Example sentences of "[v-ing] over an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So that he fell awkwardly , knocking over an unfinished cup of tea . |
| 2 | Lipman 's column in the May issue was fetchingly entitled : ‘ I found myself weeping over an economy-sized box of tampons ’ . |
| 3 | The women weeping over an open coffin in a Rowlandson drawing of c.1760 would have had more reason for grief had the merchandise not come up to their expectations ( Col. 6 ) . |
| 4 | There 's lots of fun to be had at camp — everything from cooking over an open fire to building gadgets out of sticks and string and singing round the camp fire . |
| 5 | Sometimes in the evenings I would hear myself laughing , and the sound was like wind passing over an empty vessel . |
| 6 | By following the course of the stream overland and looking over an intervening wall , the immense crater of Braithwaite Wife Hole will next be seen . |
| 7 | Which is why I find myself brooding over an extraordinary view taken from the air . |
| 8 | But when it comes to discovering those original chord sequences , it 's not all late night slaving over an acoustic guitar . |
| 9 | Turning over an old leaf : A new chapter in fundraising for Oxfam . |
| 10 | Instead of agonising over an indefinable concept of pain , why do we not simply study the individual 's efforts to stabilise its internal environment and then aid it or , at least , not intrude on those efforts without good reason ? |
| 11 | ‘ Caroline and I were simply arguing over an appropriate bedtime for you . ’ |
| 12 | But whereas normal grieving focuses on different aspects of the lost person , the depressed person seems to be grieving over an inner loss . |
| 13 | Strangely , the match is never mentioned , as if a spot of gloating over an English rugby victory might be construed as bad form . |
| 14 | Planning over an 11-year period could , I believe , bring about a veritable revolution , especially if the whole curriculum ( both subjects and cross-curricular themes ) can be welded together , but I want to see some rapid practical progress if I am to be reassured . |