over her back , his fingers splaying out over the firm swell of her bottom , pulling her body closer still to his . |
| 6 | The stolen cars have been occurring now over the last year . |
| 7 | They seemed to have everything in command at Pickie on Saturday , but let the BLI come storming back over the last few ends to win on three of the four rinks . |
| 8 | With some trepidation I went with him with the trusty Seagull Outboard chugging manfully over the huge swell . |
| 9 | Lambert was climbing hard over the German wire before the first balloon began to move . |
| 10 | What had been happening financially over the last five or six years is unclear but in 1932 the situation was regarded as ‘ serious ’ and it was to continue so ( as with other Clubs in the Depression ) until the late 1930's . |
| 11 | I do n't think he should really be telling me all this , but he is demob happy and there is something of the anonymity of the confessional in this dimly lit train compartment , lurching slowly over the snowy plateau of the Kola Peninsula . |
| 12 | President Mary Robinson of the Irish Republic , who visited Somalia on Oct. 3 and 4 , said at an emotional press conference in Nairobi on Oct. 5 that the UN and the European Communities were " offending justice " by acting slowly over the Somali crisis . |
| 13 | The only positive aspect is that since it attracts the seediest sort of tourist , it keeps them all in one place like a gigantic concrete fly-paper , and stops them wandering all over the unspoiled parts of the Highlands looking for go-cart tracks and timeshare chalets . |
| 14 | The very term ‘ course ’ implies a definite path of study ; the student is not going to go wandering all over the intellectual map . |
| 15 | Passing swiftly over the visual arts bit — a series of paintings of living artists by Zsuzsi Roboz suggestive of nothing so much as chalk drawings on the pavements of Charing Cross Road — Mr Roosen is also offering ‘ complementary and holistic programmes for use in the private and corporate sectors worldwide ’ . |
| 16 | There may be now perestroika , everybody teaming up over the Middle East problem , but we are actually at war economically with all the countries outside this country and most of them , the young people are better trained , people , and better educated , longer educated , higher standards and also at work , there is much more training at work . |
| 17 | Looking back over the first decade of his regime , in a radio broadcast made to mark the tenth anniversary of the end of the Civil War , Franco crowed , |
| 18 | Looking back over the two games we made it extremely difficult for ourselves in Moscow . |
| 19 | Looking back over the last two years , portraits and townscapes , in Berlin or in other locations , predominate . |
| 20 | Looking back over the last 19 years he said : ‘ Having had the opportunity to set up and develop the education service in Lothian has been enormously challenging and satisfying and I believe it is an education service of good quality with many forward-looking policies now established . |
| 21 | Holding her head high , she went over to the rail and rested her fingers on the chrome , looking out over the sparkling , sun-streaked water . |
| 22 | They were sitting quietly together , looking out over the peaceful valley . |
| 23 | Looking out over the silvery water , she wondered whether it really was Robert who had been a spectator of what was apparently a passionate embrace . |
| 24 | He is standing as he must have stood that afternoon on the shore of the Gulf of San Miguel , four-square and haughty , bucklered , helmeted , spurred , and looking out over the greatest ocean in the world . |
| 25 | We climbed the low hills northwest of the loch and lay in the long grass under the pines and the birch , looking out over the small glen to the forested hill on the far side where the old railway tunnel was . |
| 26 | Richard , wearing the new dressing gown and slippers that had been his mother 's practical present , stood at the window , looking out over the bare countryside . |
| 27 | Looking out over the snow-covered park , she could still see her brother 's reflection in the glass . |
| 28 | In beautiful native gardens looking out over the magnificent Belle Mare Beach , this new hotel 's rooms all overlook the sea . |
| 29 | When she left him , he stood at the window for a long time , looking out over the newly-awakened countryside . |
| 30 | After dinner we would sit looking out over the three arms of the lake and talk until , drowsy with sun , swimming , food and wine , we went off to bed . |