Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [vb past] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If messages came over the secret encoder about military supplies for the contras , ‘ I would scan it and pass it on . |
| 2 | But he seems to have succeeded in executing a ragged but effective withdrawal , hesitating and equivocating his way back at the last session until night fell over the battlefield . |
| 3 | Lucien obeyed this instruction and waited while Azmaveth leaned over the cloth , making small sounds of recognition , surprise and consternation . |
| 4 | Before Rain disappeared over the side of Perfidia again they tried very hard to get her to admit they were very talented out-of-work actors to have been so convincing . |
| 5 | Judging from comments it seemed that after Leeds got over the first 15 mins . |
| 6 | Although Graves pulled three points back with a penalty goal , there was no let-up as Gregory put over the second dropped goal of the season . |
| 7 | For example , when Detroit triumphed over the San Diego Padres in the 1984 World Seriff , |
| 8 | Still , if Brahms knew his Rheinberger , what this CD makes clear is how well Rheinberger knew his Brahms , who stands over theses String Quartets , as Beethoven did over the young Brahms himself , only much more obviously : there are echoes of Brahms in the textures , the themes , the passage-work , the construction . |
| 9 | We watched as flocks swirled over the Park 's outer perimeter , performing astounding aerial manoevrings . |
| 10 | Sylvia watched , mesmerised , as Estelle peed over the man 's face and into his open mouth . |
| 11 | It was asked , since the testator had in a general clause charged a trust relating to all dispositions on whoever should be his heir , to pay whatever legacies he had left or had ordered to be paid or done , whether , when Seia made over the three-quarters of the estate , she should vindicate the gardens in full . |
| 12 | For the rest of the day there were almost continuous air attacks , but as dusk crept over the scene it was discovered that no damage had been done to the LRDG patrol . |
| 13 | She stayed in the chair as dusk crept over the garden below , too physically and mentally tired to move . |
| 14 | As wagtails flittered over the swimming pool , Jack Mitchell heard me admire Butch and lectured me sternly . |
| 15 | The interesting thing , just in passing , that particular time of the year was not actually harvest time , and as Jesus looked over the harvest field it was n't the harvest field that was ripened corn , it was actually full of green shoots , and it is the harvest now is ripe , it 's plenteous because he was n't talking about that , he was talking about men and women . |
| 16 | Later , as night crept over the Rorim , they met in Riven 's room and shared a few pitchers of ale . |
| 17 | As night fell over the river , the only sounds to be heard were cries of ecstasy and long sighs of surrender and fulfilment . |
| 18 | As Sara leaned over the gate , a slight figure who had been obscured behind them began walking towards her along the hedge . |
| 19 | He dug a hole , but he had dug only a little of it when Frith came over the hill alone . |
| 20 | I was enjoying a drink with Jessica Dragonette and Nadea on their West 57th Street balcony when news came over the radio that the war in Europe had begun . |
| 21 | The experience was not an encouraging one , as differences emerged over the future treatment of Germany and Eastern Europe . |
| 22 | She put down her newspaper as Sandra brought over the steak and kidney pie . |
| 23 | As dawn broke over the South Korean capital of Seoul , the sky turned from the black of night to the light azure of early morning , promising another hot day . |
| 24 | But after 40 minutes the first wave of the military action ended and as dawn broke over the capital there was no sign of a ground operation . |