Example sentences of "it [vb past] over the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It snatched at the windows in the nearby houses and set them rattling in their frames ; it whooshed over the slates and plucked at the loose ones , prising them away and sending them spinning to the ground ; it scurried down through the garden gates , hoisted up handfuls of dead leaves and paper and kicked them scurrying down the pavement . |
| 2 | As a result most of our large towns had their select residences on the western side , in positions where they received the benefit of the prevailing wind before it passed over the town or city ; the poorer population residing on the eastern side . |
| 3 | The train carrying the body of Cadogan West gave a lurch as it passed over the points and the curve in the rails just before Aldgate Station . |
| 4 | Mrs Palichuk sank onto a scarlet kitchen chair and eased off her drab grey winter coat so that it draped over the back , retaining , however , the black kerchief which modestly veiled her hair . |
| 5 | Usual stuff … down the pub with it slung over the shoulder to show off — hero of the moment . |
| 6 | These are examined with the intention of establishing a ‘ vocabulary ’ of Unionism and to chart how it changed over the period as a whole . |
| 7 | A PR executive faced with the task of showing the strength of steel-capped safety footwear hired a double decker bus and had it photographed as it drove over the feet of a man wearing the boots . |
| 8 | Helen Atkins , the Council 's solicitor dealing with the issue , says the Authority has to act on the complaints it received over the summer , but admits there 's still a long way to go . |
| 9 | It roared over the deck , detonating against the stacked containers , bursting upwards in geysers that reached hungrily at the armoured plate glass of the bridge . |
| 10 | you see , so , after that shop it came over the tannoy me and Elaine |
| 11 | In the context above , Mr Lorry did not perceive the actual change itself as it came over the doctor . |
| 12 | cos it happened over the weekend digging up holes in the erm in the golf course . |
| 13 | It … it was full of beer and it flowed over the ribbons and spoilt a hat and the mistress of the room was very angry and told Mama I had n't to be brought back again , so Mama left . ’ |
| 14 | It is greatly helped by a pragmatic government who , as it showed over the Rainbow Warrior affair , is quite prepared openly to back its security services even when they have been caught red-handed in a straightforward act of overt terrorism . |
| 15 | It soared over the wall and hurtled into the side of the keep , enlarging the hole already there . |
| 16 | Philip hoisted it with a stick so it hung over the branch of a tree . |
| 17 | Swilled quickly in a tin bath , it hung over the nurse 's hand like a wet sock . |
| 18 | ( 2 ) Directing that the money remain in court , that , where solicitors sought payment out to them of money belonging to a foreign state , if the court was not satisfied that the solicitors had authority to act on behalf of that state , it should , of its own motion if necessary , require them to obtain that authority and ensure that the money remained under the court 's control meanwhile ; that the factors to be taken into account in deciding whether a regime existed as the government of a state were whether it was the constitutional government of the state , the degree , nature and stability of administrative control that it exercised over the territory of the state , whether Her Majesty 's Government had any dealings with it and the nature of any such dealings and , in marginal cases , the extent of its international recognition as the government of the state ; that on the evidence , M. 's interim government did not become the constitutional successor of the former government and was unable to show that if it was exercising any administrative control over the territory of the Republic of Somalia ; and , accordingly , the instructions and authority the solicitors had received from the interim government were not from the Government of the Republic of Somalia , and no part of the proceeds in court should be paid out to the solicitors without further order of the court ( post , pp. 750G–H , 757E–G ) . |
| 19 | Oddly enough — those of you who may recall what it was like in the Ruhr ( or as crews called it " The Happy Valley " ) — on this occasion there was one searchlight waving about near the top of the Ruhr , and for one agonising moment it waved over the Whitley , and there was another one at the bottom by the Cologne end . |
| 20 | In the 25th minute , Violet McBride tried one of her special lobs from the edge of the circle but luckily for Pegasus , it flew over the crossbar . |
| 21 | The petrol burst into flame as it flew over the wick in the tiny steel cup , roared through the air and fell brightly on and around the two rabbits . |
| 22 | ‘ Can I help it if it flew over the wall ? ’ |
| 23 | By request , it flew over the Works after assembly . |
| 24 | No matter how it started over the summer , there has been no shortage of things to bang on about . |
| 25 | But either it was not hunting or he was too big to tackle , for it disappeared over the heather ; and although he waited motionless for some time , it did not return . |
| 26 | The rope beside Grant went taut and began to give off creaking noises of friction at the point where it disappeared over the edge of the stone coping , as it took the weight of the climbing man below . |
| 27 | Again he heard the distant crash as it fell over the cliff . |
| 28 | It fell over the edge of the road and down into the valley . |
| 29 | However , he had successfully blown Voltaire 's head out of the bore of the six-pounder ; it rolled over the rampart and landed among the skeletons , scattering the pariah dogs who were sunning themselves there while waiting for their next meal to be heaved over . |
| 30 | Seven minutes later Simpson 's free kick hit the post , it went over the Charlton wall , hit the post with Bolder beaten , and again the chance had gone , but at last on the half an hour United took the lead ; yet another corner , again from the right side . |