Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb past] over the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most notable among them were a Louis XVI ormolu-and-Wedgwood porcelain mounted clock thermometer and its companion barometer-thermometer attributed to Adam Weisweiler ( est. $150–200,000 ) which sold to a telephone bidder for $250,000 ( £138,900 ) and an amusing pair of painted jeux de loto ( essentially eighteenth-century bingo cards in their holders ) , which sold over the telephone for $60,000 ( £33,300 ) ( est. $20–30,000 ) . |
| 2 | He rode the rocking-horse , which moved over the lawn without effort . |
| 3 | As regards the US domestic market , these changes in profitability are opposite to those of concentration , which rose over the period . |
| 4 | The 54-year-old monster , which towered over the garden , was cut down on television by professional contractors , who safely lowered its limbs one be one . |
| 5 | Out of every hundred aircraft which ventured over the border , eighty-seven returned safely . |
| 6 | A RUGBY fan broke her leg after ending up at the bottom of a ruck which spilled over the sideline . |
| 7 | Eric Cantona went as close as anyone when he tried a 40 yard lob which sailed over the goalkeeper 's head only to hit the bar and bounce into the grateful arms of Dmitri Kharine . |
| 8 | It was a dignity which triumphed over the unsightliness of the long upturned hooves , the fleshless ribs , the broken-down udder almost brushing the cobbles . |
| 9 | The Woman turned , pulling the whole of the little group round with her so that they faced the house , towards the mirror which hung over the sofa . |
| 10 | There was a bar selling alcoholic drinks and two milk bars , one at floor level , one in what had once been the balcony , and a huge multi-faceted glass ball which hung over the dance floor . |
| 11 | The rain slowed to a fine drizzle which hung over the countryside like a dirty curtain . |
| 12 | Tea had been laid in the blue drawing room , a vast room dominated by two huge chandeliers and an enormous portrait of Henry VIII after Holbein , which hung over the fireplace . |
| 13 | Harriet gave him her portrait , which hung over the chimney-piece at Croisset ; but it was of Gertrude that he was fonder . |
| 14 | Out here he fog bank which hung over the city had thinned to non-existence . |
| 15 | Matthew had acquired a tank which trundled over the carpet emitting small but sharp percussive explosions accompanied by a shower of sparks . |
| 16 | Hopes that harvesting which started over the weekend would continue , though , were thwarted by mid-week rain and a shortage of crops fully fit . |
| 17 | They set to sea in boats and cruisers ; one newspaper even hired a Lear jet , which flew over the area day after day . |
| 18 | Part of the track which went over the river Wey was supported by a ferro-concrete bridge — revolutionary in its day . |
| 19 | This was the railway which crossed over the Corporation tramway just short of the Selby Road boundary . |
| 20 | The room which looked over the Embankment site of the building was a mix of his own and Civil Service furnishings . |
| 21 | Patrick took his tea and went up to the first floor , to the long landing window which looked over the village green . |
| 22 | It did , however , tend to jam in damp or muddy conditions , and it suffered from feed blockages caused by the spring mechanism of the 47-round ammunition drum which fitted over the breech . |
| 23 | It 's a well-founded Dales village , mentioned in the Domesday Book , with a fascinating and somewhat turbulent , if bizarre history Cotherstone Castle , which loomed over the confluence of the rivers Tees and Balder , is now just a heap of rubble . |
| 24 | Karl , as it were , added the italics as he cast a speculative eye over a huge grey building which loomed over the avenue like a battleship over a flotilla of cargo boats and from which , in the still , clear air , hung a vast flag , red , with a golden hammer and sickle emblazoned on it . |
| 25 | It spun around , hurling its axe , which whirred over the assassin 's head and buried itself in a luckless thief behind him . |
| 26 | And er they used to determine what came through , they used to really , you know what came over the Bridge , all picketed and er they 'd want to know what was in the van and everything and if the er trades council said , No it 's not coming , it did n't come . |