Example sentences of "we [vb past] over the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We scudded over the Dorus Mhor which was conveniently quiescent , its frothing tidal step lurking in the depths . |
| 2 | ‘ As we neared the helicopter pilot I said ‘ OK , this is where Tim will open the door ’ , and as we passed over the pilot ‘ This is where Derek throws out the dinghy . |
| 3 | As we passed over the Thames we paused to look at a steamer unloading great slabs of white and brown marble . |
| 4 | Just 1,500km ( 932 miles ) from Moscow we passed over the Ural mountains which divide Europe from Asia . |
| 5 | After we got over the shock we asked around for other quotes and came up with an initial estimate of £1,000 plus parts , subject to what is found when the engine is taken out , from John Cutler Marine Engineers who were recommended by Sigma Yachts . |
| 6 | ‘ I was n't nervous until we got over the drop zone and I thought ‘ What am I doing here ? ’ ’ |
| 7 | You may be wondering why we wired over the box we installed in the barn . |
| 8 | I tried to keep my eyes off his muscular thighs in their tight blue jeans , but as we bent over the café table it was easy to cast occasional surreptitious glances at his powerfully outlined sexual equipment under the much-rubbed fly , which seemed to be almost bursting at the seams . |
| 9 | We rose over the shoulder " of a hill , and suddenly it was there beneath us , looking glorious with the afternoon light sparkling on its rippled surface . |
| 10 | Together we peered over the contents of a large glossy menu of unusual composition . |
| 11 | I still remember the names of some of the men we hired over the years — there was Billy Lockie , Mark Dent , and an Irishman called John Boyne . |
| 12 | Shortly after that we came over the top of the pass and started down towards the coast . |
| 13 | As we climbed over the town , Rupert Bear turned to wave a greeting … and the rest of the balloons stretched out across the sky … |
| 14 | We hung over the rim and were stared back at by our reflections , horribly deformed in the cracks of the thin ice . |
| 15 | We scrambled over the chockstone of the Eye onto the plateau and wandered over shimmering snowfields to drink from the icy waters of the Garbh Uisge where it emerged from a shadowy blue tunnel before tumbling from the plateau . |
| 16 | ‘ WE MAKE SURE the high ground is safe for the officers before they go in , ’ Officer Terry McIntosh , a helicopter pilot with the Los Angeles Police Department , said as we flew over the city at a few hundred feet . |
| 17 | As we crossed over the road we slapped fiercely with bracken fronds at the itchy swarms . |
| 18 | We crossed over the river into Sweden near the Baltic coast at Haparanda ( and suffered the embarrassment of having to be push started to get off the ferry ) and drove on to Lulea where we called a halt because I had promised to say hello to a friend of a friend who lived there . |
| 19 | We crossed over the bridge and followed the wet and muddy path along the bank . |
| 20 | As we circled over the city the expanse of Lake Baikal was plainly visible some 45 miles away with the Yenisci River stretching from the lake to its tributary on which the old city of Irkutsk was located . |
| 21 | ‘ What , so you 'd be sick as a parrot if we went over the moon together ? ’ |
| 22 | We went over the Alps . |
| 23 | Well it did because once you know we went over the moors |
| 24 | had got back we had to go back again , er Monday he had his operation so we did n't go in afternoon we went over the Metro Centre , but I could n't settle , so we come back |
| 25 | The night before she got married we went over the house to take all her presents over |
| 26 | Time and time again we went over the information we had and what it meant , but made no progress . |
| 27 | From Trondheim we went over the mountain ridge and the border into Sweden . |
| 28 | As the truck filled we leant over the side and talked about our trips . |
| 29 | Part of the problem that we got back to when we looked over the issues is that what 's happening in the private sector is not just that it 's growing but that it 's very much in an unplanned fashion . |
| 30 | We looked over the trees at the superb view , the vast dome of light over land and sea . |