Example sentences of "a [noun] [v-ing] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only I misheard and thought he said a cow hanging over a chair . |
| 2 | I found myself frustrated by unanswered questions at every turn : why are the shields of Prince William and Harry blank in the College of Arms 's pedigree book — and why does Mark Phillips 's coat of arms have a horse jumping over a small white-flowered plant ? |
| 3 | … with a practised rippling smoothness like a boat gliding over a quiet dark river . |
| 4 | Using a car weighing over a ton to transport a 12 stone person less than five miles is like using an atomic bomb to kill a canary . |
| 5 | Did you at the time see the celebration of sexuality — even if it is a boy masturbating over an advertisement in a newspaper — as a kick in the eye of oppressive forces in the church ? |
| 6 | This is followed by a horizontally scrolling scene featuring a dragon flying over a rocky landscape ( it would look a bit silly if it were cycling over it ) . |
| 7 | I was getting some drawing prep once and what I was actually told to draw was a towel hanging over a chair . |
| 8 | He was a tourist peering over a painter 's shoulder as he scanned my unread stack of books . |
| 9 | A lord taking over a forfeited estate could not entirely take for granted the good will of the affinity , at least in the short term . |
| 10 | A lord taking over a forfeited estate could not entirely take for granted the good will of the affinity , at least in the short term . |
| 11 | A later development was the combination of track circuiting , in which an electrical circuit is completed by the wheels of a train passing over a section of track , with ‘ lock and block ’ so that the electric-block instruments were controlled by the trains themselves and thus safety was doubly assured . |
| 12 | My attempts to look like a normal human being again were evidently not too successful — at one point in my journey , I came on a man crouching over a small brook from which he was trying to drink . |
| 13 | Mr Rafter looked over my shoulder while I drew a request item for a small boy — a picture of a witch jumping over a bonfire . |
| 14 | a bus knocking over a girl |
| 15 | Sometimes a commercial is deliberately written round a particular character , because he or she seems an absolute ‘ natural ’ for the product , but there is always the danger of a personality taking over a brand completely . |