Example sentences of "and [noun] [vb past] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rain grew heavier and thunder rumbled over the mountains . |
| 2 | Even as she spoke , however , the door was flung open and Sarah stumbled over the threshold , half-dragging and half-lifting George into the room . |
| 3 | Gloom and despondency hung over the royal party and Anne was more than a little resentful of having been required to join them in sanctuary . |
| 4 | The gentleness and kindness which they preached as the very foundation of its teaching , and as insisted on by Jesus Christ himself , now stands starkly contrasted with the history of cruelty and violence perpetrated over the centuries in the name of Christianity . |
| 5 | Dawn had begun to break , and daylight crept over the barren countryside . |
| 6 | One after another , the Doctor , Ace , Francis , Elaine , Defries and Bernice stepped over the thick cable and into the TARDIS . |
| 7 | Meanwhile , IBM Corp shares plunged $5.50 to $72.50 on the day the company reported a stunning net loss after charges for the third quarter of $2,778m last week and scepticism rose over the prompt promise in the analysts ' call after the announcement that the dividend is safe . |
| 8 | During their stay the Juan Carlos and Salinas presided over the signature of a five-year treaty of friendship and co-operation in the context of which Spain was to provide aid to Mexico of 4,400 million pesetas ( about US$40,000,000 at current exchange rates ) over five years in the form of credits and investment in the private sector . |
| 9 | His companion , a pretty , dark-haired woman , was taking up all of his attention , and Lissa frowned over the rim of the cup . |
| 10 | For years unions and managements argued over the terms of change . |
| 11 | A huge pall of dust and smoke hung over the district , residents said . |
| 12 | As the season progressed , so had the heat , and Huy and Merymose stood over the body with their heads wrapped in linen cloths to protect them from the sun . |
| 13 | Hitch , Morton and McCann stood over the other three men while they transferred the precious cargo , guns trained on them at all times . |
| 14 | They drank tea together and Müller went over the report with him . |
| 15 | There were reports — denied by Quayle but confirmed by Richard Burton and , in his book , by Philip Burton — that Quayle and Burton quarrelled over the interpretation . |
| 16 | America and Europe smoothed over the argument which had hitherto stalled progress . |
| 17 | Laughter and song drifted over the water from the clachan . |
| 18 | I do n't think it 's that big and Dick came over the other day and erm he wait |
| 19 | As they dismounted and fanned out to surround the camp , John and Angela headed over the mountain to the south . |
| 20 | She and Guy lived over the road , next door but one to Barbs 's house . |
| 21 | The coffee cups were all laid out on long white-napped tables , and waiters hovered over the silver urn , dispensing coffee to a few early arrivals . |
| 22 | We had decided to print birthday messages to him in the Beirut press and once again our love and thoughts went over the telex and into a vacuum . |
| 23 | The earthen floors were swept and the tables scrubbed ; the pots and pans gleamed over the hob , and there was a pleasant smell of baking coming from the wood oven . |
| 24 | Orcs and Goblins poured over the Worlds Edge Mountains through passes previously guarded by the Dwarfs , while in the northern forests human tribes began to move southwards . |