Example sentences of "[v-ing] over [art] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was looking for drugs and walking over the aerosol cans . |
| 2 | On the other hand , when you see thousands climbing over the embassy railings as if the Devil were at their heels , you think you must be stupid to stay . ’ |
| 3 | Looking over the oak rails , I could see the gallery floor and , further below , the ground-floor area , the spectacular chimney continuing upward and out of sight above the sloping-beamed ceiling . |
| 4 | They stood arm-in-arm , back to the traffic , as though looking over the railway lines , and Alice , holding the spray low down , wrote , " We Are All … " which is as far as she could go without having to move . |
| 5 | How do I know that machines are communicating over the air waves ? |
| 6 | ‘ On that bloody Russian rust bucket over there , ’ He waved his hand towards the ship 's superstructure which could be seen towering over the dock offices . |
| 7 | They travelled to Switzerland in droves , swarming over the mountain passes . |
| 8 | Holdfast worked quickly , despite he hardly moved , ranging over the spread papers like some sort of croupier . |
| 9 | The bridge itself is a straightforward design with the strings fixing through the back before passing over the bridge saddles . |
| 10 | Now his lifesize copies of himself can be seen clambering over the school buildings . |
| 11 | They were standing by the desk in the library , where Theda had been going over the household accounts when the lawyer arrived , Hector , his wound still troublesome , laying at her feet . |
| 12 | If all the nuns were in Compline , if no one was spotted stealing over the convent walls , then the only logical conclusion was a professional assassin . |
| 13 | just off hanging over the welly boots when somebody puts their feet in the welly boots they get a bit of shock ! |
| 14 | ‘ Make sure they do n't leave their coats — or their underwear — hanging over the beer pumps . ’ |
| 15 | The weather that mid-April had turned fair and mild ; the trees were coming into delicate leaf , and ladysmocks fluttering over the marsh meadows . |
| 16 | Fluttering over the coral heads , hiding in the crevices or clinging to the underside of rocks , are flat leaf-shaped worms . |
| 17 | 20ft seas were running into the entrance and crashing over the sea walls and visibility was virtually non-existent in the rain , spume and spray . |
| 18 | ‘ We expect the control we are exercising over the sound levels at the concert will prevent undue disturbance to residents , ’ said assistant director of environmental health Ray Jones . |
| 19 | As for the militias , however zealous and heroic , they had no chance of triumphing over the Nationalist armies . |
| 20 | Other safety factors to consider are the provision of side restraints in the form of a low wall or balustrade , to prevent anyone from falling over the side edges of the steps . |
| 21 | As I sit here with my cardigan sleeves rolled up , I reflect on the two alternatives — having them unrolled and falling over the typewriter keys or ignoring the instructions and making the sleeves a more suitable length in the first place . |
| 22 | As well as being a Cabinet Minister and Speaker of the House of Lords he sits as a judge , presiding over the Law Lords in the Appellate Committee when time allows . |
| 23 | Judge Furner was still presiding over the county courts at Lewes after twenty-two years , and he continued to order defaulting and mostly absent debtors to be punished by having to spend short terms in the county gaol , for some time after New Years Day 1870 . |
| 24 | His trousers were ripped , his leg bleeding , he had spiked himself sliding over the college railings . |
| 25 | The evening before last I watched your father proceeding very slowly towards the dining room with his tray , and I am afraid I observed clearly a large drop on the end of his nose dangling over the soup bowls . |