Example sentences of "over the [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then there was nothing but sky , and Jekub speeding up as the wheels bounced over the field at the top of the hill . |
| 2 | She did n't go out drinking or dancing ; she did n't do as one mother she 'd known ( in a story of maternal neglect that I remember feeling was over the top at the time ) and tie a piece of string round my big toe , dangle it through the window and down the front of the house , so that the drunken mother , returning from her carousing , could tug at it , wake the child , get the front door opened and send it down the shop for a basin of pie and peas . |
| 3 | Over the crest at the High Cross , erupting suddenly out of the declivity beyond , and certainly from the Welsh gate , the hard drumming of hooves burst upon their ears , coming at a gallop . |
| 4 | To be paid to John Taylor , waulking miller , for making a Timber Bridge over the water at the Lint Mill £2 ; 0:0 . |
| 5 | She turned her head to direct her glance over the man at the wheel . |
| 6 | He sat down at the table and looked over the balustrade at the Street of the Camel below . |
| 7 | The pressures of the health market which the Government have created mean that balanced books and a worried look over the shoulder at the competition are the immediate concerns of NHS managers and accountants . |
| 8 | Charity looked out over the balcony at the still black water towards the rocks . |
| 9 | A speck of grit danced over the time-segment at the lower right-hand corner , smearing the rolling figures . |
| 10 | Once back in the ops room , I laid the boy flat on his back , so far down the mattress that his dropped foot hung over the edge at the bottom , just as I had seen the Australian nurse do when I watched her during her London visit the previous year . |
| 11 | When the draught 's okay the flame gets drawn over the bag-wall at the back of the firebox , then it sweeps round the arch of the kiln-chamber , down through the pots into the throat and out up the chimney . |
| 12 | The ministers had expressed their concern over the conflict at the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe ( CSCE ) meeting in late March [ see p. 38841 ] and a meeting of " experts " from the four Foreign Ministries on March 31 to April 1 had prepared proposals for the Foreign Ministers ' meeting . |
| 13 | ( iv ) A large concentration of seagulls was either on the active runway of was arriving over the airport at the time of take-off . |
| 14 | But if neither China nor East Germany is shy about attacking the West , both tread gingerly over the problem at the heart of their common predicament - what to do about their fellow socialists . |
| 15 | ‘ My father would lift me over the turnstile at the Brandywell , with me decked out in a red and white scarf and hat . ’ |
| 16 | Anna May buttoned her coat and scampered away , swarming like a monkey over the wall at the back of the alley and vanishing into the night . |
| 17 | I was over the moon at the thought of showing my pals and class-mates a real American dollar . |
| 18 | Her clients would be over the moon at the accommodation in this particular hotel . |
| 19 | They smoked in silence for a while , looking over the gate at the well-kept buildings which formed the nucleus of the site . |
| 20 | Then McCaughan saved well from Mulholland before McKeeman flicked Portrush 's equaliser over the keeper at the second attempt . |
| 21 | When the last hymn is sung , it 's time to join mums and dads over the road at the church . |
| 22 | Those things she knew about Gus Hambro which did not fit into this picture , such as his manipulations over the room at the inn , she did not care to mention to anyone until she herself understood them better . |
| 23 | WE get thousands of pieces of paperwork from all over the world at the Matchroom : fan mail , bills and God knows what else . |
| 24 | He arrived at the bridge , walked over it then back again , he looked over the parapet at the shining metals , the line curved away round a curve ; he looked around , everything was quiet , the moon had come out and there was just a touch of frost in the air . |
| 25 | Linked to Ba Alasdair by a feeder stream , just north over the hill at the head of the loch , there is an absolutely classic trout water , known locally as Bluebell Loch . |
| 26 | To make sure you are not over the line at the start , try and get an accurate transit — do not use a moving ship on the horizon ! |
| 27 | Race 4 for the Eric Freeman Trophy in force 2–3 winds outside the harbour saw Fenwick over the line at the start . |
| 28 | Barthelsson was over the line at the start , put in his 720° turn and still beat Österlund to the first mark , a lead which he held until the end . |
| 29 | So , when the subject under debate is the country 's richest cultural jewel , feelings are likely to run at least as high as they did in Paris over the pyramid at the Louvre or in London over the National Gallery extension . |
| 30 | I 'm , I , I noticed er Ricky , they were coming across I was er washing the erm venetian blinds up in the er er bedrooms and he came out with his young lady and er they came down ac across the grass and he was in front , and he jumped over the fence at the bottom , and she this little , and she was ha was having to climb and she was stuck th like that , and he looked back and thought she , he , she was with him and when he s and er he went back , but he went back , and I thought to myself oh like a gentleman , and lifted her over . |